In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy 
About Andrew McCarthy
Andrew McCarthy is General Manager, EMEA at Notion, the workspace and productivity software company, where he leads its growth across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He previously led Notion as General Manager for Australia and New Zealand, South East Asia and India.
He has more than 20 years of experience in sales and sales leadership at fast-growing technology companies, including LinkedIn, where he helped launch the business in Asia Pacific.
On In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy, recorded live at UNSW in 2025, he explained why Notion is building AI into its product as building blocks that teams can shape to their own work.
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In The Blink Of AI with Georgie Healy Go straight to the good bits.
Key moments from Why Notion Is Betting on AI Building Blocks – with Andrew McCarthy, GM ANZ at Notion.
- 2:19Meet Andrew McCarthy, GM of Notion for ANZ & Asia
- 6:55Why Notion Chose Sydney as Its APAC HQ
- 9:42Notion’s Anti-SaaS Philosophy & Why It Matters
- 12:58The Real Notion Origin Story: From Near-Death to Kyoto
- 15:13The Power of UI/UX & the Race to the Application Layer
- 18:46What Notion AI Can Do, And What Users Are Loving
- 20:07Work as a Flow: The Case for Native AI Integration
- 20:20Why Templates Are a Hidden Superpower
- 21:38A Nepalese Student’s Side Hustle That Blew Andrew’s Mind
- 22:10From Hype to Value: How to Cut Through the AI Noise
In their own words.
“The ability to control how you work the software around your process, instead of changing your process to fit software, can unlock creativity and value.”
The path so far.
- Now
General Manager, EMEA · Notion
- Earlier · Scale-up
Sales leader, APAC (account partnerships) · LinkedIn
Sources: curiositycentre.com
Notion on Day One
Notion makes an all-in-one workspace app that brings notes, documents, wikis, project roadmaps and task lists into one customisable tool for individuals, teams…
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