What does it mean that workflow templates?

Create reusable templates for recurring workflow types so that you invest design effort once and execute many times without reinventing the process.

Example: Every time you start a new writing project, you spend the first 45 minutes figuring out how to begin: What's the audience? What research do I need? How should I outline? Then you do the same figuring-out next time. A writing workflow template — audience definition, research sweep, thesis draft, outline, first pass, revision pass, publish — eliminates that 45-minute reinvention. You fill in the blanks instead of redesigning the process. After three uses you refine the template itself, and the fourth project starts faster than the third.

Try this: Pick a task you've done at least three times in the last month — a weekly review, a project kickoff, a research session, a meeting prep routine. Write down every step you actually take, in order, from trigger to completion. Don't idealize it; document reality. Then clean it up: name each step, mark which steps need input (blanks to fill), and save the result as a reusable template. Use it next time and note what you'd change.