Some people sit in meetings lectures and the like and take copious notes.
I have always had difficulty in remembering names but facts aand figures and things that happened in my career are recalled with relative ease. I don't need notes other than a few key words to sit down and produce acceptable notes of meetings including what individuals have said. I don't claim to have a photographic memory although I once knew a chap who could speed read a document and quote it back verbatim the next day. His brain was as good as the Save key on modern computers.