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Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Purposedifferent
When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.
Complexitydifferent
LowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
60-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1014-12
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
Problem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutinePerspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action Items
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FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
FacilitationOptionsDecision
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Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop