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Paper illustration of shared options, independently placed voting dots, and a highlighted shortlist.
Facilitation
Dot Voting
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Purposedifferent
When a workshop has produced too many options and the group needs to condense quickly, dot voting makes preferences visible in a short time. It bundles individual votes into a solid signal for the next selection.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.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
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Timedifferent
5-15 min1-2 h Setup, laufend15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
3-2011
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Ranked list, Consensus signal, ShortlistAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutinePriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
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FacilitationVotingConsensusPrioritization
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
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Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
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Independent contributions form an ordered group priority list.
Facilitation
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