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Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper scorecard with four perspectives, connected objective cards and columns for measures, targets and initiatives.
Business Strategy
Balanced Scorecard
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Purposedifferent
The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.Balanced Scorecard translates strategy into a few interconnected perspectives and metrics. It holds impact, steering, and learning together in daily work instead of narrowing strategy down to financial figures.With a restless workday full of too many open items, the method creates radical simplicity. It directs attention to a short sequence instead of a broad, still-open field.
Complexitydifferent
LowHighLow
Timedifferent
15-90 min dailyHalber Tag bis mehrere Wochen5-10 min daily
Participantsdifferent
14-121
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Priority Task, Completion Note, Daily FocusBalanced Scorecard, Strategic Measures, Initiative MapDaily Priority List, Completion Notes
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PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
StrategyMetricsExecution
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
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A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration of Counter Metrics with its method-specific working model.
Product Strategy
Counter Metrics
Paper illustration of a four-quadrant grid with tasks sorted by importance and urgency and translated into actions.
Decision Making
Eisenhower Matrix
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done