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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for 1-2-4-All.
Facilitation
1-2-4-All
Paper illustration for 3-Circle Venn Diagram
Facilitation
3-Circle Venn Diagram
Purposedifferent
The PARA Method organizes knowledge into Projects, Areas, Resources, and Archives. It creates order when digital notes, files, and tasks no longer cleanly fit current work.When many people in a group too rarely get to speak, 1-2-4-All distributes thinking time more fairly. The format builds participation step by step and makes quiet or still-unformed thoughts usable faster.When three perspectives matter at the same time, a Three-Circle Venn Diagram shows the overlaps and remainders precisely. It makes visible where shared effect arises and where only a partial perspective applies.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend10-20 min15-45 min
Participantsdifferent
14-100+2-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveIdea List, Shared Insights, Emergent ThemesVenn Diagram, Overlap Notes, Differentiators
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
FacilitationInclusionIdeation
ComparisonFacilitationAlignment
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
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McKinsey 7S