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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of a Business Model Canvas with nine connected compartments, a few notes and symbols for customers, delivery and economic relationships.
Business Strategy
Business Model Canvas
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
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.The Business Model Canvas condenses a business model to its key building blocks and assumptions. It makes variants quickly comparable and reveals gaps before validation or implementation begins.In change initiatives, supporting and restraining forces sit at the table at the same time. Force Field Analysis makes these tensions explicit and shows where change can be pushed forward by strengthening or relieving.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h45-90 min
Participantsdifferent
12-83-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveBusiness Model Canvas, Assumption List, Business HypothesesForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk Notes
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Business modelStrategyValueInnovation
ChangeDecisionStrategy
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Paper illustration of a Strategy Canvas with several value curves
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
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Paper illustration for OODA Loop.
Decision Making
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Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
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