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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
Decision Making
Force Field Analysis
Paper illustration for Argument Mapping
Decision Making
Argument Mapping
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.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.When statements, evidence, and counterarguments get mixed up, a debate quickly loses its structure. Argument Mapping breaks a thesis down into its reasoning and makes visible what it really rests on.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend45-90 min1-3 h
Participantsdifferent
13-121-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveForce Field Map, Change Levers, Risk NotesArgument Map, Evidence Gaps, Decision Rationale
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ChangeDecisionStrategy
SensemakingDecisionRationale
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Paper illustration of an IBIS map with issues, positions and arguments
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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 a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
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