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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of an eight-panel idea sheet with varied sketches beside a timer set to eight minutes.
Innovation
Crazy 8s
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.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.With only a few minutes available and a still-fuzzy solution search, the method forces a wide range of variants. It produces fast sketches before the first idea can settle in, making different directions directly comparable and open to further development.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLow
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h Setup, laufend8-15 min
Participantsdifferent
111-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineSketch Set, Idea Shortlist, Direction Options
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
BrainstormingSketchingSpeedDivergenceDesign sprint
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Innovation
Rapid Ideation
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
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Operations
ALPEN Method
A paper-based illustration representing Brainstorming with its core stages and visible working result.
Innovation
Brainstorming