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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
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 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.A Rich Picture brings an unclear situation onto a shared drawing. It captures actors, tensions, information flows, and blind spots before the team jumps to solutions too early.The method protects energy and attention for the task that creates the largest progress and is often postponed.
Complexitydifferent
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend5-10 min daily30-90 min15-90 min daily
Participantsdifferent
112-101
Formatdifferent
AsyncAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDaily Priority List, Completion NotesRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesPriority Task, Completion Note, Daily Focus
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
PrioritizationProductivityFocusExecution
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