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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for Knowledge Mapping.
Knowledge Modeling
Knowledge Mapping
Paper illustration of Leverage Points with its method-specific working model.
Systems Thinking
Leverage Points
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.Knowledge Mapping makes knowledge, gaps, and transfer paths visible across a field. It fits when expertise should not just exist but also be findable and transferable.Leverage Points show exactly where interventions in a system produce a disproportionate effect. It draws relationships, patterns, and feedback loops. The result is captured as a leverage map and action strategy.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumHigh
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-3 hHalf day
Participantsdifferent
13-123-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveKnowledge Map, Critical Knowledge Areas, Transfer PlanLeverage Map, Action Strategy
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
KnowledgeMappingRisk
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
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Systems Mapping method illustration showing its working structure
Systems Thinking
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Paper illustration of Business Model Stress Test with its method-specific working model.
Business Strategy
Business Model Stress Test
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept Mapping