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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration of Outcome-Driven Innovation with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Outcome-Driven Innovation
Paper illustration for Ivy Lee Method
Operations
Ivy Lee Method
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.Outcome-Driven Innovation clarifies customer problems, solution opportunities, and evidence. It separates jobs, desired outcomes, importance, satisfaction, and opportunity, and captures results as desired outcome statements, an opportunity landscape, and segments by underserved needs.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.
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufendMehrere Wochen5-10 min daily
Participantsdifferent
12-6 researchers plus sample1
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshop + asyncAsync
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveDesired outcome statements, Opportunity landscape, Segmentation by underserved needs, Innovation hypothesesDaily Priority List, Completion Notes
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
OutcomesInnovationResearchQuantitative
PrioritizationProductivityExecution
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Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Design Thinking as a learning loop: an observation notebook, a focused problem statement, different idea sketches, a cardboard prototype and user-test notes. Feedback leads to new understanding.
Innovation
Design Thinking
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of Opportunity Scoring with its method-specific working model.
Product Discovery
Opportunity Scoring