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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Rich Picture workspace showing the question, observations, and next decision.
Systems Thinking
Rich Picture
Paper illustration of a Concept Map with concepts and labelled links
Knowledge Modeling
Concept 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.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.Concept Mapping arranges terms and relationships in a network that makes subject-matter connections tangible. It fits when a topic needs to be understood structurally rather than linearly.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-90 min1-2 h
Participantsdifferent
12-101-8
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesConcept Map, Relationship Labels, Knowledge Gaps
Tagsno overlap
KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
KnowledgeConceptsMappingSensemaking
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Six paper cards show a person moving from a problem through a service flow to a completed outcome.
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