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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 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.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.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
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Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend30-90 minHalf day
Participantsdifferent
12-103-12
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveRich Picture, Problem Framing NotesLeverage Map, Action Strategy
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
Systems thinkingSoft systemsFramingVisualization
Systems thinkingChangeStrategy
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Paper illustration of the Force Field Analysis working structure.
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