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Four paper collections for projects, responsibilities, resources and archives.
Knowledge Modeling
PARA Method
Paper illustration for TOWS Matrix.
Business Strategy
TOWS Matrix
Paper illustration for Decision Framing Workshop.
Decision Making
Decision Framing Workshop
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.The TOWS Matrix connects internal strengths and weaknesses with external opportunities and threats into action-oriented strategies. It goes a step further than a pure stocktaking.When a decision is poorly framed, even good answers deliver little value. A Decision Framing Workshop sharpens the problem, goal, and boundaries before the actual weighing begins.
Complexitysame
MediumMediumMedium
Timedifferent
1-3 h Setup, laufend1-2 h60-120 min
Participantsdifferent
13-104-10
Formatdifferent
AsyncWorkshopWorkshop
Outputdifferent
PARA Structure, Project Notes, Knowledge ArchiveTOWS Matrix, Strategic Options, Priority ActionsDecision Frame, Decision Question, Criteria List, Evidence Plan
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KnowledgeProductivityOrganization
StrategyAnalysisOptions
Decision framingAlignmentCriteriaOptions
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Paper illustration of the McKinsey 7S Framework with seven connected fields
Business Strategy
McKinsey 7S
Paper illustration for Option Framing.
Decision Making
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Paper illustration for Alignment Mapping.
Facilitation
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Gap Analysis method illustration showing its working structure
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