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Criterion
Paper matrix with six colored hat cards for information, feeling, value, caution, ideas and process control.
Facilitation
Six Thinking Hats
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Paper illustration of the Lightning Decision Jam working structure.
Facilitation
Decision Jam
Paper illustration for Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Purposedifferent
When a topic gets stuck too quickly in the same thinking mode, Six Thinking Hats deliberately separates the perspectives. This means facts, risks, creativity, and emotional signals get worked through one after another instead of mixed together.With many open commitments and ideas in daily life, a reliable external storage system emerges. The method relieves the mind so priority and context don't have to compete in memory.When a decision is stuck, Decision Jam loosens the knot through structured separation of problem, idea, and selection. The format creates movement without jumping prematurely at the first seemingly elegant answer.In a week with many open loops, the method creates distance from operational noise. It organizes commitments, calendar, and projects so the next week becomes workable.
Complexitydifferent
MediumMediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min1-2 h Setup, laufend60-90 min30-60 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1214-101
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopAsync
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineProblem Cluster, Prioritized Challenge, ExperimentUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next Actions
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FacilitationOptionsDecision
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
FacilitationDecisionProblem solvingWorkshop
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
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