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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
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
Paper illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
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.For easily distracted solo work, the method sets clear time boundaries for concentrated work. It protects attention when large tasks would otherwise fall apart into small avoidance moves.With a calendar that grows on request, the method makes available time explicit again. It combines appointments, focus work, and buffer into a more realistic day structure.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min25 min Zyklen15-30 min Planung, laufend
Participantsdifferent
4-1211
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption NotesBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus Plan
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
PlanningTime managementFocus
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Paper illustration for ALPEN Method
Operations
ALPEN Method
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
Paper illustration for Eat the Frog
Operations
Eat the Frog
Paper notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done