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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 illustration for Time Blocking
Operations
Time Blocking
A paper tomato timer connects a focus task, short breaks and a work record.
Operations
Pomodoro Technique
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 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.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.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min15-30 min Planung, laufend25 min Zyklen
Participantsdifferent
4-1211
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsync
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsBlocked Calendar, Capacity View, Focus PlanFocus Sessions, Task Progress, Interruption Notes
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
PlanningTime managementFocus
FocusTime managementProductivityExecution
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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