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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 Weekly Review.
Operations
Weekly Review
Paper illustration of the Consensus Workshop working structure.
Facilitation
Consensus Workshop
Paper illustration for Constraint Analysis.
Decision Making
Constraint Analysis
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.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.When a group needs a solid decision without outvoting individual factions, a Consensus Workshop creates a negotiable common ground. It makes agreement, reservations, and open tensions discussable at the same time.When an initiative stalls, the limit often lies not in the idea but in hard or soft boundary conditions. Constraint Analysis separates these limits and shows which of them can actually be shaped.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumLow
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min1-3 h30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-1215-302-8
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncWorkshopWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsConsensus Clusters, Theme Titles, Priority AreasConstraint List, Hard/Soft Classification, Option Impact Notes, Decision Boundaries
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FacilitationOptionsDecision
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
FacilitationConsensusWorkshopAlignment
ConstraintsDecisionPlanningOptions
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