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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 notes move from an inbox to action, project and calendar collections.
Operations
Getting Things Done
Decision Tree method illustration showing its working structure
Decision Making
Decision Tree
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.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.For decisions with follow-on paths and dependencies, a linear comparison is often not enough. A Decision Tree shows how options branch under conditions and which consequences hang on each branch.
Complexitydifferent
MediumLowMediumMedium
Timedifferent
45-90 min30-60 min1-2 h Setup, laufend30-90 min
Participantsdifferent
4-12111-6
Formatdifferent
WorkshopAsyncAsyncWorkshop + async
Outputdifferent
Perspective Notes, Decision Inputs, Action ItemsUpdated Task System, Weekly Focus, Next ActionsAction Lists, Project List, Review RoutineDecision Tree, Option Map, Assumption List
Tagsno overlap
FacilitationOptionsDecision
ProductivityExecutionPlanning
ProductivityPlanningTasksExecution
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