Sticky Conceptual Frameworks

Conceptual frameworks help bring order to a world consumed by madness non-stop Christmas music.

We use frameworks in everything we do, whether that's to identify a untapped business opportunity or choose salad dressing in a grocery store aisle. Frameworks organize information so our heavily-visual brain can process and decide how to act.

But, how often do you notice that a framework is being used? Or abused?

A visual framework like a Venn Diagram can overemphasize a trait, making you think two unrelated things have something important in common. Or they can be combined in innovative ways, helping you think differently about how things are alike:

In the Learn to Scale Venn Diagram of Things We Love, conceptual frameworks and stickers overlap.

This holiday season, we created Conceptual Framework Stickers for that person who gets carnal pleasure from to-do lists or wants to deliver an especially sticky brainstorming session.

Prioritize with Good Better Best Stickers

Priority and order are often illustrated on a spectrum or a pyramid. This then that. First, second, third. Lay the foundation, then the middle, then the top.

These Good Better Best stickers can be used in a live workshop where participants are asked to rank a pool of options. Once the stickers are stuck, either a clear option has all the Best stickers or there's a meaningful discussion to be had. So much faster and equitable than letting Loudmouth Larry drive strategic decisions.

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Segment with This That Both Stickers

Venn Diagrams are used to visually show what's similar and what's different. They can also be used to drive a Mutually Exclusive Collectively Exhaustive (MECE) analysis, a valuable approach in getting work done.

These stickers can make delegating workstreams a delight: Group A does all the This items, Group B does all the That items, and both teams discuss who owns the Both items.

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Categorize with Nope Ok Fine Great Stickers

The Matrix framework pits two categories against each other in a kind of a double Venn. You've seen a matrix before, whether that's a Punnett Square, Eisenhower Box. or Johari Window.

With these stickers, you can give people the power to categorize. One person's Great vs another person's Fine: what differentiates those two perspectives? What will it take to go from Fine to Great? These are the discussions to be having at your next team meeting.

Or you could just stick Nope onto someone you don't like.

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A TL;DR from the CRO

I enjoy a good Pareto chart after my afternoon walk.

-Roman Noodles, Chief Ruff Officer

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Rock Tumbling Update: 8/10

This week was the final stage for the chalcedony, for those of you who are tuning into my rock tumbling updates with bated breath. I popped them out, gave them a good wash, and then BAM: they're shiny AF.

There's still a lot of flaws on most of the stones, but I'm so much more pleased with how shiny and smooth these got compared to the last batch of Dragons Blood back in November. An extra round of rounding seems to have paid off, though it could have easily been just the stone hardness.

I'm still claiming it as a win.

Don't know what I'm going to do with these finished stones, though. Not really a jewelry guy- let me know if you have any bright ideas.

Shining up for a better new year,

Dan from Learn to Scale​

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