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Frameworks

Ways of thinking, portable enough to use.

Essays help you understand an idea. Frameworks help you apply a way of thinking. Tools help you do the work. This is where the frameworks live.

  • Light falling through a window, a metaphor for direction and orientation.
    01New · Phase · Decide

    North Star

    Before you decide anything, decide what you're deciding for.

    One sentence that tells you what a good decision looks like for you. Three tests, four steps, no vision board.

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  • Cards being sorted and filtered, a metaphor for testing alignment.
    02New · Phase · Decide

    The Litmus Test

    Did I arrive here by accident, or did I intentionally design to be here?

    A simple, three-step framework to check if you're still heading somewhere you chose. Locate, orient, test.

    Open the framework
  • A balance scale, a metaphor for trade-offs and prioritisation.
    03New · Phase · Decide

    MoSCoW

    You can't do everything. Choose what matters most.

    A prioritisation framework that sorts your Jobs To Be Done into Must, Should, Could, and Won't (for now) — so clarity becomes decisions.

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