KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork

• Held 12/2 (Fri.) 14:00-17:30
• Advance Materials. - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork_Lecture Material v1
  • This is version 1 of the 1-hour lecture material, please read it in advance.
  • This will not fit in the presentation time, so I will make a short version of this document assuming you have read it beforehand and use it on the day of the presentation.
• Materials on the day of the event - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork_Lecture Material v2
• 2022-12-02 on the day of the event.
  • When I looked on the morning of the day, a surprising majority of people had started making nets.
    • The only pre-task was to make 25 labels and read the lecture material, which was very active and good!
  • I went around commenting on the state of affairs as of this morning, as there was no merit in procrastinating. - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork Pre-map comments
  • lecture - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork_Lecture Material v2 - KJ Method Study Group @ Loftwork Zoom comments during lecture
  • During the workshop, questions were accepted via Slack and answered via Slack. - KJ method study group @ Loftwork Slack during personal work
  • Questions via Zoom + answers to missed questions via Slack - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork Q&A

record of preparation process

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• No need to read it after this point to be a part of the study group.

• I recommend it to anyone who wants to “go deeper.”

• 2022-05-21~ Digging up past articles and new ideas

  • Draft addition to “Group Formation Requires a Change of Mindset”
  • There is no incorrect placement of cards in the KJ method.
  • Maybe 25 sheets would be a good first step to experience the KJ method.
  • It’s not the sticky note that matters.
  • The Parable of the Floating Grass and the Trees
  • Comparing KJ method grouping to clay

• Do not use top-down grouping” is a bad pattern for “[Negative instructions are difficult to understand.

  • Allows bottom-up grouping to be interrupted
  • Suggested additions to make a nameplate when the sticky notes are enormous.
  • What are sentiments?
  • About preconceived notions

• Not organized yet, but Explain with verbs seems relevant (TODO).

  • Parable of the Meter in the Mind
  • The KJ method is not powerful without individual work.
  • word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word

• 2022-06-24

  • I decided to introduce the contents of “KJ method Let the chaos speak for itself” just in time since it was my turn for Cybozu Lab’s internal study session.
    • Study Group “Let the Chaos Speak for Itself
  • I didn’t finish in an hour, so I continued explaining.
    • 2022-07-01 Exploratory Net (Fireworks) Study Session
  • Success is the source of success
  • It takes more than 100 sheets to really understand the KJ method.
  • An illustration of the relationship by Jiro Kawakita
  • fog of avidity
  • Jiro Kawakita assembled up to 800 labels at once.
  • Six-round cumulative KJ method is less than 1%.

• Late 2022-06 Study group plans are taking shape. - It’s hard to verbalize what you don’t understand. - Don’t put time pressure on label creation.

  • I’m not going to do one round of narrowly defined KJ method.
  • Whether you call it an exploration net (fireworks) or not, it will be something close to that!
  • A practical example of information granularity by Jiro Kawakita
  • Difficult to practice daily without mastering the daily fireworks report even if only the KJ method is mastered
  • Occasional collecting
  • I’m confused because I seem to be in more than one group.
  • On the correctness of the KJ method
  • The flow of birth of fireworks to think about
  • Parable of the Bicycle
  • It would be a shame not to put it in writing.
  • Doing the data and letting it speak for itself is not “doing the facts and ~.”
  • To what extent do we criticize the ideas obtained and where do we terminate them?
  • A cylinder looks like a circle or a square, but it is neither a circle nor a square
  • Walking eyes and airplane eyes
  • KJ method from surveys is the most difficult.
  • After all, isn’t everything subjective to oneself?
  • Not sure if the client’s output is correct.

• 2022-07-08 Deadline for pre-submission questionnaire for students

  • The term “KJ method” is vague
  • Mission of the nameplate
  • The lone wolf is worth it.
  • Conflicting labels are placed close together.
  • Connected by the associative meaning of words

• 7/14~21 Preparation of lecture material: KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork_Lecture Material v1.

• 2022-08-19 KJ Method Study Session @ Cybozu

  • The event was postponed, so a study session was held earlier within Cybozu using the same lecture materials.
  • Questions added.

• 2022-11-16 Meeting

  • The lecture material was to be a short 30 minute version.
    • It is inefficient to use voice, a protocol with low information density, for one-way information transfer.
    • I’ll let you go read the previous version.
    • Parable of the Sidewalks
    • When will you change the front page of the KJ Act?
      • When to change the front page of the KJ method (creation process)

• 2022-11-30 Rehearsal meeting - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork_Lecture Material v2 - Tried speaking, 31 minutes. - Process: Create a short version of the lecture material. - I’m worried about the not-so-smooth part because time is tight unlike when I spoke at the Cybozu workshop… I’ll have to record it once and get the kebab out of the way.

  • A concept that began to take shape in discussions during the meeting, “Making the Loftwork way a means, not an end.”
    • There was an uncomfortable feeling when I saw the question “How do you think we can create the Loftwork style?” in the post-course survey.
    • For veterans who have developed their own style in accordance with their work, the appropriate question is “How can we share this style within the organization and not keep it to ourselves?
    • Not an appropriate question for someone new to the KJ method.
      • I prefer content that I feel I have more control over.
  • They said some people thought the parable was funny.
    • The story of focusing on metaphors and developing them in the world of metaphors is described in detail in (6.2.4) Parables, metaphors, and analogies of The Engineer’s Guide to Intellectual Production.

2022-12-02 Day of the event

• When I looked on the morning of the day, a surprising majority of people had started making nets.
  • The only pre-task was to make 25 labels and read the lecture material, which was very active and good!
  • Maybe it was a good thing that each individual’s situation was visualized and shared on Miro.
  • Maybe the fact that the instructor and organizer each had their own nets in Miro [show what you’ve got
• I went around commenting on the state of affairs as of this morning, as there was no merit in procrastinating. - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork Pre-map comments
• lecture - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork_Lecture Material v2 - KJ Method Study Group @ Loftwork Zoom comments during lecture
• During the workshop, questions were accepted via Slack and answered via Slack. - KJ method study group @ Loftwork Slack during personal work
• Questions via Zoom - KJ Method Study Session @ Loftwork Q&A

On or after the day - Group formation is from small teams to large teams - You’re abstracting too much. - Ideas inspired by a single stimulus

• 2022-12-13 Beyond the KJ Method @ Cybozu
  • Name the Nishio’s own style.
  • Bad Patterns of Group Formation
• 2022-12-16 KJ Method Study Session Reflection Study Session @ Cybozu
• 2023-01-18~ - Write later why you collected them. - “Putting it all together” and “getting it together.”

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