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KJ method Let the chaos speak for itself

Nov 16, 202315 min read

A quick summary of books on the KJ method - party science The Law of Developing Human Creativity (Shakai Shiso Sha, Gendai Soyo Bunko, 1964) - way of thinking For Creativity Development (Chuko Shinsho 1967, revised 2017, Chuko Bunko 1984) - Continuing Ideas Development and Application of the KJ Method (Chuko Shinsho 1970) - Exploratory Studies in Knowledge From Research to Creation (Kodansha Gendai Shinsho, 1977) - KJ method Let the chaos speak for itself (Chuokoron 1986) At the age of 13, after some time of teaching the method, he decided that “the exploration part before that is important,” and exploration studies was born. At the age of 22, he wrote a book entitled “KJ method let the chaos speak for itself,” which was the culmination of his work. The germination of the “Idea Method” was refined through interaction with society.

Table of Contents image introduction

  • to be the property of all
  • awareness of the issues
    • grievous incident
    • For my work.
    • For my life
    • To overcome the crisis of our time.
    • Everyone wants to break the work barrier.
    • Everyone wants to flow from the chaos of life.
    • Everyone longs for a solution to the modern crisis.
  • the scourge of atheism
    • Letting Chaos Speak for Itself
    • In reality, the opposite is dominant.
    • There is a difference between atheism and atheism.
    • Arrogance and blindness cohabit
    • Beliefs and desires are different from judgments.
    • Three Episodes
    • The quirks of civilizational patterns

Coherence of human action

  • judgment is also an act
  • Difference between action and work
  • From a task to a job
  • Work divisibility
  • One job, two steps
  • Discovering the W-Shaped Diagram
  • Everyone has practiced the structure of one job.
  • For other animals.
  • Primitive people are healthier.
  • Disproportionate development of problem-solving methods
  • The importance of achievement and the experience of accomplishment
    • What is Achievement?
    • The fruits of achievement are important.
    • The process of experiencing achievement is also important
    • A sign of spiritual fulfillment and accomplishment
    • personal growth
    • Generosity and inclusiveness
    • Occurrence of love and solidarity
    • Solidarity with the Environment
  • Unselfish love
  • Synergy between fruit and process
  • Wounds of frustration and their significance

W-type problem-solving process

  • Thinking Level and Experience Level
  • Drawing of the W-type solution process
  • Every single job is W-shaped
  • Knowledge stock and problem solving
  • Detailed description of each process
    • raising a question
      • Cause to cut corners on raising the issue.
    • exploration
    • field observation
      • The word “observation” has a broad and narrow meaning.
      • Facts and data are different.
      • Fresh Records.
      • Explicitly state the status of the data collection
      • Cultivate sharpness of observation
      • Qualitative observation and recording will be the main focus.
    • let data speak for itself
      • Understanding the Situation and Pursuing the Essence
    • Evaluation and Situational Assessment
      • Situation assessment and evaluation are two different things.
      • An overall understanding of the situation is the basis for a valid evaluation.
      • Evaluation should always be relative.
      • There are various evaluations depending on the point of view
      • Refrain from evaluation until you have assessed the situation.
      • Who is best qualified for the evaluation?
    • decision
      • Judgment → Decision” is similar to the four arithmetic operations.
      • When majority rule is a virtue
      • Good judgment is the key to success
      • There is no “I” in a refreshing decision.
      • Attitude shift after the decision
      • If there is no basis for the decision
    • policy
      • Policies are the first step in planning
      • Policy is the backdoor to the pursuit of the essence
      • The Merits of Policy Making
      • Policy decisions are often neglected
    • Conceptual planning or goal setting
      • Issues and goals are different.
      • Why issues and goals are often confused
      • Goals are made by the individual.
      • Goals are the creation of a clear vision
      • Goals should be closely aligned with policies
      • If you can meet the policy, take a bold leap.
      • Focus on advantages over disadvantages.
    • concrete plan
      • First, make an ideal plan
      • take an inventive stance
      • Additional research will be required.
      • To be determined quantitatively as well as qualitatively.
    • Planning Procedures - There are two kinds of plans
      • PERT tied to the KJ method
      • Best to make it for yourself.
      • Planning and estimating procedures
    • Implementation phase
    • Vetting and Verification Phase
    • The Taste the Results Phase
      • No work without appreciation, no evaluation without appreciation
      • Valid evaluations help people make the most of their time.

Narrowly defined KJ method one round

  • Narrowly defined one-round procedure
    • label making
    • grouping
    • Making a nameplate
    • Type A Diagramming
      • spatial arrangement
        • Space arrangement of the first level
        • Space arrangement after the second level
        • Index and detail illustrations
      • illustration
        • Attachment of original label
        • shimadori (Japanese bird, Cynoglossus joyneri)
        • Inter-island association
        • logo
        • Title and Notes
    • type B predication
      • Diagramming is not the end of the line.
      • Written and Oral Presentation
      • Content description or a springboard to ideas?
      • Writing Methods
      • Writing for ideas
      • How to make an oral presentation
      • Combined written and oral presentation
      • Other applied variants
  • Meaning of each step in a round and notes
    • label making
    • grouping
      • label collecting
      • Making a nameplate
    • Type A Diagramming
    • type B predication
    • throughout

Evaluation and public evaluation methods

  • public opinion pollution control
    • example
    • how to do the public evaluation method
      • Pre-appreciation
      • Determination of the island of the evaluation unit
      • determine how many points will be awarded
      • Ballot distribution and instructions
      • Aggregation of scores per island
      • Ranking Scores
      • Color in the illustration according to rank
      • About the Notes
    • Various Considerations on Public Evaluation Methods
      • Its reliability
      • The premise
      • Unresolved technical issues in academia
      • its utility
      • Notation type of public evaluation method
        • Advantages of the bearer type compared to the registered type
        • The discrepancy between the evaluations of the parties and bystanders is the beginning of improved communication.
        • A “toy” method of discussion that utilizes the spirit of the notation type.
        • The Fallacy of Universalizing the Argumentative Style
    • Application of the public evaluation method
  • On the Philosophy of Evaluation
    • Scoring rather than subtractive scoring.
    • Misuse of “science is impersonal.”
    • Lines are stronger than points, surfaces are stronger than lines
    • Change your perspective depending on the problem-solving steps.
    • Evaluation is preferred after essential pursuit.
    • Relationship between evaluation, consensus, and morale
    • Insiders and outsiders
    • The misconception that “evaluation goes against the spirit of the KJ Method.”

KJ method group work

  • How to do the Group KJ Method
    • Preliminary conditions
    • labeling
    • Digestion of contents
    • making a ring-shaped arch out of clay figurines, esp. for use in a tea ceremony
    • label collecting
    • Making a nameplate
    • Type A Diagramming
    • Type B Writing
  • Its developmental history and the notes that float through it.
    • Beginning of pair work
    • First attempt at a Trump formula
    • The Trump formula gets back on track.
    • Fix the first trump formula
    • The gains and losses of sharing and making a nameplate slapdash.
    • Confusion over Names
    • Its gains, losses, and application notes
  • Origin of the name “KJ method

Methods of coverage

  • Desirable culture regardless of KJ method
  • exploration
    • Five Principles of Exploration
      • From a 360-degree viewing angle
      • along the stepping-stones
      • Do not miss the happening
      • I’ve been thinking about something that’s been bothering me.
      • Take it qualitatively.
    • Especially for public opinion polls.
  • Field Observation and its Record
    • Precautions prior to observation
      • Versatile Keywords
      • Portable equipment.
      • Devise a measurement that fits the occasion.
      • Take even ambiguous data.
    • Four Notes and Their Spirit
    • Eat from the muddy individual.
    • Let them speak freely.
    • Identification and Systematization
    • Dot memo and rakugo
    • Clearing and piggy bank
    • Exploration Net (nicknamed “Fireworks”)
      • How it’s made
      • Its Significance and Meaning
      • daily firework report
        • How it’s made
        • From the Fireworks Daily Report to the Subject Summary
        • Significance
        • Daily fireworks report conducted by the team
  • Data Cards and Data Banks
    • How to use the data card
    • Significance
    • How to create and use a data bank
    • Its Features and Benefits
  • multistage pickup
    • The idea
    • The way it works
    • Its Significance and Cautions
  • All Touch Netting Processes

Exploratory Net Revisited - Putting the KJ Method into Practice

  • Procedure for one round of exploratory netting
    • label making
    • net work
    • Integrated Diagramming
    • predication
  • A Brief History of Exploratorium Net
    • Originating in the Pulse Debate
    • Touch netting for stand-alone technology
    • Explore Net Independence
    • Birth of Thinking Fireworks
  • Types of exploration nets
    • Basic form of exploratory net
      • Exploratory Fireworks
      • Integrated Fireworks
    • Practical forms of exploratory netting
      • daily firework report
      • Fireworks to think about
        • Drawings of Thinking Fireworks
        • How to proceed with fireworks to think
        • A couple of points to note and the procedure for developing fireworks to think about
    • Exploratory Net Utilization Entities
  • Examples of exploratory nets
    • Examples of exploratory fireworks
    • Examples of Integrated Fireworks
    • Examples of daily fireworks reports
    • Examples of Thinking Fireworks
  • World Suggested by Explore Net
    • Intermediate Technology
    • Mosaic World
    • An ecological world of seamless meaning
      • “classification” and “pattern recognition of meaning.”
      • “logic” and “logical perception of meaning.”
    • Principles of Thinking Fireworks and its Philosophy
      • be to the point
      • Paving the way for a quick decision
      • Technologizing the Dialectic of Conflict

method of conference discussion

  • Productive meetings are desired.
  • The process of addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division is the main idea.
  • Principles for Inspiring Ideas
  • brainstorming
  • graphic BS
  • NM method and NM method T type
  • MBS
  • plaything
  • Explore-net-based meetings
  • pulse discussion
  • idea meeting
  • Seeking a good source of materials

cumulative KJ method

  • Its Meaning and Significance

  • Its History

  • two-round cumulative KJ method

  • Six-round cumulative KJ method

    • It marked a milestone in the history of the popularization of the KJ method.
    • Prerequisite Commentary
    • Issue Rounds (R1)
    • Situational round (R2)
      • Creating Survey Items
      • one’s grasp of the situation
      • R2 real-world examples
    • Intrinsic Pursuit Round (R3)
      • Attitude of mind is important
      • R3 real-world examples
      • One supplement
    • Decisions and policies are finalized
    • Conceptual Planning Round (R4)
    • Concrete Measures Round (R5)
    • Proceduralization round (R6)
    • Notes and Discussion throughout

  • Other Cumulative KJ Methods

  • Mass Label Integration Methods

    • Is mass labeling necessary?
    • How to keep the spirit of the databank alive
    • Other Methods

  • Work size and applied technology

  • KJ method as an ideology

  • There is a continuum from technology to ideology.

  • Living and Creating

  • Three Articles of Creative Action and Overcoming Conflict

  • Inner experience of KJ method practice

    • The Fog of Silence.
    • From chaos to the real thing
      • chew one’s way to the heart of a matter
      • Renaissance
      • Demonstration of initiative through selflessness
      • From chaos to the real thing
    • world of the living
      • Life and Creativization
      • Reorganization of Science
      • Shifting Worldviews

  • The Quest for Universal Humanity

  • Footprints of creation are visible.

  • From a Managed Society to a Participatory Society

    • The Suffering Path from Rusticity to Civilization
    • Modern Japan’s Struggle for Creativity and Participation
      • the industrial world
      • Scholars and Researchers
      • Administrative World
      • Heian-period student of government administration
      • teacher (classroom)
      • Difficult to establish KJ method tradition
      • political world
      • ordinary working adult
    • Mobile University Experiment
      • slogan
      • Organization, Methods and Programs
      • Practice Results and Lessons Learned
        • Rejuvenate your mind
        • The trap of collective euphoria
        • Dilemma over achievement experience
        • Problem solving is the key.
        • Fieldwork was beneficial.
        • Summary of experience
    • teamwork
      • Teamwork has rules. - distinguish between deliberation and execution.
        • add-subtract method
        • Trust and Leave Method
        • the relationship between a single decision by a majority of the people and an arbitrary decision by a majority of the people
        • Rules of Leadership
      • Creating Information Systems
    • Creation of Tradition
      • Organizational Culture Barrier
      • I see it as a prop.
      • evil and wise are quick to understand
      • Imposition is repugnant.
      • Where to use it depends on your skill.
      • start with the first step and end with the last
      • Institutionalize the maintenance of a meritocracy.
      • Make it permeate daily practice
      • Accumulation of practical examples
      • Respect the Creator
      • Original source is required.
    • The Path to a Participatory Society

  • KJ method as an ideology

view

  • create a mainstream
    • Establishing a culture around the KJ method
      • Publish the original
      • The point of refining and promoting a KJ method culture that is best suited for practical use.
      • Mainstreaming by capable people
      • Create opportunities for mutual study and exchange
      • Make it approachable for all.
      • Tasked with creation and managed by the products of creation
      • Serving the World
    • Specific measures for mainstreaming will be taken in the future.
  • contemplation

Catalog of Related Books

Table of Contents Figure 1: From Chaos to Order Figure 2: What is an action? Figure 3: Twelve stages of a job Figure 4: Professor Ueyama’s suggestion and the W-type problem-solving model Figure 5: Structure of a single job Figure 6: W-type problem-solving model Figure 7 Positioning of each step in the W-type diagram Figure 8: Misalignment of Problem Consciousness Figure 9. Facts ≠ Data Figure 10: Assessing the Situation is Different from Judging the Situation Figure 11: Dismantling the Ecosystem-Sikha Figure 12-A Example of work in KJ method training - Illustration of the pursuit of essence Figure 12-B Example of work in KJ method training - Policy illustration Figure 13: An example of PERT Figure 14: An example of package PERT Figure 15: With five labels, you can get some kind of image Figure 16: One round of narrowly defined KJ method Figure 17. Label Spreading Figure 18. Label collection - at the completion of the first stage Figure 19: Examples of nameplate making Figure 20. Easy nameplates (A, B) and difficult nameplates (C, D) Figure 21: The end of the label spreading for the second stage of grouping. Figure 22: From completion of group organization to spatial arrangement of A-type diagram Photo 1 KJ Label Figure 23: An example of A-type illustration Figure 24. Misplaced labeling practices - various types Figure 25: Mini-KJ Method Procedure Figure 26: Accumulation of group composition makes a big difference between accurate and inaccurate

Figure 27-A Figure A illustration before meaning is enriched and transformed into symbolic Fig. 27-B Symbolically concentrated and transformed picture of meaning Figure 28: The process of a round is a battle by the formation of an army of comrades Figure 29-A Actual before applying the popular evaluation method Fig. 29-B. Actual examples of applying the popular evaluation method Figure 30. Ballot Figure 31: Class Classification Photo 2: An example of a ring Figure 32: Five Principles of Exploration Figure 33: From a 360-degree viewing angle Figure 34: Stepping stones Figure 35: From a 360-degree viewing angle, along a stepping stone Figure 34: Something is bothering me. Figure 34: Memory is also strengthened by association of point memos. Photo 3 KJ Notebook Photo 4: Dot memo in KJ Notebook → Scribble in ink Figure 38: Exploration net fabrication process Figure 39: Example of daily fireworks report Figure 40 KJ Data Card Figure 41: Example of KJ Data Card Entry Figure 42. Example of multi-stage pickup Figure 43. Touch netting procedure Figure 44: Procedures for one round of exploration net Figure 45: Standard form of exploratory fireworks Figure 46: Standard form of integrated fireworks Figure 47: Difference between Integrated Fireworks and KJ Method Figure 48: Net building Figure 49. Figure 50. How to fold the model paper Figure 51: Registration of illustrations Figure 52 Search ledger Figure 53: Examples of exploratory fireworks Figure 54: Examples of integrated fireworks (1) Figure 55: Examples of integrated fireworks (2) Fig. 56: Example of Thinking Fireworks (1) Figures 57-A, B, and C. Examples of Thinking Fireworks (2)

Figures 58-A and B. Examples of thinking fireworks (3) Figure 59: Exploration nets are an intermediate technology Figure 60: Principles that Promote Ideation Fig. 61-A Improvement of Wear Resistance of Sliding Contact Materials for Selector Switches - An Example of NM Method Fig. 61-B Reducing Wear without Increasing Contact Resistance of Contacts - An Example of the NM Method Figure 62: NM-T real-world examples Figure 63: Pulse Discussion Procedure Figure 64: Comparison of Tichosiner and Kawakita’s illustration of the importance of cumulative inquiry Figure 65. Six-round cumulative KJ method Figure 66. Two-round cumulative KJ method Figure 67: Example of Round 1 (Judgment Round) Figure 68: Example of Round 2 (Solution Round) Figure 69: Example of R1 Problem Rounds Figure 70: Illustrative Examples of Survey Items Figure 71: Data-intensive Situation Assessment Phase Figure 72-A R2: A practical example of a situation assessment round - Index Figure 72-B R2: Example of a Situation Assessment Round - Detail (1) Figure 72-C R2: Example of a Situation Assessment Round - Detail (2) Figure 72-D Actual Example of R2 Situation Assessment Round - Detail ③. Figure 73: Example of R3 Essence Pursuit Round Figure 74: Illustrative example of R3.5 policy illustration Figure 75: Example of R4 Conceptual Planning Round Figure 76: Example of R4 conceptual plan finalization Figure 77: Example of R5 Concrete Measures Round Figure 78: Example of R6 move sequencing rounds, attached separately Figure 79: Examples of Work Size, Applicable Technology, and Frequency of Application Figure 80: The Three Articles of Creative Action are established through practice. Figure 81: “The Fog of Invisibility” Figure 82: W-type model with three types of thinking Figure 83: Three scientific methodologies positioned on the W Solution

Figure 84: Contrast between experimental and field scientific methods Figure 85: A Change in View of Science Figure 86: Three levels within an organization that emerge as it moves from rustic to civilized Figure 87: Nikos’ theory of the three stages from naivete to civilization Figure 88: Mobile University Group Formation Figure 89: Two Types of Group Formation in Teamwork Figure 90: “Trust and Letting Go” method positioned in the W Solution Fig. 91 Relationship between a single decision by a majority of the members of the Diet and arbitrary decisions, as shown in the W-shaped illustration, and the balance between the slow and fast, light and heavy aspects of the matters shown in the X- and Y-axes.

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