What to write on the sticky note

• What to write in tag of [KJ method
• You can write anything you want.
  • word
  • short piece of writing (e.g. passage, article, composition)
  • drawing
  • graph

You may also write long sentences… but do you really want to do it in one piece?

• Maybe a smaller unit would be better…
• But rather than not writing because you’re worried about it, write it first.
• It’s OK to split long sentences later.

You don’t have to work hard from the start.

• You may add stickies whenever you think of them
• Longer sentences may be broken up later.
• Disparate words may be combined into shorter sentences later.

Not a word? - mind-map places a restriction that “only words may be written”.

• The KJ method does not have that constraint.

experience

• It’s not a “do this” or “don’t do that” rule.
• As you repeat the actual use yourself, you will experience that “writing such long sentences is hardly rewarding for the effort,” and gradually develop a sense for the appropriate size
• In the “write down anything that comes to mind” writing method work, is it burdensome to both come up with ideas and make sticky notes at the same time?
  • Then how about “try to represent a paragraph of a book with sticky notes” as a work that does not need to be thought up.
    • Extract what you read and think is good.
    • Leverage memo and related
  • Or, how about making sticky notes with the book’s table of contents, bolded keywords, bullet points, figure captions, etc.
    • Common to some photo reading work

Sticky note made before writing this text.

• The Intellectual Production of Engineers Additions

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