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57 results (expanded search) for "matrix"
Professional
Eisenhower Matrix
Sort your tasks into four quadrants in ten minutes to know exactly what to do now, defer, delegate, or drop.
Administrative
Advanced Eisenhower Matrix
Sort your week's tasks into four quadrants: urgent-important, important-not-urgent, urgent-not-important, neither.
Administrative
Advanced Eisenhower Matrix
Sort 20 tasks from your list into only two quadrants: important-not-urgent and important-urgent.
Administrative
Build a RACI Matrix for the Project
For each task and person: R responsible, A accountable, C consulted, I informed.
Professional
Eisenhower Matrix
Sort tasks on urgent/important axes and treat each quadrant with its rule.
Professional
Risk-Probability Matrix
Place each risk on 2x2: probability × impact — treat high/high first.
Administrative
Team Skill Matrix
Draw a table: rows = team members, columns = skills, cells = competence 1-4.
Administrative
Decision Matrix With 5 Axes
Compare options across 5 weighted axes; compute the highest sum.
Administrative
Risk Matrix: Probability × Impact
Rate each risk on a 5×5 grid — color dictates response urgency.
Administrative
RACI Matrix for Role Clarity
Per task: who Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed — no duplication for first two.
Administrative
Decision Rights Matrix
Per decision type: who proposes, decides, consulted, informed.
Administrative
Vendor Scoring Matrix
Don't pick vendor "by gut" — score on 6 dimensions with weights, pick by points.
Leadership
Weighted Decision Matrix
For decisions with 3+ options: 5 criteria, weights, 1-5 ratings, mathematical winner.
Leadership
Ethical Decision Matrix
Before ethically murky decision, evaluate on 4 axes: legal/ethical/values/reputation.
Social
Direct vs Indirect: The Request Matrix
Before asking a high-context colleague for something, reshape your direct ask into a polite hint.
Administrative
RACI Matrix per Recurring Decision
For each recurring decision specify Responsible, Accountable, Consulted, Informed — leave no column empty.
Administrative
Skill x Interest Delegation Matrix
For each delegation candidate, rate skill and interest — delegate where both are high.
Leadership
Radical Candor Matrix
A 2×2: "Care Personally × Challenge Directly". Know which quadrant you're in with each report.
Social
Mentor-Need Matching
Use a matrix to match the right mentor with your real need before asking.
Social
Async vs Sync Decision
Use a matrix to decide when to message (async) vs call/meet (sync).
Administrative
ICE Scoring for Ideas
Score each idea on Impact, Confidence, Ease — pick the highest sum.
Administrative
"Kill or Develop" Challenge for Active Projects
Each active project: continue or kill? No "waiting" middle ground.
Administrative
Rule of 3 Goals, Not 13
No more than 3 active goals at a time — with a visible "waiting" queue for the rest.
Administrative
Zero-Based Weekly Calendar
Empty next week's calendar entirely, then add back only what truly deserves a slot.
Administrative
Cross-Training Rotation
Rotate every team member to shadow a peer in a different role for a full week each quarter, not a token single day.
Professional
RACI Delegation
R, A, C, I per task.
Administrative
Project Risk Register
A living table of every project risk: probability, impact, owner, action.
Administrative
Lightweight Business Continuity Plan
Each core operation: "what if it stops for a day?" with a backup plan.
Administrative
Worst-Best-Expected Scenario Analysis
Each big decision: 3 numeric scenarios, not "hope for the best".
Administrative
Decision Stress Test
Before big commitment: "what if X drops 50%?" Test plan robustness.
Administrative
Zero-Based Budgeting
Every budget line starts at zero — must justify itself, not inherit from last year.
Administrative
Vendor Consolidation
Count vendors per category — consolidating 2 similar drops price 15-25%.
Administrative
Effective RFP Design
Good RFP defines what you need precisely + selection criteria — not "send anything".
Administrative
Contract Red-Flag Checklist
Before signing: 12 red flags that may cost thousands later.
Administrative
New Vendor 90-Day Check-In
90 days into contract: review with vendor — don't wait for renewal to find issues.
Administrative
Switch-Cost Analysis
Before renewing expensive vendor: compute real switch cost — may be less than you think.
Administrative
Exit-Clause Review Before Signing
Before signing: exit options? notice? penalties? data handoff?
Leadership
Distinguishing Technical from Adaptive Challenges
Classify your problem: technical (known solution) or adaptive (requires shifting minds and values)? Confusing them is leadership failure #1.
Leadership
Getting on the Dance Floor: Smart Intervention
After the balcony, you must descend. What's the smallest intervention opening the biggest change?
Leadership
Porter's 5 Forces: Anatomizing Your Industry
Your industry isn't just war on competitors. 5 forces determine your profit. Ignoring = slow bankruptcy.
Leadership
Helmer's 7 Powers: Sources of Sustainable Advantage
True competitive advantage comes from only 7 powers. Which does your company own? Which can you build?
Leadership
Wardley Maps: Visualizing Strategic Evolution
Each activity in your value chain is at a different evolution stage. The map reveals where to invest, where to exit.
Leadership
Responding to the Innovator's Dilemma
Your current profitable products kill your future innovations. This exercise spins off an innovation unit before too late.
Leadership
Jobs-to-be-Done
Customer doesn't buy your product. They "hire" it for a job in their life. Discover the real job.
Leadership
McKinsey's 3 Horizons: Balanced Growth
Invest in 3 time horizons together: current (H1), next growth (H2), future innovation (H3). Neglecting any = slow death.
Leadership
Pretotyping: Test Idea Before Building
Before building full product, test with "fake prototype" (10× simpler than MVP). Saves months + tens of thousands.
Leadership
Kill the Company: Self-Disruption Exercise
Gather team, ask: "How could you destroy our company in 5 yrs?". Answers = vulnerabilities to fix before a competitor does.
Leadership
Personal Values Clarification
Identify 5 core values and verify your decisions actually reflect them.
Leadership
AI Ethics Boundary
Set clear policy: which decisions will never be delegated to AI in your team.
Leadership
Bias Mitigation Plan
Before people-affecting decision, identify 3 potential biases and create a shield for each.
Leadership
Sunk Cost Culture Audit
Identify projects team continues because "we invested" not because they deserve it.
Digital & AI
Sensitive Data Redaction Before Prompting
Before pasting anything in AI: redact names, numbers, emails, financial data.
Digital & AI
Spotting Bias in AI Output
Every AI reflects training-data biases. Check: gender, culture, economic class.
Digital & AI
Disclosure When Using AI
In academic/professional: state when AI used. Transparency protects + builds trust.
Digital & AI
Copyright-Aware Prompting
Don't ask AI "write in author X's style". That = using their commercial style sans permission.
Digital & AI
Personal Audit: Automation vs Replacement?
For each task automated with AI, ask: "Freed for higher value, or replaced my learning?".
Digital & AI
AI Limits in Personal Decisions
AI = info-gathering tool. Personal decisions (marriage, career, medical, friendship) = human decides.