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A small practice for the noisy reference board

A practical exercise: Cover everything except the three references relevant to that decision.

Original practice · Optional exercise · Attention with edges

Choose a low-stakes example you can change without affecting another person’s private information or commitments.

  1. Describe the current situation in one sentence. The example here is: A wall of inspiration makes one design decision harder.
  2. Cover everything except the three references relevant to that decision.
  3. Compare the result with the difficulty you named. Write one concrete observation.
  4. Keep, adapt, or stop the experiment. A note about why you stopped is a valid result.

Try a question

Could a different label make the same situation easier to navigate?