<aside> 💡 This page helps you understand the lenses you can use to think about the cards.

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Understanding the concept of card layers helps you, with the cards, to better design workshops. The cards are entry points for discussion. You can relate and think around each card in different ways. Keep in mind what mindset you use when you think about the cards.

Imagine that each card has multiple layers. The layers are different ways you relate and think about the card. The layers often contain information that you either know or want to find out.

What you decide to write down depends on what layer you are addressing.

Mapping

• Current situation
• Desired state & success
• History
• Vision
• Future
• Goals & Milestones
• Action steps
• Solutions
• Options & scenarios
• Learnings

Sort & assess

• Priority
• Importance
• Urgency
• Scope

People

• Responsible
• Gatekeepers

Technicalities

• Tools
• Methods
• Processes

Knowledge

• References
• Articles & books
• Theories

Meta

• Definition
• Success criteria

Ways to represent layers

Use rows to define different layers with post-its

Using different post-it colors as layers.

Each post-it color would represent a different layer of a card.

Add as many rows as needed.

Different pen colors to represent different layers

Gray and red represent two different types of layers.