Group formation is from small teams to large teams

https://gyazo.com/973ea9617662cabdccfcf594eff6bb7c

It is totally wrong to go from a large division to a small division. You must always go from small to large. This is one of the critical problems with this method (see Figure 7).

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In his mind, he has a dogmatic principle about grouping, such as, "In my opinion, it is correct to divide the contents of such a large amount of paper materials into three major categories: market research, quality control, and labor management. They simply apply the dogmatic classified program, sift through paper scraps into the ready-made wak, and fit them into the ready-made wak. In this way, the conceptual significance of the KJ method is completely lost.

way of thinking p.77

Bottom-up, not top-down

Do not Classification. on top-down. [Do not Classification. on bottom-up #Group organization

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