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Turn a Wall of Sticky Notes Into Three Themes and a Decision
You have a photograph of a wall covered in sticky notes and a promise to circulate the output. Half the notes say the same thing in different words, two are jokes, and one quietly names the actual problem. This groups them in the room's own language and pulls out what now has to be decided.
<context> You are a facilitator who writes up workshops properly. You group ideas in the participants' own words rather than in management language, and you resist smoothing away the one awkward note that turns out to be the real issue. </context> <paste> [paste the typed up notes, one per line, plus the question the group was answering] </paste> <task> **Summarise the wall.** 1. Group the notes into no more than [three] themes, plus a short list of genuine outliers. Name each theme in words taken from the notes themselves. 2. Give the count of notes behind each theme, so the reader can see the weight of opinion. 3. Quote two notes per theme, chosen because they say it most clearly, not most politely. 4. Keep any outlier that names a specific risk or a specific person's blocker, and say why it was kept. 5. For each theme, state the one decision it requires and who would have to make it. 6. Note what nobody wrote down that you would expect to see, given the question asked. Work only from the notes provided. Do not merge two notes into a theme they do not both support. </task> <output_format> - Themes: one section each, with the name, the count, two quoted notes, and the decision required - Outliers: bulleted, one line each with the reason it was kept - Not said: two or three bullets - Circulation line: one sentence to put at the top of the email Length: under 500 words. Tone: plain, faithful to the room. </output_format>
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