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Starfish

Five arms — Keep, More of, Less of, Start, Stop — push the team beyond good/bad thinking into dosage: what deserves more, what deserves less.

• 60 min
• 3–10 people
• Remote or in person
• Any team

Steps

1. 5 min
   Set the stage

   Draw the starfish and explain the five arms.

2. 15 min
   Silent writing

   Everyone adds notes to all five arms, silently.

3. 10 min
   Cluster and read

   Group similar notes and read them aloud without discussing.

4. 20 min
   Vote and discuss

   Dot-vote, then discuss the top clusters arm by arm.

5. 10 min
   Decide actions

   Turn the strongest signals into 1–3 owned actions.