Cut The Beaten
Drop only what another beats on every count; keep the rest, with their trade-offs.
Eight samples scored on three counts; five stay.
Try it on your work
Lay out eight material samples and score each on weight, price and feel. Remove any sample another equals or beats on all three. Stop there; keep every sample left.
Write six titles for a piece and score each on clarity, length and sound. Strike any title another equals or beats on all three. Stop there; keep the rest.
A group lists six dates for an event and scores each on who can come, cost and likely weather. Drop any date another beats on all three. Stop there, with the remaining dates on the table.
How it has been used
Score the options on every count that matters and drop only those another option beats on all of them; keep everything else, with its trade-offs showing: the sketches laid out by cost and comfort, the materials compared by weight and price. The move forbids crowning a single winner: what survives is a set, and choosing within it is a separate act.
Where it leads
Grouped under Take something away