# For your toolbox

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This is the [FAST](https://futuring-architectures.com/) manual to [positioning platforms](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/extras/glossary#platform-position). It will be your companion in finding a platform's purpose and strategy: for your current organisation or department, a partner or competitor, or a future endeavour. 

The manual comes with all the [materials](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/extras/downloads) you need to start [facilitating](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/workshop/format) high-energy platform sessions. No consultants or coaches, no boot camps or certifications. All batteries included; just add elbow grease.

All contents is available free of charge under a [Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Use, share, adapt as you see fit:punch:

Platforms are complex things and no tool can detract from that. What this manual *can* do, is slice through the complexity layer by layer. You''ll find each layer easy enough to get into and well-suited for collaborative work.  Link them all together, and the intricacies and dynamics of the platform unfold in full:

![You'll slay platforms layer by layer](https://1051411321-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-M1kfsEQZnpIvw756Wqx%2F-M4-neJkHqgQ91lPBHni%2F-M42ySEAmi0vce2zbbdD%2Ffast-gears-animated-2sdelay.gif?alt=media\&token=a31aad9c-551e-47ea-849c-4f0c109d1892)

These five layers show up all over the manual: in the schedule of [your next workshop](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/workshop/format), in the [downloadable design tools](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/extras/downloads), and as individual [chapters](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/position/layers). In each chapter, you'll find short [instruction videos](https://position.futuring-architectures.com/bonus/diaform#instructions) that will have you positioning platforms in no time. **So, delve right in...**:point\_right: 


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