V
V
VERTIGO · CODEX · JOURNAL PAGE

What, So What, Now What

A one-page daily reflection sheet: one moment from today, then three questions in order, What, So what, Now what, so the day turns into something you will do differently.

10 to 15 minutes, ideally dailyCompanion to Reflective Practice, Structured HabitSELF LEADERSHIPPRESENCE
← Back to the entry: Reflective Practice, Structured Habit
How to use this sheet
  1. Pick one moment from today, not the whole day: a decision, a conversation, a project that shipped or stalled, or an ordinary hour.
  2. What? Write what happened, plainly: the facts, and how it landed in you. No interpretation yet.
  3. So what? Use what you know to make sense of it. What does it tell you, what surprised you, what does it connect to?
  4. Now what? One specific thing you will do differently next time. Do not stop at So what: that is insight that evaporates by tomorrow.
  5. Print a stack and do it again tomorrow. The value comes from the repetition, not from any single page.
Download the PDF

The PDF is fillable: open it in a real reader (Acrobat, Preview) to type and save, or print it and write by hand. Anything you type on this page stays in your browser, nothing is sent anywhere.

  1. What?

    The facts, and the feelings that came with them.

  2. So what?

    What it tells you. What surprised you. What it connects to.

  3. Now what?

    One thing you will do differently next time something similar comes up.

← Back to the entry: Reflective Practice, Structured HabitAll Codex resources

Source Based on Terry Borton's What / So What / Now What reflective model, as presented in MSF's Way of Working (WoW) management course, and Giada Di Stefano's HEC Paris research on reflection and performance. Adapted by Mat Dufour.