6 Thinking Hats - meetings | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

___ hat speaker: What are the problems here? / What are the dangers?

BLACK

___ hat speaker: What risks might this bring?

BLACK

____ hat speaker: Could I have reacted differently?

GREEN

____ hat speaker: Could I have approached the task differently?

GREEN

____ hat speaker: What needs to be done before we next meet?

BLUE

___ hat speaker: What will I do in the future to enable greater success?

BLUE

A meeting facilitator normally wears a .... hat.

BLUE (E.g. We are here to talk about ... / Let's move on to ... / So, we've decided to ... / To conclude, ...))

We are here today to talk about ... / Our objective is to ... / To sum up .../ So, to conclude ...> The speaker is wearing the ... hat.

BLUE

Let's explore alternatives ... / I suggest we ... / We should ... / How about ...? > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.

GREEN

A drawback might be ... / One downside is ... / The bad thing is ...- > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.

BLACK

I strongly believe that ... / I really feel that ... / In my opinion, ... / I believe ... > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.

RED

The customers need ... / The report shows that ... / We haven't got enough info about ...> The speaker is wearing the ... hat.

WHITE

The good news is ... / On the plus side, ... / One benefit is that ...> The speaker is wearing the ... hat.

YELLOW

Odd one out - WHITE HAT questions

What benefits will this lead to?

What are the facts?

What information is available?

What do we know about ...?

Odd one out - RED HAT questions

What do we know about ...?

What do my senses tell me?

What are your gut reactions?

What would annoy the customers/users?

Odd one out - BLACK HAT questions

What are the good things about this?

What are the problems here?

What have I not done (well)?

What are the dangers?

Odd one out - BLUE HAT questions

What are the risks involved?

What is the key learning point?

What needs to be done before we next meet?

What do we need to do to ensure ...?

Odd one out - GREEN HAT questions

What is the key learning point?

What are the alternatives?

How else can we use this?

What are the new ways to approach this issue?

Odd one out - YELLOW HAT questions

What are the problems here?

What are the benefits?

What are the advantages?

What are the good things about this?

YELLOW HAT

good points

worst case scenario

do something differently

process

YELLOW HAT

constructive

feelings

data

alternatives

YELLOW HAT

benefits

information

caution

conclusions

GREEN HAT

alternatives

bad points

the most valuable information

benefits

GREEN HAT

ideas and proposals

worst case scenario

process

opinions

GREEN HAT

creativity

conclusions

good points

information

BLUE HAT

the main idea

do something differently

missing information

constructive

BLUE HAT

conclusions

creativity

mistakes

evaluate alternatives

BLUE HAT

process

proposals

good points

opinion

WHITE HAT

data

benefits

alternatives

conclusions

WHITE HAT

facts

opinion

good points

do something differently

WHITE HAT

information

feelings

benefits

ideas and proposals

BLACK HAT

worst case scenario

evaluate alternatives

information

conclusions

BLACK HAT

caution

emotion

the main idea

proposals

BLACK HAT

problems and risks

process

alternatives

constructive

RED HAT

opinion

missing information

mistakes

creativity

RED HAT

intuition

process

problems and risks

evaluate alternatives

RED HAT

feelings

facts

benefits

caution

Give examples of statements made by a speaker wearing the red hat.

I strongly believe that ... & I really feel that ... & In my opinion ... & I believe that ...

How/What do you feel about the suggestion? > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.

RED

What do my senses tell me? > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.

RED

When we are wearing the RED HAT, we express our ...

feelings, intuition, emotion, opinion