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6 Thinking Hats - meetings

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  • BLUE HAT
    good points
    proposals
    opinion
    process
  • Odd one out - BLUE HAT questions
    What needs to be done before we next meet?
    What do we need to do to ensure ...?
    What are the risks involved?
    What is the key learning point?
  • Odd one out - YELLOW HAT questions
    What are the advantages?
    What are the benefits?
    What are the problems here?
    What are the good things about this?
  • Odd one out - BLACK HAT questions
    What have I not done (well)?
    What are the good things about this?
    What are the problems here?
    What are the dangers?
  • A drawback might be ... / One downside is ... / The bad thing is ...- > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.
    BLACK
  • YELLOW HAT
    conclusions
    caution
    benefits
    information
  • We are here today to talk about ... / Our objective is to ... / To sum up .../ So, to conclude ...> The speaker is wearing the ... hat.
    BLUE
  • Odd one out - WHITE HAT questions
    What benefits will this lead to?
    What information is available?
    What are the facts?
    What do we know about ...?
  • BLUE HAT
    creativity
    mistakes
    conclusions
    evaluate alternatives
  • BLUE HAT
    the main idea
    missing information
    constructive
    do something differently
  • What do my senses tell me? > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.
    RED
  • Let's explore alternatives ... / I suggest we ... / We should ... / How about ...? > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.
    GREEN
  • ____ hat speaker: Could I have reacted differently?
    GREEN
  • I strongly believe that ... / I really feel that ... / In my opinion, ... / I believe ... > The speaker is wearing the ... hat.
    RED
  • ____ hat speaker: What needs to be done before we next meet?
    BLUE
  • YELLOW HAT
    data
    feelings
    alternatives
    constructive
  • Odd one out - RED HAT questions
    What are your gut reactions?
    What would annoy the customers/users?
    What do my senses tell me?
    What do we know about ...?
  • The good news is ... / On the plus side, ... / One benefit is that ...> The speaker is wearing the ... hat.
    YELLOW
  • GREEN HAT
    good points
    information
    conclusions
    creativity
  • RED HAT
    creativity
    mistakes
    opinion
    missing information
  • WHITE HAT
    information
    benefits
    feelings
    ideas and proposals
  • WHITE HAT
    data
    alternatives
    benefits
    conclusions
  • ___ hat speaker: What are the problems here? / What are the dangers?
    BLACK
  • Odd one out - GREEN HAT questions
    How else can we use this?
    What are the alternatives?
    What are the new ways to approach this issue?
    What is the key learning point?
  • WHITE HAT
    facts
    good points
    do something differently
    opinion
  • RED HAT
    intuition
    evaluate alternatives
    problems and risks
    process
  • BLACK HAT
    conclusions
    worst case scenario
    information
    evaluate alternatives
  • BLACK HAT
    problems and risks
    constructive
    alternatives
    process
  • ____ hat speaker: Could I have approached the task differently?
    GREEN
  • GREEN HAT
    benefits
    the most valuable information
    bad points
    alternatives
  • ___ hat speaker: What risks might this bring?
    BLACK
  • ___ hat speaker: What will I do in the future to enable greater success?
    BLUE
  • When we are wearing the RED HAT, we express our ...
    feelings, intuition, emotion, opinion
  • 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, ...))
  • GREEN HAT
    opinions
    process
    worst case scenario
    ideas and proposals
  • YELLOW HAT
    worst case scenario
    good points
    do something differently
    process
  • RED HAT
    facts
    caution
    feelings
    benefits
  • 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
  • BLACK HAT
    emotion
    the main idea
    caution
    proposals
  • The customers need ... / The report shows that ... / We haven't got enough info about ...> The speaker is wearing the ... hat.
    WHITE
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