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6 Thinking Hats - meetings

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