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6 Thinking Hats - meetings

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