Comments on: Six Thinking Hats

By: Thinking as a Skill - Sources of Insight

Thinking as a Skill - Sources of Insight — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:52:32 +0000

[...] Six Thinking Hats [...]

By: Cooperative Controversy Over Competitive Controversy | Books | Insight. Inspiration. Impact.

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:48:16 +0000

[...] Wear a hat. The most effective technique I’ve found to help a group use cooperative controversy is to “wear a hat.” The team puts on their Devil’s advocate hat and beats the idea up toether. We then wear another hat to work together to figure out ways we can make the idea work. The hat makes it comfortable for people to switch perspectives. This is along the lines of Six Thinking Hats. [...]

By: No Person | Books | Insight. Inspiration. Impact.

No Person | Books | Insight. Inspiration. Impact. — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 02:28:28 +0000

[...] Involve them in the solution. Ask them to temporarily wear a collaborative hat. It makes it safe for them to play out your ideas, and temporarily step out of their No Person behavior. See Six Thinking Hats. [...]

By: J.D. Meier

J.D. Meier — Sat, 31 May 2008 01:58:00 +0000

I think it's a great technique.

I've found a way to make it effective at work. When a meeting gets stuck, I list a question for each hat on the board:
* What are the facts and figures?
* What's your gut reaction? How do you feel about this?
* Why can't we do this? What prevents us? What's the downside?
* How can we do this?
* What are additional opportunities?
* How should we think about this? (what are the metaphors or mental models)

We then walk the questions as a team, with each other vs. against each other.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 15:06:00 +0000

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