{"id":2110,"date":"2017-11-09T16:18:49","date_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=2110"},"modified":"2017-11-09T16:32:44","modified_gmt":"2017-11-09T14:32:44","slug":"six-thinking-hats-a-method-to-talk-about-ideas-problems-and-challenges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/?p=2110","title":{"rendered":"Six Thinking Hats, a method to talk about ideas, problems and challenges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.debonogroup.com\/six_thinking_hats.php\">Six Thinking Hats<\/a> method can be useful when taking a discussion\/workshop with several participants and at the same time you want to make sure that you will get some concrete results out of the session. This method nicely gives a structured approach on how to run the session, instead of letting participants to go from one extreme into another.<\/p>\n<p>To get a quick introduction, I highly recommend to see one of the following videos:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHiwpz7r4wY\">Six Thinking Hats<\/a> (6 min video)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RDGABR_tY-o\">Creativity: 6 Thinking Hats<\/a> (4 min video)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UZ8vF8HRWE4\">What Is Six Thinking Hats?<\/a> (2 min video)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The picture below is from the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=oHiwpz7r4wY\">video<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sixthinkinghats01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"sixthinkinghats01\" src=\"http:\/\/saisa.eu\/blogs\/Guidance\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/sixthinkinghats01-small.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"293\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A concrete example is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.storyboardthat.com\/articles\/b\/six-thinking-hats-examples\">here<\/a>, and a powerpoint template is <a href=\"https:\/\/slidehunter.com\/powerpoint-templates\/six-hats-powerpoint-template\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>How the session could look like, in which order to use the hats etc, then one could have a look <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartsunlimited.net\/happy-hearts-software\/six-thinking-hats.html\">here<\/a>. With some examples:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>First ideas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>blue &#8211; definition of subject<\/li>\n<li>white &#8211; ready knowledge<\/li>\n<li>green &#8211; generating ideas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Problem Solving:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>blue &#8211; definition of problem<\/li>\n<li>white &#8211; available info<\/li>\n<li>green &#8211; possible solutions<\/li>\n<li>yellow &#8211; reality check solutions<\/li>\n<li>black &#8211; weak points solutions<\/li>\n<li>white &#8211; connect to info<\/li>\n<li>blue &#8211; draw conclusion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Decision Making:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>blue &#8211; topic of decision<\/li>\n<li>green &#8211; offer alternatives<\/li>\n<li>white &#8211; factual situation<\/li>\n<li>yellow &#8211; suitability alternatives<\/li>\n<li>black &#8211; un-suitability alternatives<\/li>\n<li>red &#8211; making the decision<\/li>\n<li>black &#8211; assessing decision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Six Thinking Hats method can be useful when taking a discussion\/workshop with several participants and at the same time you want to make sure that you will get some concrete results out of the session. 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