Continuing the thread of re-coaching myself to think – https://ant.cat/dogs-and-tools/
Today’s Lesson – How to look at a problem through a set of lenses (hats in this case) one at a time and focus.
The Untool of the week is – https://untools.co/six-thinking-hats
Based on the book Six Thinking Hats, Edward de Bono – https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/97030.Six_Thinking_Hats
Notes
Trying to picture how this will actually work. I’m not great at compartmentalizing. Or maybe I could… starting with the Green Hat, then having people looking at the ideas in phases?
Or is the focus on One big idea, then putting on the Black Hat, then using the Green Hat to work around the Black Hat’s issues, and then trying to find the viable solution using Yellow, Red, White, Blue?
That could be interesting. My brain wonders quite a bit so I could see myself constantly trying to put all the hats on at once, but that’s not helpful to anyone. Much like mindfulness, being able to focus with a specific goal in mind is a muscle that I just need to flex more. But that’s where the Blue hat comes in: “🔵 Blue hat is for controlling the process. Especially in meetings, it’s good to be able to step in when there’s no progress and enable the group to move forward (e.g. by shifting the thinking or discussion to a different hat/perspective).”
Key Takeaway: We all need facilitators and Blue Hat
My daughter’s favorite video/music is a great fit for this one.