Would you like to make decisions faster? Is your internal critic way too loud?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Six Thinking Hats<\/em>, Edward de Bono takes the phrase \u201cput your thinking cap on\u201d to a new level. Our normal thinking process is a hopeless tangle of six types of thinking. We can improve the quality and efficiency of our decisions by untangling these six types and deploying them more consciously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Continue reading for Six Thinking Hats<\/em> exercises that will help you implement the ideas in the book.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Six Thinking Hats<\/em> teaches you how to incorporate factual, emotional, critical, constructive, creative, and metacognitive information into your thinking process, along with strategies you can use to generate ideas in each of these modes. If you\u2019re looking for ways to dramatically cut your decision-making<\/a> time, calm your inner critic, or increase your team\u2019s creativity, the Six Hats method can help. The following Six Thinking Hats<\/em> exercises make it simple. Ready to try on some hats?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Create a draft meeting agenda or thinking plan based on the six hats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work with the white hat on a problem of your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work with the red hat on a problem of your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work with the black hat on a problem of your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work with the yellow hat on a problem of your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Po<\/em>, standing for \u201cprovocative operation,\u201d <\/em>is a word you can use to signpost a provocation. The deal is that you\u2019re not allowed to meet a po with a black hat\u2014you have to run with the suggestion. Here are some examples of po:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Work with the green hat on a problem of your choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Would you like to make decisions faster? Is your internal critic way too loud? In Six Thinking Hats, Edward de Bono takes the phrase \u201cput your thinking cap on\u201d to a new level. Our normal thinking process is a hopeless tangle of six types of thinking. We can improve the quality and efficiency of our decisions by untangling these six types and deploying them more consciously. Continue reading for Six Thinking Hats exercises that will help you implement the ideas in the book.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":85152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,30],"tags":[495],"class_list":["post-96769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","category-work","tag-six-thinking-hats","","tg-column-two"],"yoast_head":"\nSix Thinking Hats<\/em> Exercises<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Exercise #1: Try on the Blue Hat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Exercise #2: Try on the White Hat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Exercise #3: Try on the Red Hat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Exercise #4: Try on the Black Hat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Exercise #5: Try on the Yellow Hat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Exercise #6: Try on the Green Hat<\/h3>\n\n\n\n