Creativity"How can we create opportunities?"<ul><li>A green range could be expanded to a different color range set or be symbolic.</li><li>Creating multiple channels will allow us to establish new partnerships and partners.</li><li>Speeding up the quality and reliability of delivery could allow us to bundle existing products.</li></ul>These are examples⬆️

Green Hat

Facts"What are the facts that we know?"<ul><li>Our survey last month indicated a 5% preference for green products by women aged 25 – 45.</li><li>Return rates from sales have fallen by over 50% since the introduction of the new delivery packaging.</li><li>There are new delivery routes available via Company Logistics.</li></ul>These are examples⬆️

White Hat

Cautions"What risks should I keep in mind?"<ul><li>Is a 5% preference sufficient for us to make a single color product? What happens if preferences change.</li><li>What is the cost of maintaining the packaging quality and sustainability?</li><li>The new delivery routes may not have been proven as reliable yet or may increase our costs.</li></ul>These are examples⬆️

Black Hat

Use the Six Thinking Hats model to help with:<ul><li>Running better and more structured meetings especially if there tends to only be a single view at every meeting.</li><li>Making better decisions by having a more holistic and wide-ranging view of the problem.</li><li>Approaching problems from various angles of facts, emotions, and creativity.</li><li>Inspiring idea generation as an ice-breaker activity by having different people play different roles.</li><li>More collaboration during brainstorming and decision making with assigned roles including facilitator responsibilities.</li></ul>

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Feelings"What are your gut reactions?"<ul><li>The green color inspires a sustainable look and is very appealing. This is even a great shade.</li><li>The impact on the reduced return rates could mean additional resources.</li><li>How do the new delivery routes impact our delivery times? I would certainly be interested in learning more about it.</li></ul>These are examples⬆️

Red Hat

Benefits"Why should I be optimistic?"<ul><li>The new product could increase our revenue diversification stream and increase our family of products.</li><li>We can start receiving better feedback and testimonials from our customers.</li><li>The impact from damage from delivery will meet our service standards.</li></ul>These are examples⬆️

Yellow Hat

Process"What systems or processes will be needed?"<ul><li>Let’s go around the room and discuss the color options based.</li><li>How have the reduced return rates impacted our warehousing department?</li><li>Would there be any other changes to our workflow with a new delivery partner and will it change our logistics technology?</li></ul>These are examples⬆️

Blue Hat

The Six Thinking hats is a role-playing model developed by Edward de Bono in 1986. each hat represents a different lens or perspective on a particular issue and is an insightful activity that prevents narrow thinkingThe six types of “Thinking Hats” are:<ul><li>White Hat: Facts</li><li>Red Hat: Feelings</li><li>Black Hat: Cautions</li><li>Yellow Hat: Benefits</li><li>Blue Hat: Creativity </li><li>Green Hat: Process</li></ul>I will break down the hats further in the stash!

What is the six thinking hats technique?

Six Thinking Hats is a powerful technique for decision-making that includes different points of view.The process and methodology allow emotion and skepticism to be brought into what might normally be a purely rational process, and it opens up the opportunity for creativity within decision-making.Decisions made using the Six Thinking Hats technique can be more resilient and based on a holistic perspective, allowing you to avoid pitfalls and gaps before you have committed to a decision.

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