Life+Skills08

Last Semester during Life Skills we were learning all about the 6 thinking hats...

Thinking of paper, Which is concerned directly with information.
 * __White Hat!__**
 * __White Hat Questions!__**
 * What information is available
 * What information would we like to have? How are we to get it?
 * __White Hat KeyPoints!__**
 * Notes both views if there is conflicting information.
 * Assesses the accuracy and revealance of the information-Pinpoints action needed to fill teh gaps.
 * Report on someone elses feelings not your own.

Red fire in grate signifying warmth. Anger often a 'HOT EMOTION'.
 * __ Red Hat! __**
 * __ Red Hat Questions! __**
 * What are my feelings right now?
 * What does my intuition tell me? (GUT FEELINGS)
 * __ Red Hat KeyPoints! __**
 * Should be limited to 30 seconds or less.
 * Gives full permission to express feelings, hunches and intuitions.
 * Doesn't require us to justify or explain our reasons for our feelings.
 * Can be used after a decusion is made.

Think of vegetation and growth, sprouting and branching and natural energy. The green hat is the creative hat. The green hat doesn't have to have a logical base. The green hat permits suggestions to be made, even if theyare not well founded.
 * __ Green Hat! __**
 * __ Green Hat Questions! __**
 * Are there other ways to do this?
 * What else could we do here?
 * What are the possibilitys?
 * __ Green Hat KeyPoints! __**
 * Encourages search for new ideas and possibilitys.
 * Seek to modify and remove faults in excisting ideas.
 * Allows time and space for creativity

__** Yellow Hat! **__ Think of sunshine and optimism, It represents logical, positive aspects of thinking. It looks for benifits and value. __** Yellow Hat Questions! **__ __** Yellow Hat KeyPoints! **__
 * What are the values of this idea?
 * What are the good things about this?
 * Requires a deliberate effort.
 * Reinforces creative ideas and possibilitys.
 * Must give reasons why an idea is valuable or might work.

__**Black Hat!**__ Think of black, like a judges robe. The role of the black hat is to point out weaknesses in our thinking. It highlights points of caution, excisting and potencial downsides and concerns. This is one of the most useful hats, as it helps us make good decisions. __**Black Hat Questions!**__ Think of blue as sky or overview. The blue hat manages the thinking process itself. With the blue hat, the thinker stands back and looks at the thinking that needs to take place or is taking place. (THINKING ABOUT THINKING)
 * What could be possible problems?
 * What could some difficulties be?
 * What are the risks, points of caution?
 * __Black Hat KeyPoints!__**
 * Helps us make godd decisions.
 * Points out difficulties.
 * Must give logical reasons for concerns.
 * May sometimes offer information, this is alsounder the white hat.
 * Supplies a road map for improvement and problem solving when used before the green hat.
 * __ Blue Hat! __**
 * __ Blue Hat Questions! __**
 * What is our next step?
 * Which hat are we using now?
 * How can we summerise the discussion so far?
 * What is our decision?
 * __ Blue Hat KeyPoints! __**
 * Is usually the role of the faciliators.
 * Can be used by any member of the group.
 * Focuses and refocuses the thinking.
 * Points out inappropriate comments.
 * Asks for a summary of the thinking.
 * Makes or calls for the group to make desissions.