Six Thinking Hats - Structuring Creative Thinking (Parallel Thinking Technique)

OVERVIEW

"Six Thinking Hats" is a way of approaching and investigating an issue, change, or process from a variety of perspectives in a clear, conflict-free way. This can be done by an individual, by team members each wearing a different hat(s), or by a group ‘wearing the same hat’ in a sequential order. Large complex issues can also be set up with six separate teams meeting with representatives from each meeting to assess all perspectives.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

• Learn how meetings can be transformed to produce quick, decisive results every time. The Six Hats method is a devastatingly simple technique based on the brain's different modes of thinking
• Inspire idea generation as an ice-breaker activity by having different people play different roles
• Get past stopping points and guide your team beyond their instinctive positions
• Explore multiple ways of viewing problems (from different perspectives) in conflict-free ways (parallel thinking)
• Avoid having to argue your case or make snap decisions about what's "right" or "wrong"
• Besides improving the quality of your decisions, the Six Thinking Hats technique has more benefits to offer: more organized thinking, improved creativity, better thinking skills, stronger interpersonal skills, and greater inclusivity in teams
• Help people set aside preconceptions and focus on seeing things from the same perspective for a while. Debate will happen, but it will be based on shared understandings which can help everyone to feel included
• Meetings can be transformed to produce quick, decisive results. When traditional solutions are unlikely to get the desired result, this technique will help form original answers to difficult questions
• The intelligence, experience and information of everyone is harnessed to reach the right conclusions quickly. These principles fundamentally change the way you work and interact
• The Six Hats method is a devastatingly simple technique based on the brain's different modes of thinking
• When traditional solutions are unlikely to get the desired result, this technique will help form original answers to difficult questions
• The intelligence, experience and information of everyone is harnessed to reach the right conclusions quickly. These principles fundamentally change the way you work and interact
• The Six Hats method is a devastatingly simple technique based on the brain's different modes of thinking

AREAS COVERED

• Blue Hat: "The Conductor's Hat" (also the Group Moderator) focus on controlling your thinking and managing the decision-making process
• Green Hat: "The Creative Hat" green is grass, vegetation (abundant growth) - green hat indicates creativity, new ideas
• Red Hat: "The Hat for the Heart" express your feelings; the red hat gives the emotional view
• Yellow Hat: "The Optimist's Hat" yellow is sunny and positive; looks at issues in the most positive light possible
• Black Hat: "The Judge's Hat" the black hat is sombre and serious; focus on being cautious and assessing risks
• White Hat: "The Factual Hat" the white hat is neutral and concerned with objective facts and figures

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

This webinar will benefit:

• Quality Engineers
• Supplier Quality Engineers
• Process Engineers
• Design Engineers
• Quality Managers
• Production Managers
• Value Stream Mapping Team Leaders
• Leadership Development Facilitators