Think! 2014 August 12 - 31

August 12
PARALLEL THINKING changing how the four people facing each of four sides of square ornate building go about arguing which side is most beautiful all 4 move around to the south side together, then all of them move on to the west side, then north, then finally east all of them in parallel are looking at the same side of  the building at any one moment instead of argument where A is adversarially attacking B  we have a system where A and B are both looking and thinking in the same direction - but the directions change as they move around need for symbol to indicate the direction of thinking at any one moment to ensure we are thinking in  the same direction we need to separate out the modes of thinking because there is confusion if we try and do everything at once THE SIX THINKING HATS no fixed order of use, choose the sequence you want BLUE HAT: the organizing or control hat Like the conductor of an orchestra Used right at the beginning of a discussion to decide the focus and what sequence of hats to use During the metting the chairperson or facilitator metaphorically wears the Blue Hat in a disciplinary way People are reminded of the hat if they stray from that mode used at the end for the outcome, summary and next steps Like a bookend: one at the beginning and one at the end