Instruction Hats

 

The six coloured hats 

are used 

as metaphors (points of view) 

for six different approaches 

you can pick from to react from

in any given situation.

 

Here is what the different colors stand for in other words than the picture above:

Judgemental Black

 Informative   White

Intuitive         Red

Optimistic      Yellow

 Managing     Blue

Creative         Green  ​

 

Here is an example of how people with the different colors react:

Here are some questions regarding the hats to think about:

Which hat suits you best? What is your natural hat?

How can you tell?

Which hat is your biggest challenge?

Why?

So now you know what these hats stand for and you have thought about which hat is yours which one is definitely not yours. So now try doing the following exercise.:

Take the user stories you made earlier and see what happens if you add a different approach (hat/color)  to the story.

Work in pairs and help each other out.

As a …………………………………………………………………wearing a ?? coloured hat

I want ………………………………………………………………………………………………..

So that ……………………………………………………………………………….………………