Feelings & Emotions, Six Thinking Hats

The following text is taken from wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Thinking_Hats The de Bono Hats system (also known as "Six Hats" or "Six Thinking Hats") is a thinking tool for group discussion and individual thinking. Combined with the idea of parallel thinking which is associated with it, it provides a means for groups to think together more effectively, and a means to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way. The method is attributed to Dr. Edward de Bono and is the subject of his book, Six Thinking Hats[1]. The method is finding widespread use in the UK innovation sector, is offered by numerous facilitation companies and has been trialled within the UK civil service.[2] Red hat – Feelings & Emotions Participants state their feelings, exercising their gut instincts. In many cases this is a method for harvesting ideas - it is not a question of recording statements, but rather getting everyone to identify their top two or three choices from a list of ideas or items identified under another hat. This is done to help reducing lists of many options into a few to focus on by allowing each participant to vote for the ones they prefer. It is applied more quickly than the other hats to ensure it is a gut reaction feeling that is recorded. This method can use notes to allow a quick system of voting, and creates a clear visual cue that creates rapid if incomplete agreement around an issue. Alternatively it may be used to state ones gut reaction or feelings on an issue under discussion - this is more common when using the hats to review personal progress or deal with issues where there is high emotional content that is relevant to discussion. Finally this hat can be used to request an aesthetic response to a particular design or object Commercial examples are: * I'm enthusiastic about getting involved in selling! * That role in the company doesn't appeal to me. * I'd like to do that but I feel uncertain about it. * I'm frustrated that we have let the situation get this bad! Examples from the referenced article are: * The teacher feels offended * Students become frustrated because they can’t hear directions * Those talking enjoy joking around and being heard. * It represents emotional thinking of a person.