Here’s your DFQ #023:
Ask yourself: How should I think strategically about this?
What strategy should I use?
Judgment or design?
Should I use my black hat or put on my green hat?
Here’s your DFQ #023:
Ask yourself: How should I think strategically about this?
What strategy should I use?
Judgment or design?
Should I use my black hat or put on my green hat?
My default thinking is always black hat thinking. I judge the ideas, the situations, the persons. But more and more through practice, I use green hat or design. How can I design something? How can I achieve my objectives? Green hat thinking gives me the power to change things.
When looking at a deal – is it in my interests or not? Yes or No.
Instead most of us are all usually ok with saying, it would be ok – but only if it was changed like so – if there was added value.
For me the opportunity here is to apply that more broadly – can I be adding value to everything that passes in front of me every day? Surely I will be able to participate in some of that value add – I will be able to judge yes more often.
This is a peak valuable insight, Andreas, and is really how we can choose to extract more value out of life as a whole–including business, relationships and random spontaneous acts of x10 happiness.
I choose to put on the green hat ,while doing some Black- hat thinking.
Design thinking is the cvs to bvs thinking. I like to constantly endeavor to make this switch consciously and consistently . I have noticed the in most situations we face the black hat thinking should be brought in full mindfulness and awareness
I think the color of your hat pretty much depends on the particular situation you are facing. There are times and places for each way of thinking. Sometimes you want to make a quick decision about a matter and don’t have a lot of time to analyze the situation in detail. You want to be able to make decisions quickly and decisively and be done with it. This calls for black hat thinking. Other times situations call for more careful analysis and evaluating different options. You want to be able to see alternative ways of achieving results. These kinds of situations call for green hat thinking.
One has to start with the green hat. If one starts with the black hat it will inhibit the flow of ideas that is necessary to be innovative.
I like to put both on at certain times. When starting, I use Green to generate ideas, then Black to combat the what I like to call ‘Crayon Executive’ who likes to see pretty pastel coloured pictures with clearly laid out assumptions, risks, costs, charts showing their profits going up etc..
I always used black hat because my work practiced consultant so it caused big problem to take off black and using green hat. my family did not happy from me continuously.
I should strategically think about a young family couple using design. To date, I have been judgmental and it never occurred to me until this lesson of a design option. So, how do these two young family members build a life despite their personal challenges?
I am constantly trying to leave my black hat in the closet.