6 Hats in a group

Everyone wears the same hat at the same time, but could be assigned to a team member in a more permanent role.

1. Cheerleader
2. Critic
3. Emotion regulator
4. Fact-finder
5. Creative ideator
6. Manager

Each hat has a color: (Wikipedia)

• Managing – Blue – what is the subject? what are we thinking about? what is the goal?
• Information – White – considering purely what information is available, what are the facts?
• Emotions – Red – intuitive or instinctive gut reactions or statements of emotional feeling (but not any justification)
• Discernment – Black – logic applied to identifying reasons to be cautious and conservativea
• Optimistic response – Yellow – logic applied to identifying benefits, seeking harmony
• Creativity – Green – statements of provocation and investigation, seeing where a thought goes