By assigning roles, represented by hats, to your team and encouraging them to wear these hats during discussions, you can help them to focus on specific aspects of the conversation and uncover valuable information that might otherwise be overlooked. This technique can lead to more productive and effective discussions, as well as encourage creative problem-solving and out-of-the-box thinking within your team.
Stimulate in depth discussions and uncover information
Reduce misinformation and identify assumptions
Make use of the valuable time you are spending together
Create empathy and identify gaps
Be focused and clear about the topic and discussion points
Meetings do not produce desired outcomes
Extended collaboration or meeting times that are difficult and yield little
Discussions are subjective and all over the place
Conflicts and differences of opinion within the team
Discussions are at the surface level and there is no depth