Six Thinking Hats Framework: How to Fix Your Team's Worst Meetings

About this episode

This episode discusses the Six Thinking Hats framework for improving team decision-making in meetings.

The Six Thinking Hats, a structured decision-making method designed by Edward de Bono that forces your team to examine a problem from six distinct perspectives before anyone locks in on an answer. We'll cover what the Six Thinking Hats are, what the research says about how they sharpen group decision-making, and three protocols to run your next team decision so the quietest person in the room shapes the outcome just as much as the loudest. STUDY CITATIONS Gupta, R. & Bodhankar, A. (2023)....

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Host: Brandon White

Topics covered

• decision-making
• team meetings
• group dynamics
• problem-solving
• communication
• leadership

Keywords

• Six Thinking Hats
• Edward de Bono
• team decision-making
• meeting effectiveness
• group decision-making
• protocols
• communication

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