- August 18, 2017
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If it seems that someone else always comes up with the good ideas and problem solutions, you might say, “I’m not creative.”
Right now, you might believe that, but if you set your mind on becoming creative, or more creative, it will happen.
One thing you can do when a situation comes up is to try the Six Hats Technique, developed by cognitive psychologist Robert Sternberg. It involves looking at a problem from six different perspectives. By thinking about it in different ways, you will produce more ideas than if you only analyze from just one or two points of view. Here’s how it works:
It wasn't creative geniuses who had the answers, it was the people who were thinking about the situation for some time. They had played out different ideas in their minds and knew what would work. They were the experts.
The Six Hats Technique:
- 1. Red Hat: Study the situation emotionally. What do your feelings tell you?
- 2. White Hat: Look at the problem objectively. What are the facts?
- 3. Yellow Hat: Use a positive perspective. Which elements of your solution will work?
- 4. Black Hat: Use a negative perspective. Which elements of a possible solution won’t work?
- 5. Green Hat: Think differently. What are some alternative ideas?
- 6. Blue Hat: Think broadly. What is the best overall solution?
Sternberg says becoming an expert gives you the best chance of coming up with better ideas.
Being an expert on your particular job is one way to do it. In productivity studies a few years ago, it was discovered that the people who came up with the best ideas for improvement in manufacturing were the people doing the work. They knew how particular processes could be done more efficiently.
It wasn’t creative geniuses who had the answers, it was the people who were thinking about the situation for some time. They had played out different ideas in their minds and knew what would work. They were the experts.
If you asked them, they might have said the ideas were just practical solutions, but they were creative.
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