Een sociaal intranet voor Welzijn Capelle: "Weg met de groepenschijf"
Begin dit jaar lanceerde Welzijn Capelle hun sociale intranet op basis van Winkwaves Harmonics bij de ...
I came across an interesting article about Edward de Bono who introduced the concept of lateral thinking. Lateral thinking, as defined on Wikipedia ;-), is solving problems through an indirect and creative approach using reasoning that is not immediately obvious and it involves ideas that may not be obtainable by using only traditional step-by-step logic.
A technique tied to lateral thinking is the six thinking hats-method. Each of the hats represents specific point of view and a color:
The six thinking hats-method is often used in group discussions to approach certain problems from multiple perspectives. By, figuratively speaking, putting on one of the hats an individual can approach the problem from that particular perspective. This allows people to 'take the ego out of thinking and allow a more objective and comprehensive consideration of the issue', and in this sense groups can come to richer output as they combine multiple perspectives and might feel less restricted to speak their hats' thoughts.
As this method is mostly practiced during face-to-face 'physical' meetings, it becomes expensive, time consuming and hard to organize, and therefore I argue it might very well be facilitated in an online social collaboration environment. By starting a conversation in which you pose a question or argument, you can ask your respondents to answer according to the different perspectives of the six thinking hats. Just don't forget to ask them to reveal the thinking hat they are wearing when responding to your post!