Six Hats

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Comment by Franis on March 1, 2011 at 8:49

Adonis wrote: Six Thinking Hats ... when you buy your new cell ... one of your Apps is the 6 Thinking Hats ..

Not sure if you have noticed, but there is someone who actually wrote an App for his children about Six Thinking Hats... here on the site:  Raymund Kwok.

Comment by Franis on January 5, 2011 at 10:16

BTW, I don't use the phone and drive at the same time, usually. If so, I've got a hands-free device and will not glance at the phone while driving. Most of the time I turn it off.

Comment by Franis on January 5, 2011 at 10:14

Found out quite by accident that I had the ability to multi-task, as long as it involves different "modes." Meaning. I could hold a conversation AND click around on Twitter - as long as I was able to shift back and forth. If I tried to do any of them all at once, I failed. But I'm excellent at engaging a skill of fitting things together spatially and talking - because these things are engaging different parts of my brain I guess.

What happened is an author elevated me to the status of phone workshop host - without anyone to help me monitor what was simultaneously going on with Twitter. I was able to hold a conversation and monitor Twitter questions on the same topic seamlessly. Nobody else could do that. I guess this is because reading fast comes really easily to me in just a glance.

But really, I don't actually know how I do it so easily. Never thought of it as a "talent" until I discovered how rare it was for other people to be able to do it.

Comment by Cal on December 5, 2010 at 3:38

Kim> Good on yer, Cal - my comments apply to the vast generality of bods

Cal> I know. Just wanting you to know I'm not part of the majority when it comes to such things. Nothing special about it, though, I don't think. It just happens that nature seems to have allowed me to drive better than most seem able to.

Kim> Only fifteen minutes ago I nearly ran over an "iPod Zombie" who chose to step off the curb in front of my Hiace van, rolling straight toward her.

Cal> It's the way it is, for now at least. They did make it illegal around here recently to drive while talking on a cell phone. You need a hands off device for that.

Kim> A lot of responsibility is foisted onto motorists to be extremely aware of the movements of pedestrians.

Cal> True. It's also why I'm careful when driving, both for myself and other drivers and pedestrians. If they can't look out for themselves well, I'll try to do it for them.

Comment by Cal on December 5, 2010 at 0:45

Btw: I don't smoke, very rarely listen to the radio, and don't care to discuss too many things with most people. :)

Comment by Cal on December 5, 2010 at 0:28

No, not seeing your point, Kim. But I'll reflect on what you said.

As for driving, I've got regular, M, and Class 1A designations on my license, which allows me to drive anything from motorcycles to semi-trucks. I do know how to drive better than probably most. Things most can't do, I can do.

Example: 2nd time behind the wheel of a semi, I was driving like I'd been at it for some time - what instructor said. It was like I got into the 'zone' I sometimes get into, where everything 'clicks' for me.

And yet I tested in a psych class as being at the bottom end of being able to keep a # of info chunks in my working memory. But it does seem to leave me with a 'slippery' mind, being able to do things like make connections that others don't seem able to.

As for de Bono advocating that one "will only do well if you use direct, conscious attention", some of my best thinking happens when sleeping, or doing something else. But I don't think I'd let them into my head to research those things, though. They might chase them away. :)

In the meantime, regarding the brain's limitations, a site questioning some of the absolute beliefs we've had about it: http://brainworkshop.sourceforge.net/

Comment by Cal on December 4, 2010 at 22:04

yes. However, conventional human memory is pushing its limits at 6, and after that it needs much more of an effort to remember the extras. six covers most possibilities, As I see it. it's a balance between convenience and maximising "alternative generating" stimuli. but we have PMIs CAPs CoRT, etc for more if you wish

cal> One way to push the 5-7 chunks of information they say the working memory can usually handle is to 'chunk' it, and attach it to something already known. Example: To remember what de Bono's 4 stepping stone techniques are, I have a little mnemonic that goes "Let's re-exag dis wish" - a way of sort of using slang, and a short hand, for 'chunking' and linking to a proper English phrase: "Let's re-examine this wish".

re = reversal
exag = exaggeration
dis = distortion
wish = wishful thinking

If one wants to use more hats, maybe that method could be used.

There's also 'automaticity' - as we get used to something, it becomes more automatic in how we can deal with it. Example: As you learn to drive a car, it becomes less a problem to drive, smoke a cigarette, work the radio, and talk with a passenger. I remember having to concentrate on tying my shoes when I was young. Not any longer.

Comment by alan moran on December 3, 2010 at 20:23

yes. However, conventional human memory is pushing its limits at 6, and after that it needs much more of an effort to remember the extras. six covers most possibilities, As I see it. it's a balance between convenience and maximising "alternative generating" stimuli. but we have PMIs CAPs CoRT, etc for more if you wish.

Comment by LS on December 3, 2010 at 9:06

cant we think beyond 6 ?

Comment by Danny Stevens on August 23, 2010 at 9:08

Doh, I blew the tiny url for the blue hat! I'm afraid it has to have a 1 on the end so its http://tinyurl.com/bluehaticon1. Sigh.

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