Blue Hat
Colour: sky
Aim: this is the overview hat: summarize and give conclusions. He / she
should not argue in favour of one of the alternatives.
Questions - none.
Some up the thoughts we have had.
Think about the next steps.
It should be used at the start of the meeting to define the meeting
purpose. The leader should wear this hat. He / she has the power to tell
when the hat should be changed. At the end the blue hat asks for the
outcome. It could be in the form of a summary, conclusion, decision or
solution. If a desirable outcome is not generated then the next steps
should be summarised.
He / she has the power to break up arguments: the opposing views can be
written down. A good way of treating opposing views is to assume that each
side is correct under certain circumstances
The blue hat should keep giving overviews as the meeting continues. The
blue hat could be one person (does not need to be the chair person) or the
whole group.
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