INSTRUCTIONS: for using the "SCORER"
1 Have each student send you their completed Excell 6-Hats file
2 Copy the 30 values from the student's Excel file
3 Paste these values into the yellow cells below
4 The sheet scores the students 6-hats "preferences" and calculates approximate percentile scores for each "hat ty
5 These percentiles are given in the blue box (cells M26 - R26)
Question # When working on a small team to solve a design problem I would tend to...
YOUR RESPONSE (0-5)
1 4 focus on objective facts
2 1 have my feelings sway my decisions
3 3 quickly see why an idea will not work
4 4 see the positive side of things
5 4.5 be creative
6 4 lead the problem solving process
7 3 enter into the discussion without preconceived ideas on a solution
8 4 have good intuition
9 4 be able to determine that an idea will not work by judging from past experience
10 4 see the good parts of even a bad idea
11 4.5 often generate new ways of thinking about a problem
12 4.5 think as much about the problem solving process as the problem itself
13 3 seek to know the statistical evidence concerning a decision
14 4 have hunches about the best decision
15 3 like to play the “devil’s advocate”
16 1 usually be optimistic that a new idea will work
17 4 easily think “outside of the box”
18 4.5 focus on the big picture, summarize and draw conclusions
19 3 think totally objectively about a situation
20 1 listen to my emotions when making decisions
21 4.5 readily detect poor logic in someone’s argument
22 3 “look on the bright side” of a problem
23 4.5 constantly think of alternatives
24 4.5 find myself trying to keep the group focused
25 4 differentiate between facts and opinions
26 3 think emotions should play a significant role in decision making
27 2 ind it easy to be critical of other’s ideas
28 4 have comments which are positive and constructive
29 4 asily generate new concepts
30 4 help the group clearly define the problem
Question # When working on a small team to solve a design problem I would tend NOT
YOUR RESPONSE (0-5)
31 think emotions should play a significant role in decision making
32 find it easy to be critical of other’s ideas
33 have comments which are positive and constructive
34 easily generate new concepts
35 help the group clearly define the problem
36 readily detect poor logic in someone’s argument
37 “look on the bright side” of a problem
38 constantly think of alternatives
39 find myself trying to keep the group focused
40 differentiate between facts and opinions
41 lead the problem solving process
42 enter into the discussion without preconceived ideas on a solution
43 have good intuition
44 be able to determine that an idea will not work by judging from past experience
45 see the good parts of even a bad idea
46 focus on objective facts
47 have my feelings sway my decisions
48 quickly see why an idea will not work
49 see the positive side of things
50 be creative
51 usually be optimistic that a new idea will work
52 easily think “outside of the box”
53 focus on the big picture, summarize and draw conclusions
54 think totally objectively about a situation
55 listen to my emotions when making decisions
56 often generate new ways of thinking about a problem
57 think as much about the problem solving process as the problem itself
58 seek to know the statistical evidence concerning a decision
59 have hunches about the best decision
60 like to play the “devil’s advocate”
ercentile scores for each "hat type"
avg 3.516667
stddev 1.062555
lem I would tend to... score std dev +/- percentile
white 3.4 -0.1098 45.62847
red 2.6 -0.8627 19.41511
black 3.3 -0.20391 41.92115
yellow 3.2 -0.29802 38.28425
green 4.3 0.737217 76.95047
blue 4.3 0.737217 76.95047
s on a solution
dging from past experience Approximate Percentiles
white red black yellow green
45.6 19.4 41.9 38.3 77.0
s the problem itself
sion making
lem I would tend NOT to...
sion making
s on a solution
dging from past experience
s the problem itself
blue
77.0