six-hats-ideation

---
name: six-hats-ideation
description: "Green Hat focused creative thinking within Six Hats framework"
execution: strategy
used-by: lateral-thinking
---

# Six Hats Ideation

Apply de Bono's Six Thinking Hats with emphasis on Green Hat (creative thinking). Structured parallel thinking that separates creative generation from judgment.

## State Ledger

| Resource | Target | Current | % |
|----------|--------|---------|---|
| web-search | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| web-research | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-overview | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-search | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| paper-research | 3 | 0 | 0% |

## HARD-GATE

Cannot exit strategy until ≥80% of each budget line is consumed OR yield targets are met with justification for remaining budget.

## Available Tactics

| Tactic | Role |
|--------|------|
| movement-extraction | Extract directions from Green Hat output |

## Available SOPs

| SOP | Role |
|-----|------|
| green-hat-session | Pure creative output with judgment suspended |
| movement-operation | Extract directions from creative output |
| alternatives-generation | Generate alternatives from hat perspectives |
| lateral-synthesis | Synthesize six hats outputs |

## Execution Guidance

1. **White Hat**: Gather facts and information about the problem
2. **Green Hat**: Run green-hat-session SOP — pure creative generation, no judgment
3. **Yellow Hat**: Find value in Green Hat ideas (positive assessment)
4. **Black Hat**: Identify risks and difficulties (deferred, not during generation)
5. **Red Hat**: Gut feelings about which ideas resonate
6. **Blue Hat**: Organize and select — process control
7. **Synthesize**: Produce structured output via lateral-synthesis