six-hats-rotation

---
name: six-hats-rotation
description: Complete Six Hats rotation (White→Red→Black→Yellow→Green→Blue) to force systematic perspective diversity.
execution: strategy
used-by: perspective-forcing
---

# Six Hats Rotation

Complete Six Hats rotation (White→Red→Black→Yellow→Green→Blue) to force systematic perspective diversity using de Bono's Six Thinking Hats.

## 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 |
|--------|------|
| evaluation-filtering | Filter and rank resulting ideas (shared) |

## Execution Guidance

1. **White Hat** (Facts): What data do we have? What data do we need? Pure information.
2. **Red Hat** (Emotions): Gut feelings, intuitions, emotional reactions — no justification needed.
3. **Black Hat** (Caution): Logical negative — risks, dangers, difficulties, problems.
4. **Yellow Hat** (Optimism): Logical positive — benefits, value, feasibility under best conditions.
5. **Green Hat** (Creativity): Alternatives, provocations, new ideas — lateral thinking.
6. **Blue Hat** (Process): Meta-thinking — what have we learned? What's next? Summary.

## Minimum Yield

| Metric | Floor |
|--------|-------|
| Hats completed | 6/6 |
| Insights per hat | ≥3 |
| Novel ideas from Green Hat | ≥5 |
| Actionable cautions from Black Hat | ≥3 |