The White Hat

The white hat is all about information. "The facts, ma'am, and nothing but the facts" is what this hat is all about.

Facts are neutral. There are no feeling with the facts (feelings will come out with the red hat).

The goal of the White Hat is to receive as much information as possible. In a meeting or discussion, facts that would provide helpful guidance for a great decisions get covered up with feelings or side-conversations. By focusing on the facts, you are able to get all the necessary information out in front of you so you can take the next step of interacting with the information using the other hats.

The Point of the White Hat is to be practical.

Danger: too much information is paralyzing.

Examples:

"What are the budget figures for this line item?"

"What was the attendance for this past event?"

"What went wrong with the campaign?"

Leadership Team

My Leadership Team just finished talking about the book "Trust and Teams" by Jane Fryar. As one team member put it, "it ate our lunch". This is a great book which has great questions to help build teams in a religious environment.

Our next book we're discussing is: The No Complaining Rule. That should generate a lot of discussion as well as changing our whole climate of conversation.

Boy, do I complain too much...

Rule the Rules

I recently watched License to Wed and there was a hilarious scene where Robin Williams, playing a priest, is teaching kids the Ten Commandments. Great way to remember them:

God is #1

Cussin the Man is Outta Hand

Say N.O. to Envy

Sunday is God's Fun Day

Dad and Mom are the Bomb

Be Chill Don't Kill

It Ain't Neat to Cheat

Keep it Real, Don't Steal

It Ain't Fly to Lie

Covet? Don't Love it

Of course, now is the challenge to renumber them according to the Protestant numbering and come up with new rhymes. What fun!