Engagement
Quality of discussion in the Board Room is a vital consideration. It’s just that different people are often in a different frame of mind when they come together to talk and listen to one another. Or even an agenda item can throw one person into one thinking position whilst it throws someone else in a different direction.Edward de Bono wrote ‘Six Thinking Hats’ (Viking 1986) in order to try to resolve this dilemma. The idea is that different coloured hats represent different ways of thinking and behaving:
White = Facts and figures
Red = Emotions and feelings
Black = Devil’s Advocate
Yellow = Positive
Green = Creative and lateral
Blue = Control and planning
I work with a Board that actually use coloured discs in their strategy meetings. So that when for example, feelings about a particular issue are running high if someone holds up a red disc it tells everyone about that person’s perspective and it legitimises others to engage at a similar level.
The better the quality of engagement the better the quality of the meeting and the greater the value of outcomes.
It’s that simple.
posted by Tim @ 12:50 PM
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