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Change your hat to change your mind

Change your hat to change your mind

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Leadership creativity is more than generating novel ideas. It is the thought work behind effective choice-making. In this Lesson for Effectiveness, Kate Johnson shares three practical activities leaders can use to strengthen creativity, examine problems from different perspectives, anticipate challenges, and make better-informed decisions. If you would like practical tools that accompany conversations like this one, you can request the current free leadership toolkit at https://www.one23ltd.com/toolkits Subscribers to the onetwentythree ltd newsletter receive these resources automatically each month. Key takeaways Creativity grows when leaders make room for imagination without requiring an immediate practical outcome. Putting yourself inside an unfamiliar image can help you disconnect from everyday constraints and exercise creativity for its own sake. A pre-mortem uses prospective hindsight to identify the problems that could cause a project or event to fail. Imagining future success can help teams define meaningful achievements and translate them into action plans. Edward de Bono’s Six Thinking Hats provides a structured way to consider facts, emotions, risks, benefits, alternatives, and the thinking process itself. A personal decision audit can help you examine choices, consequences, and lessons without creating a record of regrets. Timestamps 00:03 Leadership Creativity and Critical Thinking 01:18 Put Yourself in the Picture 02:55 Conduct a Pre-Mortem 04:25 Try Corporate Time Travel 05:01 Change Your Hat to Change Your Mind 06:29 Evaluate the Quality of Your Choices 07:18 Conduct a Personal Choice Audit 07:55 Use Journaling and Regular Reflection 08:38 Seek Guidance From a Mentor 09:31 Rational, Reasonable, and Empathetic Creativity Keywords leadership creativity, creative thinking, critical thinking, decision-making, problem-solving, pre-mortem exercise, Six Thinking Hats, perspective-taking, leadership development, reflective practice
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