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