# Parallel thinking #permanentnote ## Source - [[book - six thinking hats]] ## Keywords (topics and howto) - [[topic - information management]] - [[topic - personal efficiency]] - [[topic - communicate effectively]] - [[topic - mentoring, advising and coaching]] - [[how to be a better leader]] - [[how to do better meetings]] - [[how to be a better advisor]] - [[how to have more possibilities]] ## Relevant notes - [[zt - let them lead]] let other people be the conductor, let the blue hat be a possiblity for everyone. Also connected with [[zt - leading from any chair]] - [[zt - everyone is smart]] make sure to use the brains of the people near you - [[zt - hire brains not skills]] of the people you have - [[zt - powerful meetings]] - [[zt - communication techniques]] - [[zt - candour is a powerful word]] - [[zt - separate the thinking from the doing]] - [[zt - we see based on our narrative]] and parallel thinking helps get people on the same narrative - [[zt - the circle of influence and circle of concern]] parallel thinking helps adding people to a wide circle of influence made of the addition of each circle of influence ## Notes - Parallel thinking is when all the mind working towards a decision are focusing in the same direction of thoughts at the same time. - It is about focusin in the same direction, resulintg in parallel thikning of a problem in a certain scope (hat colour) - Using parallel thinking bring to sensitization. Sensitization is the fact that if you are asked to focus on one thing you will find more things like it. "Search for yellow cars" and the world only has yellow cars - [[ideas on how to use the six thinking hats]] and [[blog - How to Solve Problems Using the Six Thinking Hats Method]] have some practical application of the method