When critiquing each others “Self Portraits” we used 4 of De Bono’s Hat feedback system. The 4 different types of feedback we used were.

• Yellow Hat: Positive, optimistic feedback. Where you talk about what worked well.
• Red Hat: Feelings or initial reactions. Where you give your gut reaction to the work.
• Black Hat: Negative feedback. Where you talk about what didnt work well.
• Green Hat: Alternative ideas or suggestive feedback. Where you give ideas that could be a different way of doing things.

This system allows multiple types of feedback and avoids undescriptive answers such as “its good” or “its kinda good”. Using the multiple Hat system you can gain a plethora of feedback both positive and negative, as well has peoples gut reations and alternative ideas. All of which are important, and much more valuable than whether its “good” or not.