De Bono
In Friday’s tute we had a look at one another’s work using Edward De Bono’s “Six thinking hats” tool of giving feedback. I’d kind of learnt about this way of thinking in primary school but, not so surprisingly I couldn’t remember anything past what colours were involved. In media, the tool of the six thinking hats is used to give and receive productive feedback from others. Giving feedback on another person’s work can often be hard, as people are generally emotionally invested in the work they produce but using this system it’s much simpler to give the right feedback in an appropriate manner. Personally, I’m terrible at making any criticism of another persons work. My go to response to “What did you think?” is – “it was really good” or if it was bad – “It was good”. So it’s fair to say giving and receiving criticism is a skill I will need to develop throughout Media One, and De Bono’s six hats are a great way to start the process.