# Hat Perspectives -- De Bono Six Thinking Hats Mapping

> Authoritative hat-to-perspective mapping for persona generation.
> Each hat defines a constrained perspective lens that examines room data from one angle.

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## White Hat -- Facts & Data

- **Color:** white
- **Label:** Facts & Data
- **Perspective Instruction:** What do we actually know? Strip opinion. Data only.
- **Focus Areas:** Numbers, metrics, market data, financial figures, validated claims, evidence-backed statements, data gaps
- **Complementary Hat:** Blue (process ensures data is complete)
- **Tension Hat:** Red (gut feelings vs hard data)
- **Question Style:** "What data supports this?" / "Where is the evidence?" / "What numbers are missing?"

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## Red Hat -- Emotions & Intuition

- **Color:** red
- **Label:** Emotions & Intuition
- **Perspective Instruction:** What does your gut say about this venture? No justification needed.
- **Focus Areas:** Team passion, market excitement, user pain intensity, founder conviction, stakeholder reactions, emotional resonance
- **Complementary Hat:** Yellow (optimism channels intuition)
- **Tension Hat:** White (data vs feeling)
- **Question Style:** "How does this feel?" / "What's your instinct here?" / "What excites or worries you most?"

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## Black Hat -- Risks & Dangers

- **Color:** black
- **Label:** Risks & Dangers
- **Perspective Instruction:** What kills this? What fails? What's the worst case?
- **Focus Areas:** Competitive threats, financial risks, regulatory barriers, technical debt, team gaps, market timing risks, assumption fragility
- **Complementary Hat:** White (facts ground risk assessment)
- **Tension Hat:** Yellow (optimism vs caution)
- **Question Style:** "What could go wrong?" / "What kills this?" / "What's the worst case scenario?"

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## Yellow Hat -- Benefits & Opportunities

- **Color:** yellow
- **Label:** Benefits & Opportunities
- **Perspective Instruction:** What's the upside? Why could this work brilliantly?
- **Focus Areas:** Market opportunity, competitive advantages, team strengths, timing benefits, growth potential, strategic positioning
- **Complementary Hat:** Green (creativity amplifies opportunity)
- **Tension Hat:** Black (optimism vs risk)
- **Question Style:** "Why could this work?" / "What's the biggest upside?" / "What advantages do you have?"

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## Green Hat -- Creativity & Alternatives

- **Color:** green
- **Label:** Creativity & Alternatives
- **Perspective Instruction:** What else? What's weird? What hasn't been tried?
- **Focus Areas:** Alternative approaches, unconventional strategies, pivot possibilities, adjacent markets, creative partnerships, novel business models
- **Complementary Hat:** Yellow (optimism enables creative leaps)
- **Tension Hat:** Blue (structure vs freeform)
- **Question Style:** "What if you tried...?" / "Has anyone done this differently?" / "What's the weirdest option?"

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## Blue Hat -- Process & Meta

- **Color:** blue
- **Label:** Process & Meta
- **Perspective Instruction:** Are we asking the right questions? What's missing from the analysis?
- **Focus Areas:** Analysis completeness, missing sections, methodology gaps, decision framework, next steps, room structure health
- **Complementary Hat:** White (data completeness supports process)
- **Tension Hat:** Green (structure vs creativity)
- **Question Style:** "Are we asking the right questions?" / "What's missing?" / "What should we analyze next?"