White Hat: (Facts and information about the problem) With this thinking hat, we focus on the data availTABLE to us. We observe and look at the information we have, and from there, we can learn from it. This is also where we look for gaps in our knowledge, and either try to fill them or take account of them. By using this hat, we can analyze past trends, and try to extrapolate from historical data. It is about making use of what we know. We’ll provide examples from the story itself and also do reflections based on our way of seeing things.
First of all, Marie and Jean are supposed to attend a encore together one night. But Marie had decided to change the plan instead of telling Jean. Marie went to a secret subway all by herself. Marie is a kind of a playful girl. She likes to go and explore dangerous places alone. She wants to be the first one to explore the place and the first one to discover what is going On at the secret location. On the other hand, Marie wants to seek attention from Jean. She tested Jean to taunt her and also revealed to Jean of her where about and what she is doing under the subway.
Even though Jean had messaged Marie and warned her not to go to the mysteriously dangerous lace. However, Marie decided to shrug off her warning and continued her journey. Jean gave up on persuading Marie and went to the concert alone. In the whole process, she did still message Marie because she was very concern about her journey. Marie did not feel any sense of afraid when she is going deeper and deeper under the subway. She was a rather stubborn person to have explored the secret location even though she heard some noises in a room of the subway.
But she still continued her journey and opened the door. From the story, we gathered the information that the whole situation revolves round the stubbornness of Marie in her pursuit of dangerous excitement as this becomes the primary cause of the incident that happened afterwards. We also know that the location Marie traveled to was an abandoned subway that contains a variety of plausibility including imminent danger. Looking from Jean’s perspective, she was in a state of worry when she found out that her friend has traveled to an unknown location although she was in the concert.
From Maria’s perspective however, it was only about the excitement, fun and teasing her friend. Red Hat: (Feelings towards the problem) By wearing the red hat, we look at problems using intuition, gut reaction, and emotion. We also try to think of how other people will react emotionally to the situations imposed upon them. Try to understand the responses of people who do not fully know your reasoning. To put it in simpler words, it is the feeling of the individuals involved towards the situation. After Marie told Jean that she is not going to the concert with her because she is going to explore the secret subway.
Jean was very angry at Marie for not telling her and not informing her earlier when she changed the plan as the tickets were expensive. After Marie found out there was a door under the subway, she opened the door. This happened because of her sense of curiosity and the ‘bravery that leads to no good. She saw there were a couple of guys in the room. They kidnapped Marie and made a deal with her. They asked Marie to bring someone to exchange her freedom. So, Marie messaged Jean that she needed some help under the subway because she wanted to escape from those guys and asked Jean to come and meet her.
But she did not tell Jean what is actually happening under the subway. She wanted Jean to come as a scapegoat and replace herself with Jean’s. When Jean arrived there, she panicked as she worried for her friend’s safety. She wanted Marie to be safe, because she is her best friend. But when Jean met Marie, she was with a couple of guys under the subway. Jean started to ask what is happening down there. Marie explained everything to Jean. Jean felt betrayed because it was a trap set by Marie and those guys. Here, we look at three feelings faced by the persons involved in the situation.
First of all, we look at the anger faced by Jean when her friend left out on her. This is a fairly normal feeling everyone would experience if one’s best friend were to ditch their pre-planned gathering for another activity, one that Marie claims is more fun than their activity together. Next, we look at the cause of all problems which is Maria’s personal aspiration for satisfying her own curiosity. If we look at this, her curiosity led her to the secret subway and also the opening of the door. Lastly, the feeling of betrayal felt by Jean when Marie selfishly led her to a trap causing Jean’s demise.
The same as any reader would feel, this is one of the worst feeling that we could eve as we take our best friend seriously not to even mention that Jean’s great care for Marie was repaid by Maria’s betrayal. Black Hat: (What are the negative aspects of the problem? ) Using black hat thinking, we look at all the bad points of the decision. Look at it cautiously and defensively. Try to see why it might not work. This is important because it highlights the weak points in a plan. It allows you to eliminate them, alter them, or prepare contingency plans to counter them.
Black Hat thinking helps to make our plans ‘tougher’ and more resilient. It can also help you to spot fatal flaws and risks before you embark on a course of action. Black Hat thinking is one of the real benefits of this technique, as many successful people get so used to thinking positively that often they cannot see problems in advance. This leaves them under-prepared for difficulties. Mane knew that there was something wrong or at least something going on under the subway and the hidden vault. She was too into it and still continues to find out the mysterious place.
Once Marie told Jean that she was in trouble under the subway, Jean was worried and get out of the concert immediately. Jean would feel heartache for the ticket Of the concert due to its price, but she did not want to leave Marie alone under the subway. She wanted Marie to be safe and sound. She went out to the concert and called for a public cab. She told the driver to drive her to the subway in a shortest possible of time. On her way to the subway, she asked Marie not to go any further, just to stay right there and wait for her arrival. On the other side, Marie knew that it was wrong to asked Jean to come over the subway and rescue her.
But she had no idea what those guys will do to her. She wants to escape from those guys and eave the place at that very moment. Looking at the bad decisions made by both parties, this situation is definitely full of it. First of all, the change of the original plan and replaced by Maries personal adventure is already a definition of bad decision itself. Then it led to Maria’s decision to explore the closed room. After she got captured, Jean’s bad decision of trying to save her all by herself can also be improved if Jean had called the cops to follow her earlier on.
By observing at these decisions, we can come to the conclusion that we should not act based on our impulse but ether analyze the situation beforehand. Yellow Hat: (What are the benefits/ positive aspects of the problem? ) The yellow hat helps you to think positively. It is the optimistic viewpoint that helps you to see all the benefits of the decision and the value in it. Yellow Hat thinking helps you to keep going when everything looks gloomy and difficult. At the very moment, Marie thinks that there is a very interesting place under the subway and it is fun to find out all by herself.
Marie do still believed that she is the first one to find out the mysterious place under the subway. Jean assumed Marie is just going to have some fun by herself. She wants something more exciting than the concert. Jean let Marie to go to the subway instead of going to the concert with her. Under the subway, Marie assumes that those guys would not hurt her, because they just want to exchange person with Marie. Those guys might be the first ones who find out the vault under the subway. They just wanted to have some fun with Jean instead Of Marie. Marie thought that Jean would understand why Marie did this to her.
Marie assumed that after all these things; Jean would still be her best friend. Jean will forget about everything and forgive Marie. To be optimistic even in the worst kind of scenarios is a must because optimism might be the slightest chance to turn something negative to take a 180 degrees turn for the better. At first, Marie had this sense of optimism as she thought she would be the one to rediscover this abandoned subway and she awaits a certain amount of surprises which she perceive as positive. On Jean’s side, her optimism was only limited to the fact that she didn’t waste her concert’s ticket as she was reluctant to change the plan.
For Marie, Jean’s cession to come for her was a positive decision as she knew that her life A: the very moor regret ABA, would be exchange for Jean’s life. When Jean came for Marie positive as she believed she was coming to save Marie NC reunited with Marie again. However, to see the situation a not much optimism left aside from the fact that a police re person missing at that secret location was reported so that caution would be put up to prevent people from going the an awareness was created on the danger of exploring that sacrificing Jean. Green Hat: (What alternatives do we have / creative ideas) The Green Hat stands for creativity.
This is where we can solutions to a problem. It is a freewheeling way of thinking little criticism of ideas. A whole range of creativity tools cal This is the alternative possibilities to every situation as eve make influence the outcome of everything. By using this h could have gone down if a different decision was taken in and take into account the list of decisions we can take. Along the way to the subway, Marie found out there was door under the subway. Marie thought that there was son unexpected mystery boxes or treasure box behind the do’ door excitedly; she wants something great behind the doc he joy to her best friend, Jean. Unfortunately, Marie found couple of bad guys in the room. She assumed that those g first instead of her. Marie probably will think that those GU unexpected mystery box and discuss about the boxes in t’ that, Jean could imagine how happy Marie is when she four vault under the subway. Jean would also assume that Marci and excited for the treasure hunt under the subway. Lees look from the start of the scenario, if Marie had join the concert, nothing of this disaster would have happen. Cannot be said for the next time as Marie is an adventurous loud take on any dangerous trip no matter what.
