Frank Pray analyzed his tendencies when brainstorming and creative writing. His primary approaches are creative (green hat) and organized (blue hat), with secondary tendencies being intuitive (red hat), optimistic (yellow hat), and cautious (black hat). He likes to combine his creative and organized tendencies, using structure to freely generate ideas and ensure projects are completed on time. However, his organized side can also inhibit creativity by editing too quickly, so he works to ignore that urge and let all ideas emerge without judgment.

1.
Creative
Connections
Team
“COLOR
OF
HAT”
Report.
Frank
Pray
12/02/12.
My
primary
hats
are
creative
(Green)
and
organized
(Blue).
Secondary
hats
tend
to
be
intuitive
(red]
and
optimistic.
[yellow].
Last
is
cautious
[black].
I
discovered
this
pattern
in
the
brainstorming,
and
I
note
it
also
in
my
creative
writing.
I
definitely
tend
to
be
more
organized
and
structure-­‐minded
than
my
writing
colleagues.
I
like
to
combine
the
creative
and
organized
in
a
seamless
effort.
The
organizational
effort
frees
up
my
ability
to
make
creative
things
happen
WITHIN
the
structure.
Also,
it
helps
me
to
stay
on
track,
and
see
that
the
production
part
of
the
creative
process
gets
finished
on
time.
In
the
brainstorming
experience,
as
in
my
creative
writing,
I
found
that
this
dual
process
can
also
cause
problems.
The
“editor”
can
butt
into
the
process
too
quickly
and
too
frequently,
thereby
subduing
the
creative
contributor.
I
offset
this
tendency
by
simply
feeling
but
ignoring
the
urge
to
edit
and
assess,
and
just
let
all
ideas
come
on
the
map.
Even
a
“bad”
idea
becomes
“good”
with
some
fine
tuning,
and
the
good
idea
would
never
have
been
discovered
if
not
ushered
in
by
the
so-­‐called
“bad”
idea.