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Bad ideas generated under the green hat, which represents creativity and brainstorming, can become useful when viewed from a different perspective because they can stimulate new thoughts and discussions. They can challenge existing assumptions and lead to innovative solutions. Even if an idea seems bad initially, it might contain a seed of something valuable or inspire a completely different, viable idea. The key is to not dismiss any idea outright but to consider it from various angles.
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Green represents creativity. This is the brainstorming hat, where lots of thoughts and ideas are coming fast. The focus here is about "what ifs" and generating as many ideas as possible without judgment or criticism. This flow of ideas will create a lot of potentially irrelevant material, but it will also uncover some revelations that just couldn't be seen when wearing a different hat. Even the seemingly "bad" ideas may become useful when viewed with a different hat.
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