Practice being a facilitator You will be in teams of 5 students - each team will be assigned a breakout room. In the room you will use the Six Thinking Hats exercise to brainstorm possible solutions to a conflict. Here are the roles: 1) One facilitator 2) Three role players 3) One person taking notes What is the challenge we are looking to come up with solutions for: A car manufacturer has found that their quality department has a worsening absence record with several bouts of sickness from several staff. When a manager goes to speak with the employees there the impression that is received is that morale is low and employees seem unhappy. Your team is brought in to help - we need someone to brainstorm how we will get this team re- energized. How will we get this team to care more. We need an answer to what is happening and how can the company improve the absence levels that are seen in this department? Background: The Six Thinking Hats method is used by individuals and groups to separate out conflicting styles of thinking. This enables and encourages a group of people to think constructively together and explore