SCARF

David Rock

You want a room that can work. The problem is someone just threatened status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, or fairness — and now nobody can hear. Feed the five, or stop threatening them. Ignore the hunger and the hats are theater. Name the threat and the room comes back.

Status

Certainty

Autonomy

Relatedness

Fairness

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In one line

A room is fed or threatened on five: status, certainty, autonomy, relatedness, fairness.

Use this on a room. It answers: What are you hungry for?

The other half

Six Thinking Hats

SCARF is what the room must be fed. The hats are how it thinks. A hungry room cannot wear one color.

How this talks to the others

Pushes against
Six human needs
Certainty is on both lists. One is a person. One is a room. They disagree about the unit.

Seminars

The room