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The Six Thinking Hats

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Amani Sami

This document discusses the Six Thinking Hats technique developed by Edward De Bono in 1985. The technique uses six colored hats to represent six different perspectives or thinking styles: the White Hat focuses on objective facts; the Red Hat focuses on emotions and feelings; the Black Hat focuses on critical judgment; the Yellow Hat focuses on optimism and benefits; the Green Hat focuses on creativity; and the Blue Hat focuses on process control. The document provides examples of the types of questions associated with each hat perspective.

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Developed by Edward De Bono (1985). A way for brainstorming and innovation.
The Six Thinking Hats
The White Hat calls for information known or needed You focus on the available data. Look at the information that you have, analyze past trends, and see what you can learn from it. Look for gaps in your knowledge, and try to either fill them or take account of them. What do we know?
The Red Hat Indicates feelings, hunches and intuition You look at problems using your emotion. How does this make us feel? How would the customer feel?
The Black Hat Indicates judgment -why something may not work. looks at a decision's negative outcomes Tries to see why it might not work. Important because it highlights the weak points in a plan What does not work? What could go wrong?
The Yellow Hat Symbolizes brightness and optimism and helps you to think positively Helps you to see all the benefits of the decision What works? What are the benefits?
The Green Hat Focuses on creativity: the possibilities, alternatives and new ideas This is where you develop creative solutions to a problem. What works? What are the benefits?
The Blue Hat This hat represents process control. Used to manage the thinking process It's the hat worn by people managing the meeting. Planning for action How do we approach this problem? What are the ground rules?
The Six Thinking Hats
Resources: http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/b/six-thinking-hats- examples http://www.debonothinkingsystems.com/tools/6hats.htm https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_07.htm

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The Six Thinking Hats

  • 2. Developed by Edward De Bono (1985). A way for brainstorming and innovation.
  • 4. The White Hat calls for information known or needed You focus on the available data. Look at the information that you have, analyze past trends, and see what you can learn from it. Look for gaps in your knowledge, and try to either fill them or take account of them. What do we know?
  • 5. The Red Hat Indicates feelings, hunches and intuition You look at problems using your emotion. How does this make us feel? How would the customer feel?
  • 6. The Black Hat Indicates judgment -why something may not work. looks at a decision's negative outcomes Tries to see why it might not work. Important because it highlights the weak points in a plan What does not work? What could go wrong?
  • 7. The Yellow Hat Symbolizes brightness and optimism and helps you to think positively Helps you to see all the benefits of the decision What works? What are the benefits?
  • 8. The Green Hat Focuses on creativity: the possibilities, alternatives and new ideas This is where you develop creative solutions to a problem. What works? What are the benefits?
  • 9. The Blue Hat This hat represents process control. Used to manage the thinking process It's the hat worn by people managing the meeting. Planning for action How do we approach this problem? What are the ground rules?