The Six Thinking Hats Edward de Bono

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The Six Thinking HatsEdward de Bono
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Six Coloured Hats

• Put on your thinking cap
• I am wearing my parent hat
• Six hats to put on or take off
• White -Yellow
• Red - Green
• Black - Blue

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The white hatFocus on Information

• What do we know?
• What do we need to know?
• What is missing?
• What questions should we ask?
• How might we get the information we need?

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The Red HatFeelings and Emotions

• I do not like
• My feeling is
• My intuition is
• My gut feeling is
• I feel it is.

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The Black HatCaution

• Does this fit?
• Does this fit our values?
• Does this fit our resources?
• Does this fit our strategy and objectives?
• Does this fit our abilities?

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The Yellow HatBenefits

• Why something should work
• Find values

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The Green HatCreativity

• Ideas, alternatives, possibilities, designs

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The Blue HatProcess Control

• Organise the thinking
• At beginning
• Define focus and purpose
• Define the sequence of hats
• During the discussion
• Control function
• At the end
• Put together the outcome, the summary, the
  conclusion, the design