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Six Thinking Hats

The document describes the Six Thinking Hats method created by Edward de Bono. It involves parallel thinking using six colored hats to represent different perspectives or types of thinking. The hats are white (neutral facts), red (emotions), black (cautions), yellow (optimism), green (creativity), and blue (control and conclusions). By focusing thinking about a topic from the perspective of only one hat at a time, it aims to derive power from focused thinking, save time, remove ego from decisions, and do one thing at a time. The main purposes are to simplify thinking and allow switches in perspective without threatening ego.

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Six Thinking Hats

The document describes the Six Thinking Hats method created by Edward de Bono. It involves parallel thinking using six colored hats to represent different perspectives or types of thinking. The hats are white (neutral facts), red (emotions), black (cautions), yellow (optimism), green (creativity), and blue (control and conclusions). By focusing thinking about a topic from the perspective of only one hat at a time, it aims to derive power from focused thinking, save time, remove ego from decisions, and do one thing at a time. The main purposes are to simplify thinking and allow switches in perspective without threatening ego.

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SIX THINKING HATS

Based on the work by


Edward de Bono
“Thinking--
The Ultimate Human Resource”
 We can always improve our thinking
skills.
 Confused thinking arises from trying to
do too much at once.
 We should emphasize what can be, not
what is.
Three Philosophers

 Socrates: Focused on the Negative

 Plato: See Shadows of the Truth

 Aristotle: Concerned with What Is--


– Analysis, Judgment, Argument
Six hats is parallel thinking.
Results of Six Hat Thinking
 Deriving power from focused thinking
 Saving time
 Removing ego from decisions
 Doing one thing at a time
WHITE

Neutral and Objective

Deals with Facts


RED
 Emotions
 Feelings
 Hunches
 Intuition
BLACK
 Serious
 Cautious
 Careful
 Lays Out Risks
YELLOW
 Optimistic
 Hopeful
 Positive Thinking
 Constructive
 Effective
GREEN
 Creative

 New Ideas and Concepts

 Search for Alternatives


BLUE
 Control
 Organization
 Responsible for Conclusions
 Sets the Focus
 Use of All the Hats
Use Preset Sequence
 Discipline

 Timing

 Guidelines
Results of Six Hat Thinking

Decisions Seem to Make

Themselves!
What If It’s Not Possible to Make
a Decision?
 May Need More Information

 Can’t Reconcile Values

 May Depend on Future Information


Two Main Purposes For Six
Thinking Hats
 Simplifies thinking by having to deal
with one thing at a time.

 Allows a switch in thinking without


threatening ego.

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