Glory to Shree ParamKrupalu Dev!!!

Glory to Shree Sadguru Dev!!!

Lets have a discussion!

The coming Week we wanna go for a Vacation!

Where and How??

How to use Edward De Bono’sParallel Thinking Method

Objectives of this Session

Define parallel thinking

Identify each of the six hats

Apply six hats method to problem solving

What is parallel thinking?

At any moment everyone is looking in the

same direction.

Traditional Thinking Mode - Argumentative

Traditional Thinking Mode - Argumentative

The Six Hats Parallel Thinking Method

Six colors…

White: neutral, objectiveRed: emotional, angryBlack: serious, somberYellow: sunny, positiveGreen: growth, fertilityBlue: cool, sky above

…and Six Hats

White: Objective facts & figuresRed: Emotions & feelingsBlack: Caution & CarefulnessYellow: Hope & positiveGreen: Creativity, ideas & lateral thinking

Blue: Control & organization of thinking

White Hat Thinking Neutral, objective information Facts & figures Questions: what do we know, what

don’t we know, what do we need to know

Excludes opinions, hunches, judgments Removes feelings & impressions Two tiers of facts (Bapa’s favorite)

Believed FactsChecked Facts

Red Hat Thinking

Emotions & feelings

Hunches, intuitions, impressions

Doesn’t have to be logical or consistent

No justifications, reasons or basis

Many decisions are emotional in the end

Black Hat ThinkingCautious and carefulLogical negative – why it won’t workCritical judgement, pessimistic viewSeparates logical negative from

emotionalFocus on errors, evidence, conclusionsLogical & truthful, but not necessarily

fair

Yellow Hat Thinking

Positive & speculative

Positive thinking, optimism, opportunity

Benefits

Best-case scenarios

Exploration

Green Hat ThinkingNew ideas, concepts, perceptions

Deliberate creation of new ideas

Alternatives and more alternatives

New approaches to problems

Creative & lateral thinking

The Blue HatThinking about thinking

Instructions for thinking

The organization of thinking

Control of the other hats

Discipline and focus

Results of Six Hat ThinkingDeriving power from focused thinking

Saving time

Removing ego from decisions

Doing one thing at a time

Lets have a discussion again!

The coming Week we wanna go for a Vacation!

Where and How??

Where Can We Use it…

Seva (Decision making, problem solving, tackling opposing views & friction)

Relationships (Generation G A P)

Planning by an Individual