SIX THINKING HATS OF LATERAL THINKING

•Rohan Solanki 1310•Kalyani Mudliar 1289•Afreen Shaikh 1307•Nikhat Rajput 1302•Snehal Zanzarkia 1321•Nilesh Pandey•Prabhu Hosmani 1282

Six hats are???

Concept by Edward De Bono Six hats of six colors for six types of thinking

Each hat identifies a type of thinking Hats are the directions of thinking

Hats help a group use parallel thinking You can “put on” and “take off” a hat

Used for Problem solving Strategic planning Running meetings Much more

Summary of Six Hats…

Blue: Control & organization of thinking

White: Objective facts & figures

Red: Emotions & feelings

Yellow: Hope, positive & speculative

Green: Creativity, ideas & lateral thinking

Black: Cautious & careful

BLUE HAT

BLUE HAT

• Thinking about the process• Instructions for thinking• The organization of thinking• Control of the other hats• Discipline and focus

Role of Blue Hat…

• Control of thinking & the process• Begin & end session with blue hat• Facilitator, session leader’s role• Choreography

• open, sequence, close• Focus: what should we be thinking about• Asking the right questions• Defining & clarifying the problem• Setting the thinking tasks

WHITE HAT

WHITE HAT• 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

• Believed Facts• Checked Facts

RED HAT

RED HAT• Emotions & feelings• Hunches, intuitions, impressions• Doesn’t have to be logical or

consistent• No justifications, reasons or basis• All decisions are emotional in the

end

YELLOW HAT

YELLOW HAT• Positive & speculative• Positive thinking, optimism,

opportunity• Benefits• Best-case scenarios• Exploration• Helps keep on going

GREEN HAT

GREEN HAT

• New ideas, concepts, perceptions• Deliberate creation of new ideas• Alternatives and more alternatives• New approaches to problems• Creative & lateral thinking

BLACK HAT

BLACK HAT• Cautious and careful• Logical negative – why it won’t work• Critical judgment, pessimistic view• Separates logical negative from

emotional• Focus on errors, evidence,

conclusions• Logical & truthful, but not

necessarily fair

Benefits of the Six Thinking Hats? Provides a common language Experience & intelligence of each person

(Diversity of thought) Use more of our brains Helps people work against type, preference Removal of ego (reduce confrontation) Save time Focus (one thing at a time) Create, evaluate & implement action plans