1. De Bono’s Thinking Hats
de Bono overview
De Bono’s Thinking Hats

2. White Hat Information and Questions
What knowledge is available?
What information do we have?
What information do we need to get?

3. Yellow Hat Values and Benefits
What are the good things about this?
Why is it worth doing?
How will it help us?
Why can it be done?
Why will it work?

4. Black Hat Issues and Concerns
What could be the possible problems?
Is this true?
Will it work?
What are the weaknesses?
What is wrong with it?

5. Green hat Creativity Are there other ways to do this? Different ideas
New ideas
Suggestions and proposals
What are some possible ways to work this out?
What are some other ways to solve the problem?

6. Red Hat How do I feel? What are my feelings/intuitions right now?
No need to justify the feelings
How do I feel about this right now?

7. Blue Hat Thinking about thinking
Which hat are we using now?
Organisation of thinking
What have we done so far?
What do we do next?

8. My best hat ?

9. My improving hat ?