1. Using Edward De Bono’s Six Thinking Hats to help decision-making and problem-solving

2. The Red Hat What do you feel about the suggestion? What are your gut reactions? What are your intuitions? Don’t think too long or too hard. Emotions, feelings, gut reactions

3. The White Hat The information seeking hat. What facts and information are available? What is relevant? When wearing the white hat, keep your thinking neutral. Concerned with facts and figures

4. The Yellow Hat It takes a positive outlook. It is constructive and wants to get the job done. It looks for the benefits and advantages. The sunshine hat

5. The Black Hat Use this hat to look out for problems or pit- falls. What are the risks or dangers involved? This hat might play ‘devil’s advocate’. The caution hat

6. Use this hat for creative thinking. Look for fresh new ideas and solutions. Try lateral thinking – looking at things in a new way. The Green Hat Green means growth and creation

7. This hat is for organising your thinking. It sets the focus, calls for the use of other hats. Use this hat to monitor and reflect. Blue is for planning. The Blue Hat The planning and control hat

8. Six Thinking Hats Reflective Creative Cautious Intuitive InformativeConstructive