1. Six Thinking Hats

2. Six
Thinking Hats

3. When we attempt practical thinking, there are three functional difficulties:
Emotions (not think/react)
Helplessness (inadequacy)
Confusion (juggle too much)

4. We do too much!

5. Six colors, six hats Thinking is divided into six different modes.

6. Emotions & Feelings

7. Benefits & Positives

8. Cautious & Careful

9. Creative Thinking

10. Information/Facts Questions

11. Organizing Hat

12. Why hats? Role playing “Put on your thinking caps”
Easy to put on and take off
Allows us to switch roles

13. Six Hats Detaching from ego Getting beyond argument

14. Four uses of hats in meeting?
Put the hat on
Take the hat off
Switch hats
Signal your thinking

15. Single hat & sequence use
Be used singly at point
Sequence Black : Yellow (assess)
Black : Green (Imp)

16. Effective use of “thinking hats” can keep:
Focus thinking more clearly
Lead to more creative thinking
Improve communication and thus decision making

17. No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better.”
“Thinking is the ultimate human resource, yet we can never be satisfied with our most important skill.
No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better.”
Edward DeBono

18. Six Thinking Hats

19. Emotions & Feelings

20. Emotional view
Recreations
Gut feeling & hunches
Legitimizes emotions
No need to justify

21. Benefits & Positives

22. Positive thinking
Yellow sunshine & brightness
Reasons why idea will work
Supporting reasons

23. Cautious & Careful

24. Judges robe
Points out risks
Problems & Difficulties
Logical basis
Points out errors in thinking
Feasibility

25. Creative Thinking

26. New ideas & Possibilities
Growth
Proposals or suggestions
Change the proposal idea

27. Information/Facts Questions

28. White Neutral Computer-like

29. Organizing Hat

30. Control of thinking process
Organizing hat
Thinking about thinking
Asking right questions
What thinking is needed

31. Think! Before It’s Too Late!