Six Thinking Hats®

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Benefits Of The Six Thinking Hat

Improve Exploration

Save Time

Helps us be more Creative

It Helps to Think Together

!² A Doctor  ² Helps businesses, governments,

and schools  ² Wrote 62 books in 40 languages  ² Originator of Six Thinking Hats,

Lateral Thinking and Direct Attention Thinking Tools

The Originator: Dr. Edward de Bono

The Basics

v6 different imaginary hats that you can put on or take off.  

vEach hat is a different color and represents a different way of thinking.  

vWhen we all wear the same hat we do the same type of thinking at the same time.  

vWhen we change hats - we change our thinking.

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White  (Facts  and  Informa:on)

 BLUE  (Thinking  

about  thinking)

Black  (Judgment)

Red  (Feelings)

Green  (Crea:vity)

Yellow  (Benefits)

SIX  COLOURS

BLUE HAT THINKING– Process Control- FacilitatorØ  Use  this  hat  at  the  beginning

Ø  Ask  why  are  we  here?

ØWhat  are  we  thinking  about?  

ØDecide  what  the  problem  is.  

ØGive  possible  explana:ons

ØWhat  do  we  want  to  do?

ØHow  are  we  going  to  find  out?

WHITE HAT THINKING – Facts, Figures, Information

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ØWho?    What?  When?  Where?

ØWhat  do  we  know?

ØWhat  don’t  we  know?

ØWhat  do  we  need  to  know?

RED HAT THINKING

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Just  put  down  together  No  explana:on  No  need  of  logic  &  consistency

Ø Emo:ons  and  feelings

Ø Hunches

Ø Intui:ons

Ø  Impressions

BLACK HAT THINKINGErrors, evidence,

conclusion

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WARNING!

VERY  EASY  TO  OVERUSE

²  Most  useful  Hat²  Look  at  why  it  might  not  work²  Helps  us  foresee  all  the  possible  obstacles,  faults,  or  problems

YELLOW HAT THINKING  

BENEFITS & VALUES

•  Most  difficult  to  use

•  Benefits

•  Values

•  How  can  we  make  something  work?

Not naturalYou need to develop value sensitivity

GREEN HAT THINKING – Creative (Synthesis)

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Ø  Looking  for  new  ideas

Ø  Alterna:ves  ideas

Ø  New  Possibili:es

BLUE HAT THINKING– Process Control- Facilitator

• Use  this  hat  at  the  end• What  have  we  achieved?• Outcome• Summaries• Conclusion  •  Design• Ac:on  plan

• Next  step

Ac:vity:  Which  Hat? Direc:ons  • Three  children  are  using  their  thinking  hats  to  talk  about  having  a  Ferris  Wheel  on  the  school  playground.  

• Draw  a  line  from  each  hat  to  the  child  who  is  using  that  kind  of  hat.  

• Then  colour  the  hats.  • Look  for  the  colour  word  on  each  hat.

Six Thinking Hats®

!Compiled  and  adapted  by  Louise  Archer