Six thinking hats

A group of people, who use the six thinking hats method,

wear the same hat at the same time.
The blue hat
Goals
 Goal # 1

What idea will you think about?

 Goal # 2

How long time

will you think at each thinking hat?
 Goal # 3

How many contributions

will each person make at each hat?
 The yellow hat
Positive thinking
What is good about this idea?
What are the 3 biggest advantages of this idea?
1.
2.
3.
 The black hat
Critical thinking
What is not good about this idea?
What are the 3 biggest problems / disadvantages of this idea?
1.
2.
3.
The white hat
Facts
What objective information do you have about the
relevance of this idea?
What does this information tell you?
What other information do you need?
 The green hat
Creative thinking
What can you do to improve the idea?
What alternatives do you see?
 The red hat
Emotional thinking
What do you like about this idea?
What do you not like about this idea?
 The blue hat
Control thinking
What are your conclusions?
What decisions will you make?
What is your plan?
Sources of inspiration
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http://www.debonogroup.com/six_thinking_hats.php
De Bono, Edward: Six thinking hats.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0x49-xoqkyM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdC3nkYzj5k