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    The document discusses Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats method for organizing thinking. It describes each colored hat and its role: red for feelings, white for information, yellow for benefits, black for judgment, green for creativity, and blue for thinking about the thinking process. Each hat has key questions to focus thinking in its designated area. The hats provide a framework to consider an issue from different perspectives in a meeting or planning process.

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    The Six Thinking Hats Edward De Bono

    RED HAT

    Feelings
    How do I feel about this? What do I like about the idea? What dont I like about this? emotions feeling hunches intuition likes and dislikes

    The Red Hat Key Questions


    1. What do you like about the idea? 2. How do you feel about this? 3. What dont you like about this?

    The White Hat Information


    What information do I have? What are the facts? What information do I need? What do I want to KNOW? focuses directly on the available information facts neutral information NOT argument or making suggestions

    The White Hat Key Questions


    1. What information do we have? 2. What information is missing? 3. How do we get the information we need?

    YELLOW HAT Benefits


    What are the good points? Why can this be done? Why is this a good thing benefits of an idea yellow hat is full of hope- logical hat so the reason behind the hope must be given seeks to find and show the benefits

    The Yellow Hat Key Questions


    What are the benefits? Why should it work?

    BLACK HAT Judgement


    most used of all the hats concerned with truth and reality hat of critical thinking prevents us from making mistakes What is wrong with this? Will this work? Is it safe? Can it be done?

    The Black Hat Key Questions


    Will it work? 2. Does it fit? 3. What are the dangers and the problems?

    GREEN HAT

    Creativity
    What new ideas are possible? What is my suggestion? Can I create something new? active hat used for creative thinking concerned with proposals, suggestions, new ideas, new alternatives, new solutions and inventions emphasis is on newness

    The Green Hat Key Questions


    1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Exploration of the ideas Proposals and suggestions Alternatives New ideas Provocations

    BLUE HAT Thinking about Thinking


    What thinking is needed? Where are we now? What is the next step? overview the process control above the thinking looking down on the thinking thinking about thinking!

    The Blue Hat Key Questions


    What sort of thinking is needed? Where are we now? What is the next step? Where have we been?

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