how to think ! 6 hats
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Lets have a discussion!
The coming Week we wanna go for a Vacation!
Where and How??
How to use Edward De Bono’sParallel Thinking Method
Objectives of this Session
Define parallel thinking
Identify each of the six hats
Apply six hats method to problem solving
What is parallel thinking?At any moment
everyone is looking in the same direction.
Six colors…White: neutral, objectiveRed: emotional, angryBlack: serious, somberYellow: sunny, positiveGreen: growth, fertilityBlue: cool, sky above
…and Six HatsWhite: Objective facts & figuresRed: Emotions & feelingsBlack: Caution & CarefulnessYellow: Hope & positiveGreen: Creativity, ideas & lateral thinking
Blue: Control & organization of thinking
White Hat Thinking Neutral, objective information Facts & figures Questions: what do we know, what
don’t we know, what do we need to know
Excludes opinions, hunches, judgments Removes feelings & impressions Two tiers of facts
Believed FactsChecked Facts
Red Hat ThinkingEmotions & feelingsHunches, intuitions, impressions
Doesn’t have to be logical or consistent
No justifications, reasons or basis
Many decisions are emotional in the end
Black Hat ThinkingCautious and carefulLogical negative – why it won’t workCritical judgement, pessimistic viewSeparates logical negative from
emotionalFocus on errors, evidence, conclusionsLogical & truthful, but not necessarily
fair
Yellow Hat ThinkingPositive & speculativePositive thinking, optimism,
opportunity
Benefits
Best-case scenariosExploration
Green Hat ThinkingNew ideas, concepts,
perceptionsDeliberate creation of new ideasAlternatives and more
alternatives
New approaches to problems
Creative & lateral thinking
The Blue HatThinking about thinkingInstructions for thinking
The organization of thinking
Control of the other hats
Discipline and focus
Results of Six Hat ThinkingDeriving power from focused thinking
Saving time
Removing ego from decisions
Doing one thing at a time
Lets have a discussion again!
The coming Week we wanna go for a Vacation!
Where and How??
Where Can We Use it… Decision making, problem solving, tackling opposing views & friction
Relationships (Generation G A P)
Planning by an Individual
Thank youBy
Sanjay GandhiSuper Impex India
www.superimpex.com