The 6 Thinking Hats - Edward de Bono

'Six Thinking Hats' is an important and powerful technique. It is used to look at decisions from a number of important perspectives. This forces you to move outside your habitual thinking style, and helps you to get a more rounded view of a situation.

Use this template to explore the different perspectives suggested by the thinking hats.

State the problem, decision and context.

State the problem here .....

White hat - facts

Information and data
Neutral and objective
What do I know?
What do I need to find out?
How will I get the information I need?

Red hat - Feelings

Intuition, hunches, gut instinct
My feelings right now.
Feelings can change.
No reasons are given.

Yellow hat - Benefits

Positives, plus points
Logical reasons are given.
Why an idea is useful

Black hat - Cautions

Difficulties, weaknesses, dangers
Logical reasons are given.
Spotting the risks

Blue hat - Process

Ideas, alternative, possibilities
Provocation - "PO"
Solutions to black hat problems

Green hat - Creativity

Wider view
Thinking about thinking
What thinking is needed?
Organizing the thinking
Planning for action

White hat thinking

My thinking here ...

Red hat thinking

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Yellow hat thinking

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Black hat thinking

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Blue hat thinking

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Green hat thinking

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Conclusion

Based on your thinking what is the best solution?

Add details here? .............

Comments

Stacey Moretta
07 March 2019, 8:33

Defiantly the green hat person a bit of both thinking but also using instinct and planning to find issue also very organised person.

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