Six Hats
Six Hats
Six Hats
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Where do you do
your best thinking?
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Where do you do
your best thinking? - example
In the shower
In my dreams
Now individually
Edward de Bono
Traditional Meeting
Parallel Thinking
Parallel Thinking
Parallel Thinking
Parallel Thinking
Parallel Thinking
FOCUS
Black Hat
FOCUS
Black Hat
FOCUS
Feelings and Intuition
Emotions and hunches
No reasons or justifications
At this point
Keep it short
Red Hat
Black Hat
FOCUS
Feelings and Intuition
Green Hat
Creative Thinking
Possibilities * Alternatives
New Ideas * New Thinking
Overcome black hat issues
Reinforce yellow hat issues
Red Hat
Black Hat
FOCUS
Why it may work
Values * Benefits
(both known and potential)
Logical reasons
must be given
Yellow Hat
Green Hat
Creative Thinking
Possibilities * Alternatives
New Ideas * New Thinking
Overcome black hat issues
Reinforce yellow hat issues
Red Hat
White Hat
Black Hat
FOCUS
Why it may work
Values * Benefits
(both known and potential)
Logical reasons
must be given
Yellow Hat
Green Hat
Creative Thinking
Possibilities * Alternatives
New Ideas * New Thinking
Overcome black hat issues
Reinforce yellow hat issues
Red Hat
Blue Hat
Black Hat
FOCUS
Why it may work
What are the benefits?
What is good about?
What is a positive outcomes?
What is the value?
Can this be made to work?
Yellow Hat
Green Hat
Creative Thinking
What if?
What is good about?
What else can we do?
What is the value of?
How can we make this work?
What are the alternatives?
Red Hat
Questions
Questions
White Hat
FACILITATOR ROLE
The role of the facilitator
Focuses and refocuses thinking
Makes calls for the group to make
decisions
Questions
FOCUS:
TIME:
Questions
What do we know?
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Questions
Flexitime at work
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Legalizing marijuana
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Bungee jumping team exercise _______
Mandatory retirement at 55
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Eliminating titles at work
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Banning smoking everywhere _______
Cloning humans
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LOGICAL POSITIVES
Explores the benefits of an idea
Must give reasons why an idea is
valuable or might work
Reinforces creative ideas and new
directions
Questions
LOGICAL NEGATIVES
Explores why an idea may not work
Must give logical reasons for concerns
Points out difficulties
Questions
Questions
What if?
What is good about?
What is the value of?
How can we make this work?
What are the alternatives?
What else can we do?
Balloon
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Golf Tee
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Toothbrush
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Paperclip
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Balloon
____Shower Cap_____
_____Traffic Sign_____
_____Scarecrow______
Golf Tee
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_____paper Holder___
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Toothbrush
____Silver Cleaner____
____Paint Cleaner_____
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Paperclip
___Popping discs_____
_____Jewellery______
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The Three Ps
Generate Ideas on
White Hat
Black Hat
FOCUS
Why it may work
Values * Benefits
(both known and potential)
Logical reasons
must be given
Yellow Hat
Green Hat
Creative Thinking
Possibilities * Alternatives
New Ideas * New Thinking
Overcome black hat issues
Reinforce yellow hat issues
Red Hat