How to think ! 6 hats

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