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Six thinking hats

CREATIVE BRAINSTORMING

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CONTENTS• Understand importance of thinking

• Argumentative vs. Parallel thinking

• Introduction of Six Thinking Hats

• Benefits of using Six Thinking Hats

• Details of Six Thinking Hats

• Usage in Work life

• Testimonials

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THINKING ABOUT THINKING• Thinking defines quality of life including work performance, relationships and growth

• No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking. - Voltaire

• A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. – Abraham Lincoln

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THINKING ABOUT THINKING• The main difficulty of thinking is confusion

• Thinking is not same all the times; varies as per day, weather, mood, topic, vision of futue

• Difficulties in involving participants actively in meetings.

• Difficulties in changing long held perceptions of self and others

Can thinking be controlled or directed to get better outcomes/decisions?

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ARGUMENTATIVE VS. PARALLEL THINKING

• Argumentative – in a discusion each party deliberatly takes an opposite view

• Parallel – each party looks in parallel from the same point of view

• Argumentative – in case of disagreement one party tries to prove other party wrong

• Parallel – both views of disagreement are put down in parallel. Decision is made, if required, later on

• Argumentative – Generally based on “What is”

• Parallel – based on “What Can be„

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SIX THINKING HATS• Tool by Edward De Bono to implement parallel thinking in group

• Six colored hats correspond to six directions of thinking – white, red, black, yellow, green, blue

• Set of rules to be followed by everyone

Edward De Bono gave the concept of lateral thinking and his tools are widely used in Government and educational & commercial enterprises.

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SIX THINKING HATS

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SIX THINKING HATS - BENEFITS

• Maximum utilisation of intelligence, experience and knowledge of all the participants

• Huge time savings as members are thinking in parallel rather than argumenting

• Uses ego constructively in discussions

• In Argumentative thinking, ego is biggest obstacle to quick and effective thinking.

• One thing (information, emotions, caution, creativity, optimism, control) at a time

• Confusion is the biggest enemy of good thinking

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SIX THINKING HATS - DETAILS

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SIX THINKING HATS – BENEFITS

• Brain is more sensitised to problems/issues than positive value in situation/idea

• Will help in finding positive values by deliberate effort and removing confusion

• Many great opportunities are lost just due to wrong assumptions and negative thinking

• Will help in assessing opportunities objectively by balancing emotions and creativity

• Customer and senior management always want solution and not problems

• Will help in finding 3-4 creative solutions to problems

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SIX THINKING HATS – HOW TO

Guidelines

• There is no one right sequence to follow

• Some sequences are appropriate for exploration, some for problem solving, for dispute settlement , for decision making, and so forth

A Blue hat should always be used both at the beginning and at the end of the session

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SIX THINKING HATS – 1ST BLUE HAT

• Why we are here

• What we are thinking about

• The defintion of the situation (or problem)

• Alternative defintions

• What we want to acheive

• Where we want to end up

• The background to the thinking, and

• A plan for the sequence of hats to be used

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SIX THINKING HATS – LAST BLUE HAT

• What we have acheived,

• Outcome,

• Conclusion,

• Design,

• Solution and

• Next steps

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SIX THINKING HATS – TESTIMONIALS

• NASA, IBM, DuPont, NTT, Shell, BP, Federal Ex and others

• Use six thinking hats successfuly for problem solving effectively and creatively

• Optus (Australia)• Discussion is concluded in 45 minutes only even planned time

was 4 hours

• ABB• Cuts short project discussion time from 20 days to 2 days