l21-Concepts of 6 Thinking Hats

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Truth and Logic in Thinking:

Concepts of 6 Thinking HatsPart 1


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The Colors of the Hats

What do these colors represent? Can

you guess?


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Background

Early in the 1980s Dr. de Bono invented theSix Thinking Hats method.

The method is a framework for thinking andcan incorporate lateral thinking helpspeople lay out all views side by side in

parallel and then design a way forward.Separate out different aspects of thinking focus together on risks, then benefits thenfeelings.


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We can ask a person to put the hat onor take a hat off It is a polite way toencourage thinkers to apply each

thinking process with equal effort & inthe same mode (same color of hat).

Organizations such as PrudentialInsurance, IBM, Federal Express, BritishAirways, Polaroid, possibly the world'slargest company, use Six Thinking Hats.


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6Thinking HatsRepresent six modes of thinking and aredirections to think rather than labels forthinking.

Separates ego from performance".

The whole group wears the same color hat atthe same time (i.e. everyone does the sametype thinking at the same time) and allparticipants change hats at the same time(i.e. everyone changes thinking from onemode to another at the same time).


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Advantages

Enabling the evaluation of ideas and topicsquickly yet thoroughly.

Improving the output and productivity eitherwhen working individually or alone.

Constructively challenging currentthinking.

Developing a cooperative culture/climatewhen used in group settings.


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Advantages

Enabling team-working by separatingego from performance

Providing an equal opportunity for allteam members to make a valuablecontribution.

Encouraging the reticent to take part

and optimizing individual strengths.Overcoming cultural differences.


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The Hats Concept Why Hats?

The Six Hats method is a convenient way ofputting into practice Parallel Thinking, which

is so very different from argument. The hatsand colors are designed to make thinkingprocess practical, easy to remember and putto use.

Lets all put on the yellow hat and see if wecan find some benefits to this idea.

(Everyone wears the same hat at the sametime.)


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There is a traditional link betweenthinking & hats.

Put on your thinking cap

The hat is also a piece of clothing thatyou can easily put on or take off. This isan important part of the image becauseit is necessary to be able to switch from

one thinking process to another easily.Are there anymore green hat ideas? Ifnot, lets switch to the white hat.


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Hats also indicate a certain role. Wetalk about wearing different hats toindicate our roles or responsibilities.

Wearing my parent hat, I do not like that

idea.

In the same way, wearing one of the

thinking hats is a sort of role-playingbecause you carry out the role indicatedby the hat.


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The Hats Concept The Six Hats

There are 6 imaginary thinking hats, each hathaving a different color. Each of the six hatsrepresents a different type of thinking.

When you put on one of the hats, youoperate exclusively in that mode of thinking.

When you change from one hat to another,you change from the thinking mode indicatedby the first hat to the thinking mode indicatedby the second hat.


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The Hats Concept Why Six?Fewer than six hats would not adequatelycover the different types of thinking

required.

REMEMBER the hats are not categoriesor descriptions of thinkers.

Each hat specifies a direction and focusfor thinking.

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