This is one of the best tracking analysis of another person's personality. When I know, what a person is going to ask me, I can be ready to face the expectation if its for good. And, this 6 Thinking Hats by Edward De Bono, seems to cater this need for Manager & HR Professionals, who need it most.

1. 6 Thinking Hats
Edward De Bono

2. Edward De Bono is a world-known expert in
creative thinking. The 6 Thinking Hats is one such
technique.
The main idea is to have the group only “wear one
hat at a time” when considering a problem. The
wearing of the hat is metaphorical. At any one
time, everyone will wear the same colour, in other
words, look at the problem at hand from only one
perspective, the perspective indicated by the hat
colour.
Dr. Edward De Bono

9. The blue hat is different from the other hats because it is
involved with directing the thinking process itself. We are
actually using the blue hat whenever we suggest the next hat
to be used.
The blue hat need not be acknowledged at every turn
however there are some points which it is often helpful i.e.,
1. At the outset of a discussion – Lets decide what we want to
think about and which hats we will use?
2. At a midpoint to restate the thinking goal – I think we are
getting away from what we wanted to talk about. Can someone
recall what we decided to talk about?
3. At the end to summarise what thinking has been done – Think
of a sentence that tells about what we have been doing today?
The Unique Blue Hat

10.  The hats can be used singly at any point in
thinking. In general, this is the major use. The
hats are used as a convenience for directing
thinking and for switching thinking.
 Simple sequences of two or three hats may be
used together for a particular purpose.
For example, the yellow hat followed by the
black hat may be used to assess an idea. The
black hat followed by the green hat may be
used to improve a design. (All Weather bike)
Single Hat and Sequence Use

11. Red + White
 Comparing fact and opinion
Black + Yellow + Green
 Comparing and synthesising (coming up with new ideas
from the known)
White + Blue
 What do we know (facts) and where are we going
(planning)
Other Sequences

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