The document discusses the Six Thinking Hats technique created by Edward de Bono. It involves looking at decisions from six perspectives represented by colored hats - white (facts), red (emotions), black (caution), yellow (optimism), green (creativity), and blue (process). Using different hats allows people to think outside habitual styles and get a balanced view. The technique structures group discussions and decision making to avoid arguments and incorporate different viewpoints in a constructive way.
This is a presentation based on the concept, what each hat represents, few cases and how to apply six thinking hat in scenario based cases, the sequence of hats
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a thinking tool for group discussion and individual thinking. Combined with the idea of parallel thinking which is associated with it, it provides a means for groups to think together more effectively, and a means to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way. The method is attributed to Dr. Edward de Bono and is the subject of his book, Six Thinking Hats.
This is a presentation based on the concept, what each hat represents, few cases and how to apply six thinking hat in scenario based cases, the sequence of hats
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.
a thinking tool for group discussion and individual thinking. Combined with the idea of parallel thinking which is associated with it, it provides a means for groups to think together more effectively, and a means to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way. The method is attributed to Dr. Edward de Bono and is the subject of his book, Six Thinking Hats.
THE SIX THINKING HATS: LOOKING AT A DECISION FROM ALL POINTS OF VIEW Mapua Institute of Technology-Makati City , Philippines [Sept. 5, 2010]
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“Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can never be satisfied with our most important skill. No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better”
Edward de Bono
In his book "Six Thinking Hats" Edward de Bono presents a simple but effective way to become a better thinker. He separates thinking into six distinct modes, identified with six coloured "thinking hats"
Feel free to download and use this presentation as you wish!
Edward de Bono came up with the idea of parallel thinking using the 6 thinking hats. These are the slides that I put together, based on my learning of the 6 Thinking hats, in order for people to have a quick reference point, to understand the idea of parallel thinking better
6 thinking hats in change management #1 Timothy Wooi
The Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono.
An insight of Six thinking Functions and Roles identified by Hats to be practiced in Change Management thinking and restructuring in the 21st Century Leadership.
To assist in thinking process using best effective parallel thinking skills within organization function to develop a more productive, focused, and mindfully involved thinking with success in corporations worldwide
To improve our thinking skills to overcome confused thinking arising from trying to do too much at once and to emphasize on what can be, not what is.
Day1
Introduction – Six Thinking Hats
Traditional Vs Parallel Thinking
The Six Hats Process
Six Hats in Meetings
21st Century Leadership & Change
Management
Introduction to Leadership
21st Century Qualifiers,
Innovative Thinking
21st Century Leadership
& Change Management
21st Century Skills & Literacy
Innovation Leadership
Six Thinking Hats is a self-help book which describes a tool for group discussion and individual thinking involving six colored hats. "Six Thinking Hats" and the associated idea parallel thinking provide a means for groups to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way, and in doing so to think together more effectively.
Coloured hats are used as metaphors for each direction. Switching to a direction is symbolized by the act of putting on a coloured hat, either literally or metaphorically. These metaphors allow for a more complete and elaborate segregation of the thinking directions. The six thinking hats indicate problems and solutions about an idea the thinker may come up with.
THE SIX THINKING HATS: LOOKING AT A DECISION FROM ALL POINTS OF VIEW Mapua Institute of Technology-Makati City , Philippines [Sept. 5, 2010]
Looking for customized in-house training sessions that fit your needs, particularly in the Philippines? Please send me an email at clarencegapostol@gmail.com or WhatsApp +971507678124. When your request is received I will follow up with you as soon as possible.Thank you!
“Thinking is the ultimate human resource. Yet we can never be satisfied with our most important skill. No matter how good we become, we should always want to be better”
Edward de Bono
In his book "Six Thinking Hats" Edward de Bono presents a simple but effective way to become a better thinker. He separates thinking into six distinct modes, identified with six coloured "thinking hats"
Feel free to download and use this presentation as you wish!
Edward de Bono came up with the idea of parallel thinking using the 6 thinking hats. These are the slides that I put together, based on my learning of the 6 Thinking hats, in order for people to have a quick reference point, to understand the idea of parallel thinking better
6 thinking hats in change management #1 Timothy Wooi
The Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono.
An insight of Six thinking Functions and Roles identified by Hats to be practiced in Change Management thinking and restructuring in the 21st Century Leadership.
To assist in thinking process using best effective parallel thinking skills within organization function to develop a more productive, focused, and mindfully involved thinking with success in corporations worldwide
To improve our thinking skills to overcome confused thinking arising from trying to do too much at once and to emphasize on what can be, not what is.
Day1
Introduction – Six Thinking Hats
Traditional Vs Parallel Thinking
The Six Hats Process
Six Hats in Meetings
21st Century Leadership & Change
Management
Introduction to Leadership
21st Century Qualifiers,
Innovative Thinking
21st Century Leadership
& Change Management
21st Century Skills & Literacy
Innovation Leadership
Six Thinking Hats is a self-help book which describes a tool for group discussion and individual thinking involving six colored hats. "Six Thinking Hats" and the associated idea parallel thinking provide a means for groups to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way, and in doing so to think together more effectively.
Coloured hats are used as metaphors for each direction. Switching to a direction is symbolized by the act of putting on a coloured hat, either literally or metaphorically. These metaphors allow for a more complete and elaborate segregation of the thinking directions. The six thinking hats indicate problems and solutions about an idea the thinker may come up with.
6 thinking hats in change management #2Timothy Wooi
Six Thinking Hats is a simple, effective parallel thinking process that helps people be more productive, focused, and mindfully involved.
Day2
Leading & Managing Change
Leading Change with success
Workshop-Reflection
Six Hats in Innovation &
Creativity
Summary & debrief
This presentation was part of a workshop we organized at PEGA along with Anton Breman and Sharlene Thai. The objective was to clarify and set the company’s goals and objectives, and in the end, come up with a 3 years implementation plan.
It was a key issue to try to build ownership on the team when setting these goals, this way people would feel motivated on the implementation as they were part of the decision.
We used the 6 Thinking Hats technique from Edward de Bono. This is a technique of parallel thinking that keeps the discussion organized and flowing in the same direction. During every stage, we implemented some games that helped create a better atmosphere and give a message related to the team performance.
Six Thinking Hats a brilliant process to conduct effective meetings. This methodology forces all participants to present diverse views.. positive, negative, creative and others
This slide show is to promote healthy discussion around how to tackle complex problems within a group and avoid the habits of a team to fall into them. It gives enough talking points to allow open and free discussion, while still require individuals to do homework.
Here six thinking hats concept is explained clearly with the functionalities of hats. Parallel thinking vs traditional thinking.
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The 6 Thinking hats ensures that groups think together in a focused manner, staying on task, & ensures that they focus their efforts on the most important elements of any issue being discussed.
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2. Puspal 2
Six Thinking Hats
'Six Thinking Hats' is an'Six Thinking Hats' is an
important Thinking Tool.important Thinking Tool.
It is used to look at decisionsIt is used to look at decisions
from a number of importantfrom a number of important
perspectives.perspectives.
This forces you to moveThis forces you to move
outside your habitual thinkingoutside your habitual thinking
style, and helps you to get astyle, and helps you to get a
more rounded view of amore rounded view of a
situationsituation.. –– mindtools.commindtools.com
3. Puspal 3
Example: Shortcomings
Many successful people thinkMany successful people think
from a very rational, positivefrom a very rational, positive
viewpoint.viewpoint.
This is part of the reason thatThis is part of the reason that
they are successful.they are successful.
Often, though, they may fail toOften, though, they may fail to
look at a problem from anlook at a problem from an
emotional, intuitive, creativeemotional, intuitive, creative
or negative viewpointor negative viewpoint..
-- mindtools.commindtools.com
4. Puspal 4
Example: Shortcomings
This can mean that theyThis can mean that they
underestimate resistance tounderestimate resistance to
plansplans, fail to make, fail to make creativecreative
leapsleaps and do not makeand do not make
essential contingency plansessential contingency plans..
Similarly, pessimists may beSimilarly, pessimists may be
excessively defensive.excessively defensive.
Emotional people may fail toEmotional people may fail to
look at decisions calmly andlook at decisions calmly and
rationally.rationally. –– mindtools.commindtools.com
5. Puspal 5
Six Thinking Hats Advantages
Your decisions and plans willYour decisions and plans will
mix ambition, skill inmix ambition, skill in
execution, public sensitivity,execution, public sensitivity,
creativity and goodcreativity and good
contingency planningcontingency planning..
7. Puspal 7
White HatWhite Hat
With this thinking hat youWith this thinking hat you
focus on the data availablefocus on the data available..
WhatWhat information do we haveinformation do we have??
How valid is it?How valid is it?
How relevant is it?How relevant is it?
What can we learn from it?What can we learn from it?
What information is missing?What information is missing?
8. Puspal 8
Green Hat
The Green Hat stands forThe Green Hat stands for
creativitycreativity..
It is a freewheeling way ofIt is a freewheeling way of
thinking, in which there is littlethinking, in which there is little
criticism of ideas.criticism of ideas.
What are the different ways toWhat are the different ways to
solve the problem?solve the problem?
What could the other ways?What could the other ways?
9. Puspal 9
Yellow Hat
It is theIt is the optimistic viewpointoptimistic viewpoint thatthat
helps you to see all thehelps you to see all the benefits ofbenefits of
the decisionthe decision and theand the value in itvalue in it..
What are the good points andWhat are the good points and
benefits?benefits?
How it will help us?How it will help us?
Yellow Hat thinking helps you toYellow Hat thinking helps you to
keep going when everything lookskeep going when everything looks
gloomy and difficult.gloomy and difficult.
10. Puspal 10
Black HatBlack Hat
Using black hat thinking, look atUsing black hat thinking, look at
all theall the bad pointsbad points of the decision.of the decision.
Is it true? Will it work?Is it true? Will it work?
What is wrong with?What is wrong with?
What are the weaknesses?What are the weaknesses?
This is important because itThis is important because it
highlights the weak points.highlights the weak points.
So, you can eliminate them, alterSo, you can eliminate them, alter
them, or prepare contingencythem, or prepare contingency
plans to counter them.plans to counter them.
11. Puspal 11
Why is the black hat important?
Black Hat thinking helps to makeBlack Hat thinking helps to make
your plans 'tougher' and moreyour plans 'tougher' and more
resilient.resilient.
It can also help you toIt can also help you to spot fatalspot fatal
flawsflaws and risks before you embarkand risks before you embark
on a course of action.on a course of action.
Black Hat thinking is one of theBlack Hat thinking is one of the
real benefits of this technique, asreal benefits of this technique, as
many successful people get somany successful people get so
used to thinking positively thatused to thinking positively that
often they cannot see problems inoften they cannot see problems in
advance.advance.
This leaves them underThis leaves them under--preparedprepared
for difficulties.for difficulties. –– mindtools.commindtools.com
12. Puspal 12
Red HatRed Hat
'Wearing' the red hat, you look'Wearing' the red hat, you look
at problems usingat problems using intuition,intuition,
gut reaction, and emotiongut reaction, and emotion..
How warm or cold I feel aboutHow warm or cold I feel about
this?this?
Also try to think how otherAlso try to think how other
people will react emotionallypeople will react emotionally..
Especially responses ofEspecially responses of
people who do not fully knowpeople who do not fully know
your reasoningyour reasoning..
13. Puspal 13
Blue HatBlue Hat
The Blue Hat stands forThe Blue Hat stands for
process controlprocess control..
This is the hat worn by peopleThis is the hat worn by people
chairing meetings.chairing meetings.
What have we done so far?What have we done so far?
What decisions have weWhat decisions have we
reached?reached?
What next?What next?
14. Puspal 14
The Unique Blue HatThe Unique Blue Hat
TheThe blue hatblue hat is different from theis different from the
other hats because it is involvedother hats because it is involved
with directing the thinkingwith directing the thinking
process itself.process itself.
We are actually using the blueWe are actually using the blue
hat whenever we suggest thehat whenever we suggest the
next hat to be used.next hat to be used.
15. Puspal 15
Attributes & Analogy
1.1. WhiteWhite hathat (Blank sheet):(Blank sheet):
Information & reports, factsInformation & reports, facts
and figures (and figures (objectiveobjective))
2.2. GreenGreen hathat (Plant):(Plant):
Alternatives, new approachesAlternatives, new approaches
& 'everything goes', idea& 'everything goes', idea
generation & provocationsgeneration & provocations
((speculative/creativespeculative/creative))
3.3. YellowYellow hathat (Sun): Praise,(Sun): Praise,
positive aspects, why it willpositive aspects, why it will
work (work (objectiveobjective))
18. Puspal 18
Situations & Hats
When running into difficultiesWhen running into difficulties
becausebecause ideas are running dryideas are running dry, you, you
may usemay use Green HatGreen Hat thinking.thinking.
WhenWhen contingency planscontingency plans areare
needed, go for Black Hat thinking,needed, go for Black Hat thinking,
etc.etc.
19. Puspal 19
Hats sequence in meetings
Present the facts of the casePresent the facts of the case
(White Hat).(White Hat).
Generate ideas on how the caseGenerate ideas on how the case
could be handled (Green Hat).could be handled (Green Hat).
Evaluate the merits of the ideasEvaluate the merits of the ideas --
List benefits (Yellow Hat).List benefits (Yellow Hat).
List drawbacks (Black Hat).List drawbacks (Black Hat).
Get everybody's gut feeling aboutGet everybody's gut feeling about
the alternatives (Red Hat).the alternatives (Red Hat).
Summarize (Blue Hat).Summarize (Blue Hat).
WWW--GG--YY--BB--RR--BB
20. Puspal 20
.
4. Minuses or
Negatives
with reason
3. Benefits or
Positives
with reason
1. Facts
Only
2. New Ideas or
Possibilities
5. Feelings
6. Thinking
about
Thinking
21. Puspal 21
Hat Sequences
Assess an ideaAssess an idea -- YYellow hatellow hat
followed by thefollowed by the Black Hat.Black Hat. ((YY--BB))
Improve a designImprove a design -- Black HatBlack Hat
followed by thefollowed by the Green HatGreen Hat. (. (BB--GG))
Alternatively you could use Blue,Alternatively you could use Blue,
Green and Red Hats. (BGreen and Red Hats. (B--GG--RR))
Caution SequenceCaution Sequence –– White, BlackWhite, Black
and then Blue/Red.and then Blue/Red.
23. Puspal 23
Edward de Bono
Six Thinking Hats or six thinkingSix Thinking Hats or six thinking
strategies, were identifiedstrategies, were identified
identified byidentified by Edward de BonoEdward de Bono..
He championed the cause whichHe championed the cause which
drove the creative processes indrove the creative processes in
individuals.individuals.
These Thinking Hats have recentlyThese Thinking Hats have recently
been incorporated in schoolbeen incorporated in school
business programs such as thebusiness programs such as the IBTIBT
(International Business and(International Business and
Technology) program.Technology) program. -- WikipediaWikipedia
24. Puspal 24
Meetings and 6 Hats
Experience has shown that Six HatExperience has shown that Six Hat
thinking is much more powerfulthinking is much more powerful
and constructive than argument orand constructive than argument or
discussion. It is also very muchdiscussion. It is also very much
faster.faster.
The Six Hats method gets rid ofThe Six Hats method gets rid of
egos, which are such a problem inegos, which are such a problem in
traditional thinking.traditional thinking.
It is no longer a matter ofIt is no longer a matter of
defending an idea or attacking andefending an idea or attacking an
idea.idea.
If you want to show off you do soIf you want to show off you do so
performing very well under eachperforming very well under each
hat.hat. –– Edward De BonoEdward De Bono