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The Six
Thinking Hats
What does your
intuition tell
you? What is
your gut
feeling? What
are your simple
feelings on the
matter? Do not
attempt to
explain or
justify your
feelings; just
acknowledge
them at this
moment.
RED HAT:
EMOTIONS &
FEELINGS
Photo: Gianmaria
Verones, Flickr
WHITE HAT:
INFORMATION, FACTS & FIGURES
What information is now available to help you think
about this matter? What information would you like
to have? How might you obtain the information that
you feel would be necessary/useful when deciding
about this matter?
Photo: jmtimage, Flickr
GREEN HAT:
CREATIVE &
LATERAL THINKING
How can the
idea be modified
to improve it and
to remove
obvious faults?
How can some of
the difficulties
pointed out by
the black hat be
overcome? Are
there alternative
ways to
achieving this
same objective?
Photo: Procsilas Moscas, Flickr
YELLOW HAT:
BENEFITS & POSTIVE
SPECULATION
What are the benefits,
values and advantages of
this idea? What are the
logical positive points?
How could this idea be
made workable? What are
the good things about this
suggestion?
Photo: Kevin Cloud, Flickr
BLACK HAT:
CAUTION & NEGATIVE
CRITICAL
What are the points of
caution? What are the
disadvantages? Are there
potential problems? What
can go wrong? What are
the negative points? What
are the difficulties
surrounding the question?
Photo: Diana Lee, Flickr
How could you summarize/organize the thinking that
has taken place? Can you come to a conclusion? To do
further thinking, steps should be taken - which ones?
What should happen next?
How could you summarize/organize the thinking that
has taken place? Can you come to a conclusion? To do
further thinking, steps should be taken - which ones?
What should happen next?
BLUE HAT: THINKING ABOUT
THINKING/FOCUS
Photo: evoo73, Flickr

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Thinking hats

  • 2. What does your intuition tell you? What is your gut feeling? What are your simple feelings on the matter? Do not attempt to explain or justify your feelings; just acknowledge them at this moment. RED HAT: EMOTIONS & FEELINGS Photo: Gianmaria Verones, Flickr
  • 3. WHITE HAT: INFORMATION, FACTS & FIGURES What information is now available to help you think about this matter? What information would you like to have? How might you obtain the information that you feel would be necessary/useful when deciding about this matter? Photo: jmtimage, Flickr
  • 4. GREEN HAT: CREATIVE & LATERAL THINKING How can the idea be modified to improve it and to remove obvious faults? How can some of the difficulties pointed out by the black hat be overcome? Are there alternative ways to achieving this same objective? Photo: Procsilas Moscas, Flickr
  • 5. YELLOW HAT: BENEFITS & POSTIVE SPECULATION What are the benefits, values and advantages of this idea? What are the logical positive points? How could this idea be made workable? What are the good things about this suggestion? Photo: Kevin Cloud, Flickr
  • 6. BLACK HAT: CAUTION & NEGATIVE CRITICAL What are the points of caution? What are the disadvantages? Are there potential problems? What can go wrong? What are the negative points? What are the difficulties surrounding the question? Photo: Diana Lee, Flickr
  • 7. How could you summarize/organize the thinking that has taken place? Can you come to a conclusion? To do further thinking, steps should be taken - which ones? What should happen next? How could you summarize/organize the thinking that has taken place? Can you come to a conclusion? To do further thinking, steps should be taken - which ones? What should happen next? BLUE HAT: THINKING ABOUT THINKING/FOCUS Photo: evoo73, Flickr