Presented

by :
Binal Gala
Divisha Khera
Komal Ganatra
Meenakshi Guar
Rashmi Sareen
Suamya Kapur
 Goals of this presentation…
• There are many ways to look at the same situation.

• Our goal is to think collectively.

• Thinking is not about making a case for one position but looking at all
the angles.

• Organized thinking is holistic and more complete

• Define parallel thinking

• Identify each of the six hats

• Learn how to ask a good question

• Apply six hats method to problem solving

What are six thinking hats?
•Six colors of hats for
six types of thinking

•Each hat identifies a

type of thinking

•Hats are directions

of thinking

•Hats help a group

use parallel thinking

•You can “put on”

and “take off” a hat
How to use
Edward
DeBono’s
parallel
thinking in
problem
solving.
What is parallel thinking?

looking for what can be rather than for what is.

Six colors…
…and six hats
 Using the hats
• Use any hat, as often as needed
• Sequence can be preset or evolving
• Not necessary to use every hat
• Time under each hat: generally, short
• Requires discipline from each person
– While using it, stay in the idiom
• Adds an element of play, play along
• Can be used by individuals and groups
 The Blue Hat
• Thinking about thinking
• Instructions for thinking
• The organization of thinking
• Control of the other hats
• Discipline and focus
 Open with the blue hat…
• Why we are here
• what we are thinking about
• definition of the situation or problem
• alternative definitions
• what we want to achieve
• where we want to end up
• the background to the thinking
• a plan for the sequence of hats
• What we have achieved
• Outcome
• Conclusion
• Design
• Solution
• Next steps

…and close with the blue hat

 White Hat Thinking
• Neutral, objective information
• Facts & figures
• Questions: what do we know, what don’t we know,
what do we need to know
• Excludes opinions, hunches, judgements
• Removes feelings & impressions
• Two tiers of facts
– Believed Facts
– Checked Facts
 Red Hat Thinking

• Emotions & feelings

• Hunches, intuitions, impressions
• Doesn’t have to be logical or consistent
• No justifications, reasons or basis
• All decisions are emotional in the end
 Yellow Hat Thinking
• Positive & speculative
• Positive thinking, optimism, opportunity
• Benefits
• Best-case scenarios
• Exploration
 Green Hat Thinking
• New ideas, concepts, perceptions
• Deliberate creation of new ideas
• Alternatives and more alternatives
• New approaches to problems
• Creative & lateral thinking
 Black Hat Thinking
• Cautious and careful
• Logical negative – why it won’t work
• Critical judgment, pessimistic view
• Separates logical negative from emotional
• Focus on errors, evidence, conclusions
• Logical & truthful, but not necessarily fair
 Six hats summary
Blue: control & organization of thinking

White: objective facts & figures

Red: emotions & feelings

Yellow: hope, positive & speculative

Green: creativity, ideas & lateral thinking

Black: cautious & careful

Strategies and Programs
 General hat issues
• Direction, not description
– Set out to think in a certain
direction
– “Let’s have some black hat
thinking…”
• Not categories of people
– Not: “He’s a black hat
thinker.”
– Everyone can and should use
all the hats
• A constructive form of showing
off
– Show off by being a better
thinker
– Not destructive right vs.
wrong argument
• Use in whole or in part
 Benefits of Six Thinking Hats
• Provides a common language

• Experience & intelligence of each person (Diversity of thought)

• Use more of our brains

• Helps people work against type, preference

• Removal of ego (reduce confrontation)

• Save time

• Focus (one thing at a time)

• Create, evaluate & implement action plans

 “Wear your 6 Hats of
“Wearasyour
intelligence often6 Hats of intelligence
as you can, as often as you can,
providing
providing it'sit'snot
notwindy
windy and
and preferably not at the same time
preferably not at the because you'll look ridiculous.
same time
becauseAnd you'll
abovelookall,ridiculous.
have them blocked (used) regularly.”
And above all, have them
- Edward De Bono.
blocked (used) regularly.”
- Edward De Bono.

The end