1. The Six Thinking Hats

2. Traditional Thinking

16. The Six Thinking Hats

18. Thinking is a skill, that is all about using what you’ve got

19. Thinking is a skill, that is all about using what you’ve got An excellent driver will get great performance, even out of a banger.

20. Thinking is a skill, that is all about using what you’ve got An excellent driver will get great performance, even out of a banger. A poor driver won’t get a good perfomance out of a great car.

21. Thinking is a skill, that is all about using what you’ve got A person of average intelligence with good thinking skills can be very creative. A very intelligent person with bad thinking skills won’t be creative.

22. The Six Thinking Hats

23. Traditional Meeting

24. Parallel Thinking

25. Parallel Thinking

26. Parallel Thinking

27. Parallel Thinking

28. Parallel Thinking

32. The Six Thinking Hats FOCUS Blue Hat Managing the Thinking Setting the focus Making summaries Overviews & conclusions Action Plans

33. The Six Thinking Hats White Hat FOCUS Information & Data Neutral and objective Checked and believed facts Missing information & Where to source it Blue Hat Managing the Thinking Setting the focus Making summaries Overviews & conclusions Action Plans

34. The Six Thinking Hats White Hat FOCUS Information & Data Neutral and objective Checked and believed facts Missing information & Where to source it Blue Hat Managing the Thinking Setting the focus Making summaries Overviews & conclusions Action Plans Yellow Hat Why it may work Values * Benefits (both known and potential) Logical reasons must be given

35. The Six Thinking Hats White Hat FOCUS Information & Data Neutral and objective Checked and believed facts Missing information & Where to source it Blue Hat Managing the Thinking Setting the focus Making summaries Overviews & conclusions Action Plans Black Hat Why it may not work Cautions * Dangers Problems * Faults Logical reasons must be given Yellow Hat Why it may work Values * Benefits (both known and potential) Logical reasons must be given

36. The Six Thinking Hats White Hat FOCUS Information & Data Neutral and objective Checked and believed facts Missing information & Where to source it Blue Hat Managing the Thinking Setting the focus Making summaries Overviews & conclusions Action Plans Black Hat Why it may not work Cautions * Dangers Problems * Faults Logical reasons must be given Yellow Hat Why it may work Values * Benefits (both known and potential) Logical reasons must be given Green Hat Creative Thinking Possibilities * Alternatives New Ideas * New Thinking Overcome black hat issues Reinforce yellow hat issues

37. The Six Thinking Hats White Hat FOCUS Information & Data Neutral and objective Checked and believed facts Missing information & Where to source it Blue Hat Managing the Thinking Setting the focus Making summaries Overviews & conclusions Action Plans Black Hat Why it may not work Cautions * Dangers Problems * Faults Logical reasons must be given Yellow Hat Why it may work Values * Benefits (both known and potential) Logical reasons must be given Green Hat Creative Thinking Possibilities * Alternatives New Ideas * New Thinking Overcome black hat issues Reinforce yellow hat issues Red Hat Feelings and Intuition Emotions and hunches No reasons or justifications “ At this point” Keep it short

38. The Six Thinking Hats White Hat FOCUS Blue Hat Black Hat Yellow Hat Green Hat Red Hat Questions Questions Managing the Thinking How do we sequence the events Explain? Summarize. What is your conclusion? What next? Action plan? What is the main idea? Information & Data Who, what, when, where? What do you know about? What are the facts about? What do you need to know? Where do you locate this? Why it may work What are the benefits? What is good about? What is a positive outcomes? What is the value? Can this be made to work? Why it may not work What are the risks of? Why won’t/didn’t this work? What were the difficulties of? What are the consequences of? What should you be cautious about? Creative Thinking What if? What is good about? What else can we do? What is the value of? How can we make this work? What are the alternatives? Feelings and Intuition What does your intuition tell you? Did your feelings change? How? What prejudices are present? What are you feeling now? What is your hunch about?

43. The Six Thinking Hats in Detail

44. The Blue Hat

49. The Blue Hat TECHNIQUE: Choose the right hat or tool TIME: Set limits and work within them FOCUS: Decide on what you what to think about

51. The White Hat

59. The Red Hat

67. The Yellow Hat

71. The Black Hat

76. The Green Hat

86. The Six Thinking Hats White Hat FOCUS Information & Data Neutral and objective Checked and believed facts Missing information & Where to source it Blue Hat Managing the Thinking Setting the focus Making summaries Overviews & conclusions Action Plans Black Hat Why it may not work Cautions * Dangers Problems * Faults Logical reasons must be given Yellow Hat Why it may work Values * Benefits (both known and potential) Logical reasons must be given Green Hat Creative Thinking Possibilities * Alternatives New Ideas * New Thinking Overcome black hat issues Reinforce yellow hat issues Red Hat Feelings and Intuition Emotions and hunches No reasons or justifications “ At this point” Keep it short