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Six Thinking Hats®
Background Purpose Six Thinking Hats & Activities Group Exercise
Agenda
Background Group Decision Making or Thinking Model
Created by Dr. Edward De BonoAuthorExpertSpeakerProfessor (Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford)
Premise of Model: Look at problem from the same thinking perspective - parallel thinking.
Hats can be taken on and off - implies flexibility.
Address common pitfalls of group decision making.
My Hat it Has 4 Corners!
What is your view
from here?
What is your view
from here?
What is your view
from here?
What is your view
from here?
Parallel Thinking brings us to one window where together, we can see much more!
Rethinking Thinking
What’s Under the Hat? Time Saving Removal of Ego
One Thing at a Time
Gives Each Part of the Process Its Due
Aligns Thinking Process
Allows for role-playing
What the Hats Are Not
They are not categories of people;everyone can use all the hats
The are not a thinking description, but a thinking direction
They are not right or wrong
The 6 Hats White:White: Information Red: Intuitive
Black: Judgment Yellow: Benefits
Green: Creative Blue: Organizing
Review - Off the Hat Rack Blue: Organizing
White:White: Information
Red: Intuitive
Yellow: Benefits
Green: Creative
Black: Judgment
How to Pull a Bunny from a Hat
Use any hat as often as needed
Not necessary to use every hat
Generally time under each hat should be short
Requires discipline, i.e. people must play along
What Hat Should I Wear Today?
The order you used the hats (sequencing) is critical to their effective use; it can be preset or evolving
The blue hat should be used to help orchestrate the use of the other hats
Look at the qualities of the hat and the nature of the decision to dictate sequence
Thinking is messy, it ebbs and flows in different directions; people are not always aware of their thought processes
Six Thinking Hats uses parallel thinking to simplify the process of collaboration, keeps arguments at bay (Controversy with Civility) and moves groups toward their common purpose
This afternoon you will have a chance to put the 6 Thinking Hats into practice
How the 7C’s Can Use the 6 Hats
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