Edward de Bono Six Thinking Hats (1of6)

Edward de Bono
Parallel Thinking (Six Thinking Hats)

Part one show:
What's important? Human potential harnessed. Techniques to optimize effort. Efficient data management. Intelligence and thinking. Hats to the rescue.

The technique
The Six Thinking Hats technique of Edward de Bono is a model that can be used for exploring different perspectives towards a complex situation or challenge. Seeing things in various ways is often a good idea in strategy formation or complex decision-making processes.
It provides a means for groups to think together more effectively, and a means to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way.


Types of hats
The six hats and the thinking processes that they represent
White hat Facts & Information
Red hat Feelings & Emotions
Black hat Logical negative
Yellow hat Logical positive
Green hat Creative thinking & Possibilities
Blue hat Control of process & Steps

Main benefits
Main benefits of Six Thinking Hats method:
1. Allow to say things without risk
2. Create awareness that there are multiple perspectives on the issue at hand
3. Convenient mechanism for 'switching gears'
4. Rules for the game of thinking
5. Focus thinking
6. Lead to more creative thinking
7. Improve communication
8. Improve decision making

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[topgun101tom]

What do you do when you have complex problems? or more than one complex problem? do you follow this process for every singe problem and part of the problem every single time?

[mohdwagdi]

@topgun101tom The Six Hats would works for a simple and complex issues ..... it's a 'tool' that you can use to save time and efforts and reach higher quality results when you managing team inputs/efforts in any problem-solving session. I usually use the 'Design Thinking' approach for more creative outputs results, that I'd recommend for you.

[jacklancescifi]

Think they should include the extra hat, that is like the polar opposite to the blue hat. Kind of a chaos hat, like that aspect of the universe that works in complete ignorance and contrary to the entire constructive process. It is a hat that rears its ugly head all on its own, and the sick truth is there is merit in listening to it, if only to cover all of those extra bases of opposites. Its almost like a vortex of ideas, a yin to the blue hat's yan

[sini8080]

Nice video. Was anyone else waiting for the moment where he writes something and then goes to move the page but can't because he's run out and was actually writing on the glass? :D

[alisomy]

Fantastic

[5tranger]

@rr7firefly1 thank you, useful info. :D

[rr7firefly1]

actual lecture begins at 0:55.

[Mcdonaldsmanfifty59]

Can anyone suggest a particular situation this works best in? Is it basically good for discussing an idea? Or can it be used for more complex situations?

If so, what situations has anyone found it works best in?