Six Thinking Hats Final 1

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Presented by:

Aastha Choudhry

Bharat ChawlaChirag BhatiaNeha Bhatnagar Rinku ChaurisyaVaishali Baviskar

SIX THINKING HATS



Goals of this presentation

What are Six Thinking Hats? Who is Edward De Bono?

Use of the Six Thinking Hat tool in DecisionMaking Identify each of the six hats Creative Problem Solving Benefits of the six hats in problem solving

and their uses Summary



INTRODUCTION

6 Thinking Hats is a powerful technique which is routinely usedin commercial Decision Making in an Organization.

To lead effectively, you need to be able to make good

decisions. However, if you dither or make poor decisions, yourteam risks failure and your time as a leader will probably bebrutally short.

This tool enables you to map out the likely consequences of decisions, work out the importance of individual factors, andchoose the best course of action to take.

The hats can be useful in Problem solving, Strategic planningand Running meetings



WHAT ARE ³SIX THINKING HATS´?

Six Thinking Hats is a critical and creativethinking training course from Edward De Bono thathelps individuals and organizations throughout the worldbecome more effective and innovative thinkers.

The de Bono Hats system (also known as "Six Hats" or"Six Thinking Hats") is a thinking tool for groupdiscussion and individual thinking. Combined with theidea of Parallel Thinking which is associated with it, it

provides a means for groups to think together moreeffectively, and a means to plan thinking processes in adetailed and cohesive way. The method is attributed toDr. Edward De Bono and is the subject of his book, SixThinking Hats.



EDWARD DE BONO

Edward de Bono is a physician, author, inventor,and consultant. He is best known as the originator of the term lateral thinking.

He has written 82 books with translations into 41languages. He has spent the last 30 years teachingthinking, including working with governments,corporations, organizations and individuals.

Edward de Bono is regarded as the leadinginternational authority in the field of creative thinking,innovation, and the direct teaching of thinking as askill. He is an M.D. with a Ph.D. in psychology andphysiology.



PUTTING ON A HAT

Six colors of hats for six types of thinkingEach hat identifies a type of thinkingHats are directions of thinking

You can ³put on´ and ³take off´ a hat



Purpose of Six Thinking Hats

Role - Playing

Attention Directing

Convenience

Establishes the Rules of thegame



Six colors«

Red: emotional, angry White: neutral, objective

Black: serious, somber

Yellow: sunny, positive

Green: growth, fertility

Blue: cool, sky above



«and six hats

Red: emotions & feelings

White: objective facts & figures

Black: cautious & careful Yellow: hope, positive &

speculative

Green: creativity, ideas & lateralthinking

Blue: control & organization of thinking



Red Hat Thinking

The red hat allows the thinker to put forwardan intuition without any need to justify it.

Following are the features of Red HatThinking:

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



Red Hat Thinking - Examples

Thoughts driven by Red Hat Thinking:

I'm enthusiastic about getting involved

in selling! That role in the company doesn't appeal

to me.

I'd like to do that but I feel uncertainabout it.

I'm frustrated that we have let thesituation get this bad!



The blue hat

Thinking about thinking Instructions for thinking The organization of thinking Control of the other hats

Discipline and focus



The blue hat role

Control of thinking & the process

Begin & end session with blue hat

Facilitator, session leader¶s role Choreography

open, sequence, close

Focus: what should we be thinking about

Asking the right questions

Defining & clarifying the problem

Setting the thinking tasks



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



«and close with the blue hat

What we have achieved Outcome

Conclusion Design Solution Next steps



White Hat Thinking

White thinking focus on data, thinking, factsknown or needed

Questions: what do we know, what don¶t weknow, what do we need to know

Excludes opinions, hunches, judgments

Removes feelings & impressions

Two tiers of facts Believed Facts

Checked Facts



1.Total sales of this product are 200cr.

2.Our sales data is 2 years old.

3. Energy efficiency legislation isexpected to impact our ability to runour business in the next 5 years

4.The number of elderly people inEurope is increasing.

White Hat Thinking - Examples



Yellow Hat Thinking

Positive & speculative Positive thinking, optimism,

opportunity Benefits

Best-case scenarios Exploration



The yellow hat is for optimism and the logical positive view of things,benefits, feasibility and how something can be done. It can also beused to find something of value in what has already happened.

Questions you might ask when wearing the yellow hat include:

What are the benefits of this option?

Why is the proposal preferable?

What are the positive assets of this design?

How can we make it work?

Yellow hat thinking is a deliberate search for the positive. Benefitsare not always immediately obvious and you might have to search for

them. Every creative idea deserves some yellow hat attention.



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 judgement, pessimistic view Separates logical negative from

emotional

Focus on errors, evidence, conclusions Logical & truthful, but not necessarily

fair



Who Needs Six Things Hats HR Professionals

Project Mangers

Meeting Facilitator Engineers

New Product Developers

Team Leader & Member



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



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 alongCan be used by individuals and groups.



Commercial Users of Six

Thinking Hats.Anyone who wants to think clearly, objectively and creatively can use this concept.

This concept is being used widely by the following Global Players:



Thank You.

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