SIX THINKING HATS
De Bono, Edward (1985)

A practical tool for thinking

Very simple and easy to use

Restore thinking so that a thinker is able to use one thinking mode at a time.

Hat is used a symbol of various roles people have to perform in a variety of situation.

Each hat is assigned to different colors, which help to translate intention into performance in more tangible way.

The essence of each hats:

White Hat : virgin white, pure facts, figures and information.

Red Hat : emotions and feelings, also hunch and intuition.

Black Hat : devil’s advocate, negative judgement, why it will not work.

Yellow Hat : sunshine, brightness and optimism, positive, constructive, opportunity.

Green Hat : fertile, creative, plants springing from seeds, movement, provocation

Blue Hat : cool and control, orchestra conductor, thinking about thinking.

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