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Six Thinking Hats

Emotions, feeling, hunches, intuition, likes RED HAT and dislikes How do I feel about Think of: this? Fire and warmth What do I like about the idea? Questions to ask: What don’t I like 1. What do you like about about this? the idea? 2. How do you feel about Feelings this? 3. What don’t you like about this?

White Hat focuses directly on the available information, facts, WHITE HAT neutral information - NOT argument or making What information suggestions do I have? What are the facts? Think of: What information Blank paper, Computer printout do I need? What do I want to KNOW? Questions to ask: Information 1.What information do we have? 2.What information is missing? 3.How do we get the information we need?

Benefits of an idea, yellow hat is full of hope-logical YELLOW HAT hat So the reason behind the hope must be What are the given, seeks to find and good points? show the benefits Why can this be done? Why is this a Think of: good thing? Sunshine and optimism Benefits Questions to ask: 1.What are the benefits? 2.Why should it work?

Most used of all the hats - concerned with truth and BLACK HAT reality, hat of critical thinking, prevents us from What is wrong making mistakes with this? Will this work? Think of: Stern judge Is it safe? Can it be done? Questions to ask: 1.Will it work? Judgement 2.Does it fit? 3.What are the dangers and the problems?

‘Active’ hat used for creative thinking. Concerned with proposals, suggestions, new GREEN HAT ideas, new alternatives, new solutions and inventions, What new ideas emphasis is on ‘newness’ are possible? What is my Think of : Grass, trees, suggestion? vegetation and growth Can I create Questions to ask: something new? 1. Exploration of the ideas 2. Proposals and suggestions Creativity 3. Alternatives 4. New ideas 5. Provocations

Overview, the process control, above the thinking’ looking BLUE HAT down on the thinking, thinking about thinking! What thinking is needed? Think of: Where are we Blue Sky (above everything) know? Conductor of an orchestra What is the next step? Questions to ask: Thinking about 1.Where are we now? thinking 2.What is the next step? 3.Where have we been? 4.What sort of thinking is needed?

Divide into two teams  You will be given a topic to discuss  Follow the rules: – You can only speak if you have a hat – Select the hat to fit the emotion you are wanting to speak from – Speak only to the topic – May use more than one hat, but still one at a time

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