1. The ‘Information Seeking’ Hat Where are the facts? What information is available? What is relevant? What else would I like to know? When wearing the white hat, we are neutral in our thinking. The White Hat

2. Where are the benefits? What is the value? What are the opportunities? The ‘Positive Thinking’ Hat Yellow hat thinking is about thinking constructively and getting the job done. The Yellow Hat

3. What problems can you see? Where are the risks? What are the possible pitfalls? The ‘Caution’ Hat Black hat thinkers consider the problems and proceed with caution. The Black Hat

4. Are there other ways we could do this? Have we considered…? What haven’t we tried yet? The ‘Creative Thinking’ Hat Green hat thinkers are lateral thinkers and propose novel solutions. The Green Hat

5. What does my instinct tell me? What are my feelings about this? How might other people feel about this? The ‘Emotional Thinking’ Hat Red hat thinkers respond intuitively and talk about feelings. The Red Hat

6. Where are we now? What do we need to do next? How should we organise ourselves? The ‘Planning’ Hat Blue hat thinkers take the role of chairperson, taking an overview of the learning. The Blue Hat