1. The Six Thinking Hats Edward de Bono

2. Six Coloured Hats “Put on your thinking cap” “I am wearing my parent hat” Six hats to put on or take off: –White-Yellow –Red- Green –Black- Blue

3. The white hat Focus on Information What do we know? What do we need to know? What is missing? What questions should we ask? How might we get the information we need?

4. The Red Hat Feelings and Emotions I do not like… My feeling is… My intuition is… My gut feeling is… I feel it is….

5. The Black Hat Caution Does this fit? Does this fit our values? Does this fit our resources? Does this fit our strategy and objectives? Does this fit our abilities?

6. The Yellow Hat Benefits Why something should work Find values

7. The Green Hat Creativity Ideas, alternatives, possibilities, designs

8. The Blue Hat Process Control Organise the thinking At beginning: –Define focus and purpose –Define the sequence of hats During the discussion: –Control function At the end: –Put together the outcome, the summary, the conclusion, the design