Watch the tutorials below to understand Six Hats Thinking System:
Edward de Bono discusses Six Thinking Hats.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3ew6h5nHcc (Links to an external site.)
What is Six Thinking Hats?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ8vF8HRWE4 (Links to an external site.)
Six Thinking Hats Demonstration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maWEAnSegcc&t=95s (Links to an external site.)
The Six Thinking Hats
Blue Hat: The Conductor's Hat
Thinking about and managing the thinking process
The blue hat is the control hat. It is used for thinking about thinking. The blue hat sets the agenda, focus and sequence, ensures the guidelines are observed and asks for summaries, conclusions, decisions and plans action.
Green Hat: The Creative Hat
Generating ideas
The green hat is for creative thinking and generating new ideas, alternatives, possibilities and new concepts.
Red Hat: The Hat For The Heart
Intuition and feelings
The red hat is about feelings, intuitions and instincts. The red hat invites feelings without justification.
Yellow Hat: The Optimist's Hat
Benefits and values
The yellow hat is for a positive view of things. It looks for the benefits and values.
Black Hat: The Judge's Hat
Caution
The black hat identifies risk. It is used for critical judgment and must give the logical reasons for concerns. It is one of the most powerful hats.
White Hat: The Factual Hat
Information
The white hat is all about information. What information you have, what information you need and where to get it.
