6 THINKING HATS

6 THINKING HATS

1. ·

   • • INFORMATION
       • What is needed
       • How it might be obtained
       • What is available
   • • What information do we have here?
     • What information is missing?
     • What information would we like to have?
     • How are we going to get the Information?

2. ·

   • • Not always immediately obvious
     • Might have to search for them
   • • Optimism
     • Logical positive view of things
   • • What are the benifits of this option?
     • Why is this proposal preferable
     • What are the positive assets of this design?
     • How can we make this work?

3. ·

   • • • "This proposal would be too expensive"
     • • "I don't think that the regulations would allow"
     • • "This design might look nice, but it is not practical"
     • • "What about handrails?"
     • • "This material would mean high maintenance"
   • • Used to early in problem solving process
       • Easily kill creative ideas with early negativity
   • • Can be disastrous

4. ·

   • • "Are there any additional alternatives?"
     • "Could we do this in a different way?"
     • "Could there be another explanation?"
     • "Are there any other ideas here?"
   • • AGAINST OUR HABITS OF:
       • Recognition
       • Judgement
       • Criticism
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   • • FOCUS
       • Time
       • Space

5. ·

   • OVERVIEW
   • PROCESS CONTROL
   • • Set agenda for thinking
     • Ask for a summary, conclusion or decision
       • "Could we have a summary of your views"
     • Look not at the subject itself but at the THINKING about the subject
     • Suggest next trip in thinking
       • "I suggest we try some green hat thinking to get some new ideas"
   • Technical Terms

6. ·

   • • FEELINGS & INTUITIONS
       • Without need for:
         • JUSTIFICATION
         • EXPLAINATION
         • APOLOGY
   • • "I don't like the way this is being done"
     • "This proposal is terrible"
     • "My gut-feeling is that this will not work"
     • "My intuition tells me that prices will fall soon"

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