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    Creative Problem Solving

    with

    Six Thinking
    How toHats
    use Edward
    deBonos
    parallel thinking in
    problem solving

    Goals of this program

    Define parallel thinking


    Identify each of the six hats
    Learn how to ask a good question
    Apply six hats method to problem
    solving

    What is parallel thinking?


    At any moment
    everyone is looking in the same direction.

    Uses for Six Hats

    Problem solving
    Strategic planning
    Running meetings
    Much more

    Six colorsand six hats

    White: objective facts & figures


    Red: emotions & feelings
    Black: cautious & careful
    Yellow: hope, positive & speculative
    Green: creativity, ideas & lateral
    thinking
    Blue: control & organization of thinking

    Using the hats

    Use any hat, as often as needed


    Sequence can be preset or evolving
    Not necessary to use every hat
    Time under each hat: generally, short
    Requires discipline from each person
    While using it, stay in the idiom

    Adds an element of play, play along


    Can be used by individuals and groups

    Open with the blue hat

    Why we are here


    what we are thinking about
    definition of the situation or problem
    alternative definitions
    what we want to achieve
    where we want to end up
    the background to the thinking
    a plan for the sequence of hats

    and close with the blue


    hat

    What we have achieved


    Outcome
    Conclusion
    Design
    Solution
    Next steps

    White Hat Thinking

    Neutral, objective information


    Facts & figures
    Questions: what do we know, what dont
    we know, what do we need to know
    Excludes opinions, hunches, judgements
    Removes feelings & impressions
    Two tiers of facts
    Believed Facts
    Checked Facts

    Red Hat Thinking

    Emotions & feelings


    Hunches, intuitions, impressions
    Doesnt have to be logical or consistent
    No justifications, reasons or basis
    All decisions are emotional in the end

    Yellow Hat Thinking

    Positive & speculative


    Positive thinking, optimism, opportunity
    Benefits
    Best-case scenarios
    Exploration

    Green Hat Thinking

    New ideas, concepts, perceptions


    Deliberate creation of new ideas
    Alternatives and more alternatives
    New approaches to problems
    Creative & lateral thinking

    Black Hat Thinking

    Cautious and careful


    Logical negative why it wont work
    Critical judgement, pessimistic view
    Separates logical negative from
    emotional
    Focus on errors, evidence, conclusions
    Logical & truthful, but not necessarily
    fair

    Six hats summary


    Blue: control & organization of thinking
    White: objective facts & figures
    Red: emotions & feelings
    Yellow: hope, positive & speculative
    Green: creativity, ideas & lateral thinking
    Black: cautious & careful

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