Six Thinking Hats document about control of thinking

The Blue Hat – Organization &
Control of Thinking
 Thinking about thinking
 Instructions for thinking
 The organization of thinking
 Control of the other hats
 Discipline and focus

The White Hat – Objective Facts &
Figures
 Neutral, objective information
 Facts & figures
 Questions: what do we know, what don’t we know,
what do we need to know
 Excludes opinions, hunches, judgements
 Removes feelings & impressions
 Two tiers of facts :
 Believed Facts
 Checked Facts

The Red Hat – Emotions &
Feelings
 Emotions & feelings
 Hunches, intuitions, impressions
 Doesn’t have to be logical or consistent
 No justifications, reasons or basis
 All decisions are emotional in the end

The Black Hat – Negative &
Caution
 Cautious and careful
 Logical negative – why it won’t work
 Critical judgement, pessimistic view
 Separates logical negative from emotional
 Focus on errors, evidence, conclusions
 Logical & truthful, but not necessarily fair

The Yellow Hat – Positive &
Speculative
 Positive & speculative
 Positive thinking, optimism, opportunity
 Benefits
 Best-case scenarios
 Exploration

The Green Hat – Creativity &
Ideas
 New ideas, concepts, perceptions
 Deliberate creation of new ideas
 Alternatives and more alternatives
 New approaches to problems
 Creative & lateral thinking

Rangkuman – Six Thinking Hats

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