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Six Hats or Parallel Thinking ATT DSPTO What are the Six Thinking Hats? Developed by Edward de Bono, Six Hats is a method that provides direction for group thinking and decision- making by building off the common notion of “putting on your thinking cap” de Bono has developed six different “hats” that each focus on thinking in one particular direction feelings, udgment, creativity, process, optimism, and facts Activity Objective o improve group discussion and decision-making by getting your group thinking in parallel with one another and sharing the same framing lens, as an alternative to a discussion based on uick feedback and opposition Participants an be done with any sie group Duration pproximately minutes Worksheet lease find the attached ctivity orksheet for descriptions of the Six hinking Hats Facilitator facilitator is recommended to lead the exercise and keep time Activity Step 1: ith the group, the facilitator identifies a topic for discussion Step 2: he facilitator passes out a worksheet with descriptions of the Six Hats to each group member Step 3: ith the group, the facilitator determines an order to use the hats de Bono recommends that you pair complementary hats, such as hiteed, ellowBlack, reenBlue, and that you determine the full order of the hats you’ll “try on” before you start your discussion t’s often useful to begin and end with Blue Hats can be repeated Step 4: ith the group, the facilitator determines a time limit for each hat imes can vary from minutes to minutes or longer per hat he ed Hat feelings is typically shorter because it’s about gut response he reen Hat creativity might be longer because it about possibilities, alternatives, and new ideas Step 5: he facilitator then leads the group through each hat, reminding the group of each hat’s focus and keep- ing time he facilitator may need to remind participants to contain their responses to the parameters of the hat eflection How was the discussion you had using the Six Hats different for your typical discussions How might it help you discuss difficult topics or make decisions dapted from Edward de Bono’s Six hinking Hats Six Hats or Parallel Thinking O SAS The White Hat calls for information known or needed. “The facts, st the facts.” The ellow Hat smoli es rihtness and optimism. nder this hat o eplore the posities and proe for ale and enefit. The lack Hat is dment the deil’s adocate, or wh somethin ma not work. Spot the difficlties and daners where thins miht o wron. roal the most powerfl and sefl of the Hats, t a prolem if oer sed. The ed Hat sinifies feelins, hnches, and intition. When sin this hat, o can epress emotions and feelins and share fears, likes, dislikes, loes, and hates. The reen Hat focses on creatiit the possiilities, alternaties, and new ideas. t’s an opportnit to epress new concepts and new percep tions. The le Hat is sed to manae the thinkin process. t’s the control mechanism that ensre the Si Thinkin Hats idelines are osered. dapted from Edward de Bono’s Six hinking Hats
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