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Six Thinking Hats - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Assumption, Attitude, Belief, Cerebral, Cognitive, Conceit, Concept, Conception, Conceptual, Conceptualization, Conclusion, Consideration |
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Six Thinking Hats is the title and subject of a book by Edward De Bono, published in 1985.
In it De Bono describes a process of deliberately adopting a particular approach to a problem as an aid to lateral thinking. Six different approaches are described, and each is symbolised by the act of putting on a coloured hat, either actually or imaginatively. This he suggests can be done either by individuals working alone or in groups.
De Bono's six hats are:
- White hat (Blank sheet): Information & reports (objective)
- Red hat (Fire): Opinion & emotion (subjective)
- Yellow hat (Sun): Praise, positive aspects, (objective)
- Black hat (Judge's robe): Criticism, negative aspects, modus tollens (objective)
- Green hat (Plant): Intuition, new approaches & 'everything goes' (speculative)
- Blue hat (Sky): "Big Picture," "Meta hat," overall process (overview)
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Example Usage of Thinking |
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DJDistraction: @ArtistSilk GTA soundtracks. Some of these are awesome trips down memory lane. Others are like "wtf were we Thinking?" Is fun though! |
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JoeAJonasfaux: so i'm Thinking of changing my icon again haha, that would be the 3rd time today haha |
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LindaVining: @TimPeckham Yep, you pegged me, Thinking I would like Vellum. Funny, cuz I didn't like it when I saw it, but when I tried it, fell in love. |
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