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Six thinking hats simple overview (by Edward de Bono)

Six Thinking Hats TOC (table of contents with some notes)

• The six hats is a method for doing one sort of thinking at a time
  • We wear only one hat at a time
  • Each color represents a type of thinking
    • White hat
      • Facts, figures, and information
      • What information do we have?
      • What information do we need to get?
    • Red hat
      • Emotions, feelings, hunches and intuition
      • What do I feel about this matter right now?
    • Black hat
      • Caution. Truth, judgment, fitting the facts
      • Does this fit the facts?
      • Will it work?
      • Is it safe?
      • Can it be done?
    • Yellow hat
      • Advantages, benefits, savings
      • Why it can be done
      • Why there are benefits
      • Why it is a good thing to do
    • Green hat
      • Exploration, proposals, suggestions, new ideas
      • Alternatives for action
      • What can we do here?
      • Are there some different ideas?
    • Blue hat
      • Thinking about thinking
      • Control of the thinking process
      • Summary of where we are now
      • Setting the next thinking step
      • Setting the program for thinking
  • Combining each of the separate colors produces full color