Six Thinking Hats

Introduction: six hats, six colours. The white hat: the white hat - facts and figures; white hat thinking -whose fact is it? white hat thinking - Japanese-style input; white hat thinking - facts, truth and philosophers; white hat thinking - who puts on the hat? summary of white hat thinking. The red hat: the red hat - emotions and feelings; red hat thanking - the place of emotions in thinking; red hat thinking - intuition and hunches; red hat thinking - moment to moment; red hat thinking the use of emotions; red hat thinking the language of emotions; summary of red hat thinking. The black hat: the black hat - cautions and careful; black hat thinking - content and process; black hat thinking - the past and the future; black hat thinking the problem of overuse; summary of black hat thinking. The yellow hat: the yellow hat - speculative-positive; yellow hat thinking - the positive spectrum; yellow hat thinking - reasons and logical support; yellow hat thinking - constructive thinking; yellow hat thinking speculation; yellow hat thinking relation to creativity; summary of yellow hat thinking. The green hat: the green hat - creative thinking; green hat thinking - lateral thinking; green hat thinking -movement instead of judgement; green hat thinking - the need for provocation; green hat thinking -alternatives; green hat thinking - personality and skill; green hat thinking - what happens to the ideas? summary of green hat thinking. The blue hat: the blue hat - control of thinking; blue hat thinking - focus; blue hat thinking - program design; blue hat thinking -summaries and conclusions; blue hat thinking - control and monitoring; summary of blue hat thinking; benefits of the six hats methods.