What Are the Six Thinking Hats?

The Six Thinking Hats are metaphorical hats that you can "put on" or "take off" to indicate the type of thinking that you are using. When using Six Thinking Hats in a group, everyone wears the same hat at the same time (parallel thinking).

	White Hat Thinking White Hat thinking focuses on data, facts, information known or needed.		Black Hat Thinking Black Hat thinking focuses on difficulties, potential problems. Why something may not work.
	Red Hat Thinking Red Hat thinking focuses on feelings, hunches, gut instinct, and intuition.		Green Hat Thinking Green Hat thinking focuses on creativity: possibilities, alternatives, solutions, new ideas.
	Yellow Hat Thinking Yellow Hat thinking focuses on values and benefits. Why something may work.		Blue Hat Thinking Blue Hat thinking focuses on manage the thinking process, focus, next steps, action plans.

Six Thinking Hats Resources

• Six Thinking Hats Brochure
• Six Thinking Hats Agenda 

Six Thinking Hats Training

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