Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono by Kourtney Feldhausen https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats Janet Brush, Kourtney Feldhausen, Andrea Haines, Ronelle Jordan, and Kathy Schwartz en-us 2017-03-21 18:05:17 UTC 2025-10-02 13:32:44 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padletuploads.blob.core.windows.net/prod/184812730/126e34d027b3f055aba04940b5a97e5d/Screen_Shot_2017_03_21_at_1_39_24_PM.png The White Hat - Just the Facts kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620216 ...is the hat of objective information. Data and facts the important pieces when thinking in this direction. Compare information to any gaps that need to be researched. Think about what is known and what is yet needed to be known.

Questions asked while wearing the white hat:
  • What information is available?
  • What information would we like to have?
  • What information do we need?
  • What information is missing?
  • Include both sided of disputed information.
]]> 2017-03-21 18:21:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620216 The Yellow Hat - Bright and Sunny kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620295 ...is the hat of optimism. This thinking hat uses logic to find benefits, value, and feasibility.  It looks for why solutions might work in the short and long term.  One must have reasons to back up  thinking.

Questions asked while wearing the yellow hat:
  • What are the benefits?
  • What are the positives?
  • What are the values?
  • Are there savings?
  • Is there a competitive advantage?
  • Is there potential value?
  • Is there a concept in this idea that looks attractive?
]]> 2017-03-21 18:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620295 The Black Hat - Warning! kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620407 ...is the hat of logical judgment and caution. The "what can go wrong hat."  A person is able to identify risks and problems,  or point out reasons a solution might not work. Must have reasons to back up  thinking.

Questions asked while wearing the black hat:
  • What could be the possible problems?
  • What could some of the difficulties be?
  • What are points for caution?
  • Right now we are using the black hat, so you must make a real effort to come up with the negatives.
]]> 2017-03-21 18:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620407 The Red Hat - Emotions kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620526 ...is the hat of emotion; it has feelings. This hat allows people  to express their feelings in the moment, to reduce conversations after the meeting that can negatively impact the group's decisions. This hat allows for intuition; no reasons are needed to justify or defend oneself. 

Activities while wearing the red hat:
  • Take no more than 20 to 30 seconds
  • This is to signal intuition, feelings and emotions.
  • Remind yourself that no explanation is needed!
  • Give feelings and intuition validity.

]]> 2017-03-21 18:22:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620526 The Green Hat - Imagination kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620572 ...is the hat of creativity, it considers alternatives and possibilities. It is not necessary for this hat to be logical.

Questions asked while wearing the green hat:
  • We need further alternatives.
  • We need to make a creative effort.
  • Are there other ways to do this?
  • What else could we do here?
  • How else might we carry through this concept?
  • What are the possibilities?
  • What will overcome our difficulties?
]]> 2017-03-21 18:22:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620572 The Blue Hat - Manager's Blue Hat kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620634 ...is the hat of structure, aka the control hat. It manages thinking, facilitates the discussion, creates the agenda, keeps the group focused, and summarizes data or next steps.

Activities while wearing the blue hat:
  • Sets the agenda.
  • Sets the timing.
  • Decides on the next step.
  • Keeps everyone on the focus.
  • Handles requests.
  • Keeps the discipline when using the hats.
  • Handles the summary and conclusions.
  • Asks for decisions.
]]> 2017-03-21 18:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161620634 Resources Used: kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161677084 De Bono's Six Thinking Hats: Summary & Examples. (n.d.). Retrieved March 21, 2017, from http://study.com/academy/lesson/de-bonos-six-thinking-hats-summary-examples.html

Dyck, B. (2004). Put On Your (Six) Thinking Hats. Retrieved March 29, 2017, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/voice/voice102.shtml

Edward de Bono. (n.d.). Retrieved March 22, 2017, from http://www.debonogroup.com/edward_debono.php

Gala, K. (2014, January 22). Six Thinking Hats: A technique of Business Analysis. Retrieved March 21, 2017, from http://systemsplusgroup.blogspot.com/2014/01/six-thinking-hats-technique-of-business.html

Martinez, Marissa. "Six Thinking Hats: de Bono | Brainstorm with 6 Thinking Hats." Storyboard That. Storyboard That, 04 June 2013. Web. 05 Apr. 2017.
http://www.storyboardthat.com/articles/b/six-thinking-hats-examples
]]> 2017-03-21 23:08:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/161677084 The History of the Six Thinking Hats jordanr5 https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/162523929 The Six Thinking Hats way of thinking was created by Edward de Bono, Nobel Prize in Economics 2005 nominee, Rhodes Scholar, Masters of Arts in physiology and psychology from Oxford, Ph.D from Cambridge, and professor at Oxford, Cambridge, London, and Harvard, to name a few accolades. De Bono is known for his direct teaching about thinking as a skill and his background in self-organizing systems which he applied to the brain. The Six Thinking Hats is a way to rethink problems and solutions in business, although it has found use in other fields such as education.


]]> 2017-03-24 21:01:42 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/162523929 Six Thinking Hats Quick Guide jordanr5 https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/162524427
  • Everyone contributing "wears" the same hat at the same time
  • Can be combined with other techniques such as mind mapping or brainstorming
  • Many options as to when the group wears which colored hat and in what order, but there are some suggestions out there on the order and frequency of wearing the hats.

    • ]]>     2017-03-24 21:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/162524427     How Theory Could be Used in Schools kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/163582761 This theory can be put to use when a teacher is looking for longstanding impact with the culture and climate of a classroom or for a school-wide solutions to various problems. It gets students and staff to look at issues from six different perspectives or styles of thinking. This theory helps separate fact from emotion and uses critical thinking and problem solving skills creatively]]> 2017-03-30 01:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/163582761 Advantages and Disadvantages kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/163584398 Disadvantages: 
    • Time-consuming way to process thinking
    • Some team-members prefer to think alone rather than in a group
    • Conflicts can still arise between people of different perspectives

    Advantages
    • Adds structure to brainstorming process
    • Shorter and more productive thinking processes
    • Reduces conflict within a team
    • Motivates a clearer thinking process
    • Avoids potential threats to situation and helps avoid them
    • Inspires creative thinking 
    • Allows us to think from the perspective of others
    • Extends one's way of thinking
    ]]>     2017-03-30 01:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/163584398     Six Thinking Hats in Action kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/164207127 Here is a great video to show how a teacher could use the Six Hats theory within a lesson in his/her classroom! Give yourself seven minutes to watch this one!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zt0BymHNj30]]>     2017-04-02 23:59:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/164207127     Six Thinking Hats in a Nutshell! kourfeld https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/164207274 Take a peek at this two minute video to give you the perfect overview of this theory.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ8vF8HRWE4]]>     2017-04-03 00:01:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/164207274     Articles jlbrush https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/165015782 http://www.parade.vic.edu.au/md/teacher_research_guide/defining/defining_debono.htm

    http://www.heartsunlimited.net/happy-hearts-software/six-thinking-hats.html]]>     2017-04-05 22:53:26 UTC https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/165015782     How to use Six Thinking Hats jlbrush https://padlet.com/kourfeld/sixhats/wish/165017061 Hats can be used can be used in any matter, but most often will follow this pattern:
    • Blue: Start with the approach and process
    • White: Review the facts
    • Green: Generate new ideas without judgement
    • Yellow: Focus on the benefits
    • Red: Consider emotional responses to any ideas
    • Black: Apply critical thinking after the benefits have been explored to test the viability of the new ideas
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