SIX THINKING HATS

Its so hard to get time and space to think creatively. Many people think that you need creativity only when you are having brainstorming sessions and others think it is not for them and is only for the creative people such as designers, artists and inventors. ALL OF THAT IS SO WRONG! Peoples mind and thinking shouldn't be so limited. Thinking creatively benefits us in many ways.

In order to make creative thinking seem like ordinary thinking the six thinking hat system was created. These are metaphorical hats that a thinker can put on and take off. One of these hats indicate the thinking that is being used.

THE 6(SIX) THINKING HATS

WHITE HAT

• looking at all the information such as facts and figures and asking questions.
• Basically drops all the arguments and looks at the actual thing.

RED HAT

• All intuition, Feelings and emotions
• Allows the thinker to put forward an intuition without any need to justify it

BLACK HAT

• All the negative things about this thing.
• The hat of judgement and caution
• Most valuable hat and the one we should use the most
• it is not inferior or a negative hat
• Used to point out why a  suggestion does not fit the facts. the available experience, the system in use or the policy that is being followed

YELLOW HAT

•  Logical and positive thinking
• why it will work and why it offers benefits

GREEN HAT

• The hat of creativity, alternatives, proposals, what is interesting, provocations and changes.

BLUE HAT

• The overview or process control hat.
• Looks at not the subject itself but the thinking about the subject.