Who Needs Six Thinking Hats?

Anyone who wants:

• A meeting facilitation tool that surfaces hidden agendas and achieves objectives without conflict
• A way to make sure that all sides of an issue are addressed
• A tool that works well in different cultures around the world
• A sharpened ability to think clearly, objectively, systematically, and creatively

How Might You Use The Six Thinking Hats?

Six Thinking Hats is a simple, effective technique your team may use in a variety of applications.

Six Thinking Hats Training Course Objectives and Outcomes

Six Thinking Hats training participants will show evidence of the following:

A marked tendency to identify themselves as thinkers and confidence that they have the ability to cope with and improve their environments

Competencies enabling them to solve problems including the ability to:

• identify a problem
• propose alternative solutions
• predict the consequences of each alternative
• assess the usefulness of each set of consequences
• select the best alternative
• implement it
• evaluate it

Competencies enabling them to identify and pursue opportunities including the ability to:

• develop a habit of perceiving events and situations as opportunities
• identify the benefits/desired outcomes of pursuing each opportunity
• identify the risks/dangers of pursuing each opportunity
• design ways to minimize risks and dangers
• select opportunities based on weighing the benefits against remaining risks
• design plans for pursuing a selected opportunity
• assess and reevaluate plans in progress

Competencies enabling them to think cooperatively including the ability to:

• understand and take on the facilitator role in a group meeting
• identify and articulate other people's points of view
• devise an agenda and demonstrate the necessary discipline to follow it provide for equal participation among group members

 Learn Six Thinking Hats

Six Thinking Hats On-SiteTraining Seminars
Bring our Six Thinking Hats Instructor to your location to deliver a one- or two-day Six Thinking Hats seminar or have us deliver a seminar virtually.

Save Time & Money With a One- or Two-Day Six Thinking Hats In-House Seminar

Six Thinking Hats is a simple and powerful tool that will change the way your team thinks, leading to innovative thinking and creative problem-solving that is vital to your organization's success.

Six Thinking Hats Training Will:

• Teach your team to think in parallel and will encourage the unique contributions of each individual
• Teach simple techniques that will foster collaborative thinking and interaction, keeping egos in check
• Provide a constructive alternative to argument or drifting discussion, allowing you to run effective and productive meetings
• Encourage different kinds of thinking, which creates a more open, creative climate for discussion
• Teach your team creative thinking methods to help develop alternative and innovative solutions

Six Thinking Hats Public Seminars
Attend a one-day Six Thinking Hats seminar with employees from other organizations.
Six Thinking Hats Training Seminar Dates & Locations

The Six Thinking Hats

	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.