Developing thinking. The “6 hats” technique.

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Learning to think correctly


Imagine a work meeting where different ways to solve a new, complex problem are being discussed. Chances are, you imagined a discussion in which everyone defends their point of view.

Edward de Bono , a British psychologist and writer, an expert armenia phone number lead in the field of creative thinking, noted that in a debate, the opinion that is most successfully defended often wins, rather than the one that takes into account all aspects of the situation and the interests of the team to the greatest extent. In his book, The Six Thinking Hats, he described a technique based on dividing the thinking process into six different modes, each of which is represented as a metaphorical hat of a certain color. With this approach, different opinions and ideas coexist rather than oppose each other. The result is a very effective way of organizing thinking and solving creative problems.

Figuratively, the application of the six hats technique can be imagined as drawing with colored pencils. The full picture is obtained only when you use the entire range of colors. So it is in the case of the de Bono method - a full vision of the situation occurs after all six hats have been "put on" one after another.

The white hat of thinking is a neutral and objective consideration of facts and figures, a request for information in its pure form, without judgments and interpretations. When we try on this hat, we focus on the quantitative data at our disposal. We try to understand what is known and what information is missing.

The red hat allows you to show your intuition and emotions without having to justify or explain them. Intuitive guesses and feelings based on experience, taste, and aesthetic sense can be no less important than figures and facts. All successful scientists, successful entrepreneurs, and successful managers have the ability to “feel” the situation. It is useful to put on the red hat again at the final stage of the discussion: do you like the idea enough to continue working with it? Is the team enthusiastic enough to implement the decision?