Edward De Bono's Parallel Thinking Method

2. Lets have a discussion!
The coming Week we wanna go
for a Vacation!
Where and How??

3. How to use Edward De
Bono’s
Parallel Thinking Method

4. Objectives of this Session
Define parallel thinking
Identify each of the six hats
Apply six hats method to problem
solving

5. What is parallel thinking?
At any moment
everyone is looking in the same
direction.

9. Six colors…
White: neutral, objective
Red: emotional, angry
Black: serious, somber
Yellow: sunny, positive
Green: growth, fertility
Blue: cool, sky above

10. …and Six Hats
White: Objective facts & figures
Red: Emotions & feelings
Black: Caution & Carefulness
Yellow: Hope & positive
Green: Creativity, ideas & lateral
thinking
Blue: Control & organization of
thinking

11. White Hat Thinking
 Neutral, objective information
 Facts & figures
 Questions: what do we know, what don’t
we know, what do we need to know
 Excludes opinions, hunches, judgments
 Removes feelings & impressions
 Two tiers of facts
Believed Facts
Checked Facts

12. Red Hat Thinking
Emotions & feelings
Hunches, intuitions, impressions
Doesn’t have to be logical or
consistent
No justifications, reasons or basis
Many decisions are emotional in the

13. Black Hat Thinking
Cautious and careful
Logical negative – why it won’t work
Critical judgement, pessimistic view
Separates logical negative from
emotional
Focus on errors, evidence, conclusions
Logical & truthful, but not necessarily
fair

14. Yellow Hat Thinking
Positive & speculative
Positive thinking, optimism,
opportunity
Benefits
Best-case scenarios
Exploration

15. Green Hat Thinking
New ideas, concepts,
perceptions
Deliberate creation of new ideas
Alternatives and more
alternatives
New approaches to problems
Creative & lateral thinking

16. The Blue Hat
Thinking about thinking
Instructions for thinking
The organization of thinking
Control of the other hats
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17. Results of Six Hat
Thinking
Deriving power from focused thinking
Saving time
Removing ego from decisions
Doing one thing at a time

18. Lets have a discussion
again!
The coming Week we wanna go
for a Vacation!
Where and How??

19. Where Can We Use it…
 Decision making, problem solving,
tackling opposing views & friction
 Relationships (Generation G A P)
 Planning by an Individual