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2. SIX HATS
 Used for exploring different perspectives towards a complex or
challenge.
 Used to look at decisions from number of perspectives
 Helps move outside habitual thinking & get to know more
rounded situations
 Tool created by – Edward De bono
 Mix of ambitions, skill, execution, public sensitivity, creativity &
good contingency planning
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3. Process Control People
Setting the focus
Making summaries
Conclusions
“Signal, Disturbance, Thinking Process, focus, analysis, conclusion – All
Required Control towards Mind & Hearth”
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4. Values & Benefits
Helps thinking positively
Keep going ahead in life
“Think positively and see the whole world – it will be as beautiful as
your birth on this earth”
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5.  Emotions & Intuitions
 How others will react emotionally
 Help reducing many options from
many
 Gut Feeling of person
“Its in rare case when our heart and mind are
connected and we take decisions”
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6.  Creativity
 New thinking, ideas
 New alternatives & suggestion
 New Concepts
“Use of right brain will help us for creative
thinking & analysis”
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8.  Bad Points of the decisions
 Look cautiously & defensively
 Important – highlights weak points
 Real Benefit technique
“Black – danger sign, inauspicious color – but take positively
that we have to do it next day”
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