Six Thinking Hats

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At one time or another, everyone has felt frustrated by inefficient, wasteful meetings. Oftentimes meetings are plagued by divisive arguments, side conversations, lack of preparation, and inaction.

Imagine what might happen if you, your team, department, or entire organization learned specific thinking tools that would instantly eliminate these issues, opening the door to thorough decisions, better communication, and easier problem resolution . . .

Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats methods teach parallel thinking as an alternative to argument. Parallel thinking guides thought processes in one direction at a time so we can effectively analyze issues, generate new ideas, and make decisions. The Six Thinking Hats method helps put our opinions aside so we can focus on a way forward, without argument.

The Six Thinking Hats Training Course is fast-paced, practical, and interactive. Participants learn how to separate emotion from facts, the positive from the negative and critical thinking from creative thinking. Six Thinking Hats Training Course participants leave with tools they can apply immediately.

Who Needs Six Thinking Hats Training?

Anyone who wants to think clearly, objectively, and creatively should attend Six Thinking Hats training.

HR Professionals Project Managers Meeting Facilitators Engineers New Product Developers Team Leaders & Members

Trainers & Consultants Sales & Marketing Professionals Advertising & PR Professionals Patent Attorneys

Where Might You Use The Six Thinking Hats?

Facilitation of meetings Preparing for discussions Continuous process improvement New products / new designs Conflict resolution Decision making and problem solving

Customer focus groups / interviews Leadership development Presentations Virtual meetings Individual thinking

Six Thinking Hats Training Course Objectives and Outcomes

Participants in the Six Thinking Hats course will show evidence of the following:

• A marked tendency to identify themselves as thinkers
• 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