2.1 De Bono’s 6 thinking hats
One powerful thinking tool for making decisions is Edward De Bono’s 6 Thinking Hats technique. You may have come across this already but if not, De Bono (1933–2021) came up with this tool to help people step outside their usual way of thinking or to become more aware of how other people may think about an issue, by playing different roles.
As you can see each hat represents a distinct type of thinking. The following short film will introduce you to De Bono’s technique and how to use it.
Activity 3: Introducing De Bono’s 6 thinking hats
Watch this short film Introduction to De Bonos 6 thinking hats (duration: 2 minutes) before answering the following questions.
1. What does De Bono’s 6 thinking hats technique allow you to do?
2. What premise or theory is De Bono’s technique based on?
3. What does the yellow hat stand for?
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