Educational Solutions for Workforce Development

East Deanery

SIX THINKING HATS

Edward De Bono

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East DeaneryWHITE HAT

Information

What we know

What we we need to know

Print outs..white paper

What is missing ?

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East DeaneryRed Hat

Fire & Warmth

Emotional feelings / intuition

“my feeling is”

“my intuition is”

An ingredient to be taken into account

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Critical Thinking

Western thinking-black/pessimistic

Stops us from doing illegal/improper things

Point out danger (like look-out person)

Pitfalls or problems

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Values /beliefs

Why this should work

Finding “value in things”

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Vegetation/Growth

Branches & sprouts

Ideas / alternatives

Possibilities / designs

Creativity

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East DeaneryBlue Hat

Blue sky-overall view

Conductor of the orchestra

Blue hat puts together overview

Summary conclusion & grand design

Facilitator –Presenter of ideas