The ‘Information Seeking’ Hat

• Where are the facts?• What information is

available?• What is relevant?• What else would I like to

know?

When wearing the white hat, we are neutral in our thinking.

The White Hat

• Where are the benefits?• What is the value?• What are the opportunities?

The ‘Positive Thinking’ Hat

Yellow hat thinking is about thinking constructively

and getting the job done.

The Yellow Hat

• What problems can you see?

• Where are the risks?• What are the possible

pitfalls?

The ‘Caution’ Hat

Black hat thinkers consider the problems and proceed with caution.

The Black Hat

• Are there other ways we could do this?

• Have we considered…?• What haven’t we tried yet?

The ‘Creative Thinking’ Hat

Green hat thinkers are lateral thinkers and propose novel solutions.

The Green Hat

• What does my instinct tell me?• What are my feelings about

this?• How might other people feel

about this?

The ‘Emotional Thinking’ Hat

Red hat thinkers respond intuitively and talk about feelings.

The Red Hat

• Where are we now?• What do we need to do

next?• How should we organise

ourselves?

The ‘Planning’ Hat

Blue hat thinkers take the role of chairperson,

taking an overview of the learning.

The Blue Hat