Six Thinking Hats-parallel thinking

When we adopt traditional thinking, we always consider as many factors as possible at the same time. We always examine information, form opinions, and judge others' opinions at the same time.
Parallel thinking is a way to manage our thinking. It breaks down our thinking from different aspects and perspectives and considers them separately, rather than considering many factors at the same time.

 

White hat : White is neutral and objective. White hat thinking represents objective facts and numbers.

Principles of white hat thinking

1. You cannot increase the level of a fact unless you have the ability to verify it.
2. When using white hat thinking, your attitude must be neutral.
3. White hat should become a habit.
4. prevent excessive use of white hats.

Red Hat : Red indicates emotional characteristics such as anger and violence. Red Hat thinking indicates emotional feelings, intuition, and hunch.

Use of RedHat thinking
1. recognizing emotions is part of thinking.
2. display the background emotion to observe the potential impact.
3. can let the emotions vent.
4. Intuition and precognition.

Black hat: Black is gloomy and negative. Black hat thinking considers the negative factors of things. It is a logical judgment and evaluation of the negative factors of things.

Usage of black hat thinking

1. Question facts and data
2. Point out aspects that do not conform to the experience
3. Reasonably present your personal experience
4. Identify future risks and possible problems
5. Checks and balances the yellow hats

Yellow hat : Yellow represents sunshine and optimism. The yellow hat thinking contains hope and positive thoughts and actively seeks the bright spot of things.

Use of yellow hat thinking
1. Explore the advantages of things
2. prove why a certain opinion works, but it must comply with the logic
3. When the future is uncertain, HUANG Mao thought through some questions to establish a feasible Foundation. For example, looking for clues, predicting trends, and other possibilities.

Green hat : Green represents life, while green hat represents creativity, which leads to new ideas and ways to look at things.

Usage of green hat thinking
1. generate initial ideas
2. Create further or better ideas
3. New Ideas

Blue hat : Blue is calm, and it is also the color of the sky. The blue hat thinking represents the control and organization of the thinking process. It can control other thinking.

Use of blue hat thinking

1. Where should we start?
2. What are our goals?
3. What is the agenda?
4. What hats should I use?
5. How can we summarize it?
6. What should I do next?

Use principle of Six-cap Sequence

1. No sequence is absolutely correct
2. Six caps can be used or not used multiple times in the sequence.
3. correct use of the initial sequence, intermediate sequence, and ending Sequence
4. Make full use of simple Short Sequences

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