One Day • Instructor-led
Parallel thinking is a powerful tool used for team-based problem solving and brainstorming. It promotes creativity and thinking “outside the box”. This tool is based on Six Thinking Hats, a system designed by Edward de Bono, which provides a mechanism for managing meetings and group discussions making them more productive. It is a structured technique that helps facilitate teams to approach problems or projects from different perspectives and by doing so to think together more effectively.
Course Outline
Define Parallel Thinking
The 6 Hats – 6 Types of Thinking
Data – The White Hat
- Facts and Figures
- Whose Fact Is It?
- Japanese-style input
- Facts, Truths and Philosophers
- Who Puts on the Hat
Emotions – The Red Hat
- Emotions and Feelings
- The Place of Emotions in Thinking
- Intuition and Hunches
- Moment to Moment
- The Use of Emotions
- The Language of Emotions
Caution – The Black Hat
- Cautious and Careful
- Content and Process
- The Past and the Future
- The Problem of Overuse
Optimism – The Yellow Hat
- Speculative-Positive
- The Positive Spectrum
- Reasons and Logical Support
- Constructive Thinking
- Speculation
- Relation to Creativity
Creativity – The Green Hat
- Creative Thinking
- Lateral Thinking
- Movement Instead of Judgement
- The Need for Provocation
- Alternatives
- Personality and Skill
- What Happens to the Ideas?
Management – The Blue Hat
- Control of Thinking
- Focus
- Program Design
- Summaries and Conclusions
- Control and Monitoring
Benefits of the 6 Hats Method Apply 6 Hats Method of Problem Solving