CHE MODULE : SIX THINKING HATS
Created 24.2.2000 Nimusmil
SESSION OBJECTIVES
AFTER review of the topic, participants will be able to
*NAME the six thinking hats
*IDENTIFY their colours
*STATE their functions
*USE Six Thinking Hats in a role-play setting
*APPRECIATE the concept
*TAKE HOME the thinking tool "Six Thinking Hats"
STARTER:
Sketch:
Man drives car/bullock cart
Car/cart gets stuck in mud
Man asks for help
two helpers come
3 push in different directions towards middle
Car/cart does not move
<end of sketch>
HAPPENING?
ASK: What did you see?
MAKE SURE they saw what was going on, up till "car/cart does not move",
and not after.
DO
In groups of 5, discuss how the problem of the stuck cart may be moved
After 10 minutes,
appoint a scribe
collect serially one idea from each group,
scribe to write these on a flip chart
Review the list:
edit, supplement:
Commend the concept that the men should push in the same direction:
OUR
ASK is there any situation where we get a group of people trying to
do one thing?
Is there any similarity between 5 people trying to push a stuck cart
and
5 people trying to decide what to do at a meeting?
In groups of 5 (different from first grouping),
discuss in what ways people at a meeting can be seen to be pushing
in different directions
After 10 minutes,
appoint a scribe
collect serially one idea from each group,
scribe to write these on a flip chart
Review the list:
edit, supplement:
Explain concept of six thinking hats
SIX THINKING HATS
De Bono's six thinking hats allows one to create time and opportunity
for creativity.
In group discussions, committee meetings, etc, how to prevent a member
from being constantly critical and negative?
How do you encourage people to express their gut feelings over important
issues?
The six thinking hats is extremely simple but it is powerful simplicity.
IBM, Du Pont and Prudential are amongst the many MNCs who incorporate
Six Hat Thinking as part of their management training.
How do you get the group to pull in the same direction rather than shoot off at different angles and different planes simultaneously? You get them to put on the same thinking hat:
WHITE HAT
(think paper)
What data, facts, information do we have about the issue
What else do we want to know?
How do we get that information?
RED HAT
(think fire)
What are the gut feelings, emotions, hunches, intuition about the issue.
If not given red hat opportunity, may express as negative comments.
BLACK HAT
(think judge)
Critical judgement.
Caution
Warnings
Bad points
Black hat is important but not to be used excessively.
YELLOW HAT
(think sunshine)
Warm fuzzies
Benefits
Positive points
Feasibility.
GREEN HAT
(think grass, new growth)
Creative thinking
How else can we approach this
Any new ideas
BLUE HAT
(think sky, helicopter view)
What is progress so far in meeting
Where have we gone
How far are we from reaching the objective
Summary, conclusion, decision
Next meeting etc.
MOVE AWAY FROM ARGUMENT
The traditional approach is for one person to put forward a proposal
and for others to tear it down. Six hat thinking allows us to move away
from argument and get into productive discussion.
In groups of 5 (new grouping again)
Use six thinking hats to discuss Mango Bus Company.....
After 30 minutes,
appoint a scribe
collect serially WHITE, RED, BLUE, GREEN, YELLOW, BLACK HAT experience
from each group,
scribe to write these on a flip chart
Review the list:
edit, supplement
ROUND up session by listing summarising uses, advantages, disadvantages, AND Spiritual benefits!!
limsumin 24th February 2000