Week 11- The Application of Six Thinking Hats

Week 11

The Application of Six Thinking Hats

            This week i had learned a very interesting topic which is six thinking hats. This topic actually about  a strategy requires people to extend their way of thinking about a topic by wearing a range of different “thinking” hats. This strategy that was created by Edward de Bono. Basically, this strategy requires people to extend their way of thinking about a topic by wearing a range of different “thinking” hats. He uses thinking “hat: metaphor because of familiar expressions like “put on your thinking hat.” Putting on a hats means it switches the thinker’s attention to that specific mode to simplify the process. For switching hats just redirects thinking to another mode. There are 6 colors of thinking hats which are white, blue, black, yellow, green and red.

            Now, I'm proceed to elaborate the characteristic of people  about each of the colors of the hat and from here I will know what kind of people they are . 

Firstly, white hat means cold and neutral. With this hat, you will not make any judgments. You will just convey information and the one that provides facts, figures and objective information. Usually, people in white hat always avoiding them self  from involving in any argument.  For example, when I'm asking people who such wearing  white thinking hat that means she/he will only focus on the information and not the arguments. She/he will directly  look what information is available, what is needed and how to obtain it.

  Secondly, red color. For me red is a warm and 'hot' color. It has to do with the feelings, intuitions, hunches and emotions. The red hat represents ANGER emotion and strong.  It gives the thinker permission to put their feelings forward about the subject. For example, when I was asked people who such wearing red hat, they will confess their feelings about the subject. 

Thirdly, is about black color which is show gloomy and negative effect. It is a color of authority and prevents mistakes by urging caution.The black hat is for the people who examine every possible action. They will have a role why something will not work. For example, when I'm wearing black hat that means I will always be putting negative elements during the discussion. Actually, black hat is very valuable because it may make me more cautions in every idea that I have and avoiding me  to do any mistake in future, but at the same time it can also create a problem like it can easily kills creative idea with negative thoughts.  

Yellow is a color that looking for potential benefits based on constructive thoughts. The yellow hat provides constructive and generates proposals and suggestions.

Green is a symbol of vegetation/ grass. It will result in making new ideas. The green hat wearer will look for new ideas or possibilities. They will find a way to find new creative ideas for the problem. For example, when you are in a meeting, you will need someone to find new ideas. They will be the person who think of new ideas and make it better.

The last one is blue. Blue means that you are looking from a higher and a wider perspective to see whether you are addressing the right issue. Usually the person who wear blue hat is the person who are in charge such as a chairman or an organizer. They will be the person who are organizing and controlling the process.

For conclusion, this topic is really helpful for me and for my assignment. It will be more helpful if it is a group assignment. It help us how to solve the problem quickly and effectively. The entire group member plays different roles. Sometimes there will be an argument but we quickly with these thinking hats. With everyone wearing different hats, it making us more away about the wider picture of the problem. So, this topic is really helpful in daily life.