image - 6 hats Thinking - Edward Debono Edward de Bono de Bono

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  • Six hats represent [point of view

    • White hat Objective facts and data
    • Red hat Anger, passion, emotional perspective
    • Black hat Earnest and thoughtful, alert and careful, pointing out weaknesses in thinking
    • Yellow hat Bright, positive, optimistic, hope and positive thinking
    • Green caps Images of plants, fruitful growth, creativity and the birth of new ideas
    • Blue hat calmness, color of the sky, image of transcendence, composing the process of thinking or controlling the use of other hats

pair

  • White and Red
  • Black and yellow
  • Green and Blue
    • This is the only subtle one.

Compare with [Four-Player Framework

  • Bystander is blue

  • Opposer is black

  • I think Mover is green and Follower is yellow.

  • The rest.

    • Red may Follower or Opposer emotionally.
    • White may calmly Follower or Opposer with data.
    • Okay, the red-white axis seems to be going straight.
  • In this book, it is translated as parallel thinking, but is it the same as lateral thinking?

    • Is it different from the horizontal thinking of ā€œlateralā€ because it is pretended to be ā€œparallel?ā€
    • Thereā€™s a chapter on horizontal thinking in the chapter on green hats, which is different.
      • The word imagination is ambiguous; it is imagination that creates confusion and harmony.
      • Horizontal thinking is ā€œpattern transformation of asymmetric exchange systems.ā€
        • just as logical thinking is based on the principle of action in a symbolic language (a particular worldview).

        • Horizontal thinking is based on the behavioral principles of pattern systems (also a particular worldview)

        • nishio.iconThis is a translation that the translator doesnā€™t understand.
        • I think he means symbol manipulation.

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