6 Thinking Hats - CREATIVE + CRITICAL THINKING
COURSE OBJECTIVES
1.To understand how to use your whole brain for innovation
2.To learn about lateral thinking and the six thinking hats
3.To use the concept of the WHITE HAT to come up with fact-based hypothesis
4.To use the concept of the YELLOW HAT to find opportunities and benefits
5.To use the concept of the GREEN HAT to think out of the box
6.To use the concept of the BLUE HAT to build clarity and details
7.To use the concept of the BLACK HAT for contingency and risk planning
8.To use the concept of the RED HAT to harnass the power of experience
9.To strengthen the ability to think creativity and critically
COURSE OUTLINE
UNLEASHING THE LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN
• What is Creativity and am I creativity?
• Creative thinking and lateral thinking
• But I'm left brained - the left-right brain philosophy
• Thinking creatively and critically
• The Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono
THE WHITE HAT
• What is White Hat
• The White Hat Process: Ask-Analyze-Update
• 5 Questions to Ask
• Analyze using POS framework
• Update using SBAR framework
THE YELLOW HAT
• What is the Yellow Hat
• 3 Traits of a Yellow Hat Thinker
• How to be an Opportunity Thinker in 4 Areas
• The Ability to See and Sell Benefits
• Application of the YELLOW HAT at work
THE GREEN HAT
• What is the Green Hat
• Understanding How we Think
• Thin Slicing: the good & the bad
• Lateral Thinking: out of the box
• Random Input using Nouns
• Random Input using Pictures
• Application of the GREEN HAT at work
THE BLACK HAT
• What is Black Hat?
• Benefits of a Black Hat Thinker
• Reversal Thinking Technique
• Application of the BLACK HAT at work
• Risk Mitigation Process
THE RED HAT
• What is the Red Hat?
• Expression of what you feel: like, dislike, fear, love, hat
• Intuition and How it Works
• 3 Steps to Use Intuition
• Application of the RED HAT at work
• 4 Kinds of Intuition at work
THE BLUE HAT
• What is the Blue Hat
• Five Blue Hat Questions
• SMART Goals and Milestones
• Flow Charts and Project Management
• Application of the YELLOW HAT at work
• PDCA / The Deming Cycle
WRAP UP
• Critical Thinking – blue, black, white
• Creative Thinking – red, green, yellow
• Key Summary: How to Use 6 Thinking Hats
• Recap key Learning
• Questions
• Action Planning
COURSE DURATION :
One day training program.
CERTIFICATION :
Nikao Consulting internal certification of course attendance
TARGET GROUP:
Managers, Supervisor, High-Potential Executives
METHODOLOGIES:
Active Lecturing, Accelerated Learning techniques
Videos
Exercises, Activities and Games (related to content)
Self-evaluation assessments
Systems and processes
Observation and Coaching
Brainstorming and team discussion
Problem solving practices
Action planning