2. Six Hats®
began as a tool for the Corporate World
DuPont, Prudential Life Insurance, IBM, British
Airways and many international corporations
Use De Bon’s six thinking hats to:
1. Promote focused meetings and communication
2. Improve team work
3. Increase productivity and profits

3. White Hat
Facts
Data
Information
Bloom’s Taxonomy - KNOWLEDGE

4. Blue Hat
Organising
Processing
Thinking
about thinking
Bloom’s Taxonomy - COMPREHENSION

5. Black Hat
Caution
Risks
Words of
Wisdom
Bloom’s Taxonomy - ANALYSIS

6. Yellow Hat
Benefits
Value
Good ‘in it’
Bloom’s Taxonomy - ANALYSIS

7. Green Hat
New ideas
Creativity
Possibilities
Bloom’s Taxonomy - SYNTHESIS

8. Red Hat
Feelings
Emotion
Intuition
Bloom’s Taxonomy - EVALUATION