1. De Bono

2. Red Hat. Emotions. Intuition, feelings,
and hunches. No need to justify the
feelings. How do I feel about this
right now?
Yellow Hat. Benefits. Why is this
worth doing? What are the benefits?
Why can it be done? Why will it
work?

3. Black Hat. Caution. Judgement.
Assessment. Is this true? Will it work?
What are the weaknesses? What is
wrong with it?
Green Hat. Creativity. Different ideas.
New ideas. Suggestions and proposals.
What are some possible solutions and
courses of action? What are the
alternatives?

4. White Hat. Information. Questions.
What information do we have?
What information do we need to
get?
Blue Hat. Organisation of
thinking. Thinking about thinking.
How far have we come? What
step do we take next?

6. •Blue Hat Thinking- Process
•Thinking about thinking
•What thinking is needed?
•Organizing the thinking
•Planning for action
•White Hat Thinking- Facts Information and data
•Neutral and objective
•What do I know?
•What do I need to find out?
•How will I get the information I need?

7. •Green Hat Thinking - Creativity Ideas,
alternative, possibilities
•Provocation - "PO"
•Solutions to black hat problems
Yellow Hat Thinking- Benefits
Positives, plus points
Logical reasons are given.
Why an idea is useful

8. •Black Hat Thinking - Cautions
Difficulties, weaknesses, dangers
•Logical reasons are given.
•Spotting the risks
•Red Hat Thinking - Feelings
Intuition, hunches, gut instinct
•My feelings right now.
•Feelings can change.
•No reasons are given.