This six thinking hats
• In order to make it easier to clearly identify and
work with these states, colored hats are used as
metaphors for them. The act of putting on a
colored hat allows individuals to symbolically
think in terms of the state, either actually or
imaginatively.
• White Hat: Neutrality: Participants make
statements of fact, including identifying
information that is absent -- and presenting the
views of people who are not present -- in a
factual manner. Examples of this the results of
this thinking are:
• Red Hat: Feeling: Participants state their
feelings, exercising their gut instincts. In many
cases this is a method for harvesting ideas; it is
not a question of recording statements, but
rather getting everyone to identify their top two
or three choices from a list of ideas o