In 1985 Dr. Edward deBono invented a revolutionary way of thinking; Six Thinking Hats. The Six Hats are a powerful and important form of decision-making. Instead of making a decision-based on a few ideas, the Six Hats forces one to move outside one's comfort zone of critical thinking and helps explore other avenues. This type of thinking brings creativity, emotions, intuitiveness, negative and positives together in order to make a well-rounded and informed decision. The Six …showed first 75 words of 1103 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1103 total…time and not be afraid of being shot down for their ideas; Six Thinking Hats allows this to happen. References: Six Thinking Hats: Looking at a Decision From All Points of View http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newTED_07.htm Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono http://www.twbookmark.com/books/62/0316177911/chapter_excerpt9537.html Lynda Curtin http://www.lyndacurtin.com/programs/six_thinking_hats/some_global_examples_of_de_bono's_tools_in_use.asp