Six Hats(英文版)

Six Thinking Hats®





1.Why de Bono

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|Dr. Edward de Bono |

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|"Dr. de Bono's innovative thinking methods have been tried and |

|tested by many pupils and professionals and they do seem to help |

|people to be more creative and original. I saw the system in action|

|at an impasse during a seminar of Nobel laureates. When a Random |

|Word (one of de Bono's lateral thinking tools) was injected into |

|the discussion, the problem was quickly resolved." |

|- Sheldon Lee Glashow, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physics (1979) |

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|Using the de Bono techniques, these well known companies |

|dramatically improved their productivity and their bottom line: |

|Prudential Insurance invented Living Benefits Insurance. |

|Dupont saved $30 million by eliminating 9 steps in the |

|manufacturing process of Kevlar® |

|Boeing navigated through and avoided a deadlock between management |

|and its labor union. |

|Motorola developed and brought to market the first PDA/MP3 Player. |

|3M developed market-breaking product innovations—such as: Duct Tape|

|targeted for women. |

|ABB went from $0 to $60 million in profit in just 2 years in the |

|country of Syria. |

|The United Kingdom reduced unemployment from 3 million to 1 |

|million. |

|The Eurhythmics rock group posted a note of thanks to Edward de |

|Bono on the cover of a best selling LP. |

|Peter Ueberroth credits lateral thinking tools for helping the 1984|

|Olympic Games turn a profit causing the games to go from an event |

|that no city wanted to host, to a prestigious event where cities |

|today compete for the privilege. |

|A sampling of countries where de Bono thinking methods are |

|flourishing: |

|Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, |

|Germany, Holland, Hong Kong, India, Ireland, Japan, Jordan, Korea, |

|Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore, South Africa, |

|United Kingdom, United States. |



2. How to Think Your Way to Success

Thinking performance drives business performance. Most mistakes in business

are mistakes in thinking. Decisions are poorly thought through. Risk

factors are overlooked. Faulty information is taken as fact. Ideas are

killed far too early. Benefits aren’t built into solutions — customers have

no idea why they should embrace your new efforts. Changes backfire.

If any of this describes the condition at your company we can help you

improve the thinking performance of your employees. The end result for your

company:

• Increases in bottom-line profit.

• Increases in top-line growth.

• More time to develop meaningful customer relationships.

• More time to work on what’s important to develop the business.

• A happier and more motivated workforce

3. What are Six Thinking Hats

The Six Thinking Hats

|[pic] |Process control. Managing the thinking. |

| |Focus tool. |

| |Thinking agenda development. |

| |Time management plan. |

| |Keep egos and argument in check. |

| |Action planning for next steps, roles, |

| |responsibilities, time. |

|[pic] |Data, information, facts — known and needed. |

| |White hat O.P.V. tool — other people’s views. |

| |Spectrum of relevance tool. |

| |Range of accuracy tool. |

| |Plan to get necessary white hat data. |

|[pic] |Creativity. Ideas. Alternatives. Solutions. |

| |Possibilities. |

| |Top of the head tool idea generating tool. |

| |Random entry tool idea generating tool. |

| |Concept fan idea generating tool. |

| |Time and space for creative thinking. |

|[pic] |Benefits with rationale. The optimistic view. Plus |

| |points. |

| |Frames of value tool. |

| |Levels of feasibility tool. |

| |Competitive advantage screen. |

| |Sense of potential. |

|[pic] |Risk assessment. Potential problems. Danger. |

| |Difficulties. |

| |Find errors in logic. |

| |Speculate about the future. |

| |Note ways something does not fit. |

| |Set out to remove difficulties with green hat |

| |solutions. |

|[pic] |Hunches. Gut instinct. Intuition. Feelings. |

| |Range of feelings tool. |

| |Decision making tool. |

| |Idea sorting tools. |

| |Idea power tools. |

| |Level of commitment tool. |



4. Six Thinking Hats® Course Options

• Two-day customized full course with job application and coaching.

Available in-house only.

• One-day short course.

• Half-day seminar to sample the method — perfect for time pressed

executives that want an understanding of the tool in order to support

team training.



5. Candidates for Training



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HR/OD, project leaders, team leaders, high potential employees, six sigma

trained employees, process improvement teams, business unit leaders,

engineers, attorneys, R&D, product development, sales, advertising,

marketing, IT, finance, customer care and professionals.