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Different People, Different Views!

Dog
Pool
Lanterns
Food
Walls
What is parallel thinking?

At any moment
everyone is looking in the same direction.
What is 6 Thinking Hats?
- Technique for effective meetings & problem
solving.

- NOT What is

- What can be

- Experience & Intelligence of EVERYONE is used in


EACH direction.

- Explore the subject! E.g. Court of Law

1
Lets put on the WHITE HAT !!!!!!!
Facts & Figures

Neutral & Objective Eg. Computer

E.g. Last month, there has been a 25% decrease


in the sale of cheese pizzas, due to the inclination
towards having a low fat diet.

Two kinds of facts:


- Checked facts
- Unchecked (Believed) facts
Lets put on the RED HAT !!!!!!!
I feel

It gives opportunity to express: Feelings,


Emotions and Intuition (experience).

E.g. My red hat thinking tells me that you want to


oppose the merger to preserve your job rather
than to benefit the shareholders.

No justifications.
Lets put on the BLACK HAT !!!!!!!

NEGATIVE & PESSIMISTIC

CAUTIOUS & CAREFUL

HELPS IN DETECTING FLAWS

LOGICAL

OVERUSE OF BLACK HAT


Lets put on the YELLOW HAT !!!!!!!

OPTIMISTIC

SPECULATIVE POSITIVE

CONSTRUCTIVE & GENERATIVE

HOPE

EVERY CLOUD HAS A SILVER LINING


Lets put on the GREEN HAT !!!!!!!

New Ideas, Concepts and Perception.


New Approaches toward the problem.
Change
Alternatives and Options.
Humor
Beyond what is well known.
Lets put on the BLUE HAT !!!!!!!
Instructions to think
Organization of thought
Control and Respect of the rules
Right Questions
Define the problem
Define the Targets
Explorative Questions
Summaries and Conclusions
How to Use the Hat
Single Use

Sequence Use
Evolving Sequence
Preset Sequence

Group and Individual

Individual in Group
Rules to be followed while using hats

Discipline

Direction not description

Timing

No fixed sequence to follow.

Blue hat should always be used both at beginning


and at end.
Premise set-up of 6 Thinking
Hats

Lets decode how Human mind functions.


Perspective about
Six Thinking hats.
Leading corporations where practice of 6 Hats
Thinking was a run-away success:

IBM

Statoil ( Norway)

Siemens

Ford

McKinsey

Ericsson
Advantages of adopting
Six Hats method thinking
Focused Thinking

Emphasis on parallel thinking

Symbolic role

Transformer of personality

Removes ego

Saves time

Empowers organization
Managers Toolkit for Problem
Solving
Six Thinking Hats
Problem Statement / Scenario

IT Manager identifies reduced productivity in his team


Few areas impacting productivity of the team
More working hours leading to fatigue
Tight schedule and missed deadlines
Difficulty in dealing with customer complaints
All these areas are related to Work Load Pressure
Approach to Problem Solving
Approach:1
Identify solutions to each of the problem
Approach:2
Identify problem based on facts
Analyze problem from various perspective
Generate ideas
Come to a consensus by the entire team and
select feasible solutions

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Using Six Thinking Hats
1. White Hat : Facts and Figures
Example of some information / data to be gathered :
1. No of defects, customer complaints
2. Overtime / weekends spent at work
3. Estimation & planning to identify missed deadlines
4. Business and technical knowledge of the team
2. Black Hat : Negatives of current scenario
1. Ineffective planning and estimation
2. Less members in the team than estimated
3. Lack of business knowledge training
Using Six Thinking Hats

3. Yellow Hat : Positives of current scenario


1. Team is technically sound
2. Good team work that can be enhanced further
4. Red Hat : Feelings of the team
1. Team Size should be increased
2. Target date should be extended
3. Allowance must be given for overtime
Using Six Thinking Hats

5. Green Hat : Solutions by creative thinking

1. Work from home concept


2. Business Knowledge Training to be imparted
3. Daily interaction with customer to update project
4. Proper sharing of work load among existing team
Conclusion

Consensus from the team for the solution


Discuss suggestions as listed under Red and Green Hats
Analyze feasibility of each of the suggestion
Come to a consensus as agreed by all participants
Implement suggested solution/s
Track the problem scenario after implementation
Presented By :

Kinjal Davda 15

Chirag Joshi 28

Preeti K 32

Anjali Mendhe 38

Shraddha Mudras 43

Hemant 46

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