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The Six Thinking Hats

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Book by Edward de Bono about different modes of thinking and decision-making

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"The six thinking hats and effectively it is a way of looking at a problem by filtering only by thinking type. So for example, we're going to put on a yellow hat and look at this potential idea."

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Used for: Improving team discussions by assigning different thinking modes (optimist, devil's advocate, facts-only, etc.) Praised: Creates significantly better conversations by getting people to think from mu...

"There's this great book called Six Thinking Hats. I found this to be a very productive book. The white hat is focus on facts, the yellow hat is be optimistic, the black hat be devil's advocate. When you're having a discussion you're like, okay, if..."

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