Six Thinking Hats

1. Information

• What information do I have about _____?

• What information do I need about _____?

• What are the arguments against _____?

• What are the proposals in favor of _____?

• What is the most relevant information about _____? 

• What information in not relevant about _____? 

• Is this information about _____ relevant to me? 

• Is this information about _____ relevant to others?

2. Feelings and Emotions

• How did I first reacted to _____?

• How do others react to _____?

• How does _____ make me feel?

• How does _____ make others feel?

• How can I relate _____to previous personal experiences?

• What does my intuition tell me about _____?    

 3. Logic

• What are the pros of _____? 

• What are the cons of _____? 

• How can _____ be a solution?

• How can _____ be a problem?

• Who is affected by _____? 

• Who gains from _____?

• Do I have to be cautious about _____? 

• Do others have to be cautious about _____?

• Is _____ ethical and moral?

 4. Optimism

• What are the reasons why ______ is a good things?

• Are there any reasons why ______ has the potential to become beneficial?

• Is it possible  to solve a problem using _____?

• How can I use _____ to bring harmony between groups of people in disagreement?

• Is it possible for me to benefit from _____?

• Is it possible for others to benefit from_____?

 5. Innovation

• How can I use _____ to find new ways of doing things?

• What are some alternatives to _____?

• How can I make _____ more interesting?

• How can _____ be used to make someone annoyed or angry?

• How can _____ be used to make someone cheerful or happy?

• How can _____ be transformed?

• What kind of investigations about _____ will catch the attention?

• When thinking about _____, what comes to my mind? 

6. Management

• What information has been collected from the previous thinking hats?

• What can be done with this information?

• What conclusions have I reached based on my observations?

• How can I use all this information to reach my own goals?

• What went well with the Six Thinking Hats Method?

• What went wrong with the Six Thinking Hats Method?

• What is my plan of action?

*Follow these steps and your thinking process will be fruitful every time*