Innovative thinking

On 7-8 August we had a workshop on innovative thinking.This was my first exposure to the techniques by which creativity can be imbibed in a person.I wouldnot say it changed my way of viewing the world..but yes i had learnt a great deal about how mind can be mapped and other effective tools.One of the most interesting thing that happened was the "Six Thinking Hat" session."Six thinking hats" is a technique invented by Edward de Bono. The six hats represent six modes of thinking and are directions to think rather than labels for thinking i.e. the hats are used proactively rather than reactively. It allows people to forget about their ego and adopt the role linked with their hat color. Thus the technique encourages performance rather than ego defense. People can contribute under any hat even though they initially support the opposite view.I took some pics during this session.So below its given an insight into what each hats say with pics.

Roles of hats:
White Hat

This covers facts, figures, information needs and gaps. White hat takes care of the arguments and proposals, and looks at the given data.











Red Hat

This covers intuition, feelings and emotions. The red hat allows the thinker to put forward an intuition without any need to justify it. Usually feelings and intuition can only be introduced into a discussion if they are supported by logic. Usually the feeling is genuine but the logic is spurious. The red hat gives full permission to a thinker to put forward his or her feelings on the subject at the moment.





Black Hat

This is the hat of judgment and caution. The black hat is used to point out why a suggestion does not fit the facts, the available experience, the system in use, or the policy that is being followed. The black hat must always be logical.









Yellow Hat

This is the logical positive. Why something will work and why it will offer benefits. It can be used in looking forward to the results of some proposed action, but can also be used to find something of value in what has already happened.









Green Hat

This is the hat of creativity, alternatives, proposals, what is interesting, provocations and changes. The green hat is allowed to propose even ideas that may sound foolish.










Blue Hat

This is the overview or process control hat. It looks not at the subject itself but at the 'thinking' about the subject. In technical terms, the blue hat is concerned with metacognition.