Applications of Six Thinking Hats

Course Objectives

• Acquire an effective creative thinking framework & boost creativity across the organization
• Experience the effectiveness of parallel thinking compared with critical thinking
• Effectively use the technique for constructive and quality thinking at both the individual and organizational levels
• Reduce meeting times significantly & learn to facilitate productive meetings
• Use the Six Hats as a way to enable contribution from all team members & builds a spirit of collaboration and cooperation
• Do a thorough and efficient exploration of issues
• Apply the Six Hats sequencing technique to solve problems and design new ideas
• Encourage increased participation from team members that are more reserved and quiet
• Simplify the process of decision-making & make decisions based on a thoroughly examined perspective

Target Audience

All managers, executives, supervisors, all support and admin personnel, sales and marketing, customer service and front desk, PR, technical staff, engineers, production staff, QA staff – ALL who wants to learn to be a solution provider for their companies and to be able to provide creative input/ideas at the workplace. Any individual who wants to be better equipped to face and solve today’s complex business problems by using a foundational process for reasoning and problem solving.

Methodology

Using a combination of Hats Exercises, Scenarios, case Studies, games, Activities, Brainstorming sessions.

Course Modules

Module 1: QUALITY THINKING AND PARALLEL THINKING
Module 2: SIX THINKING HATS METHOD
Module 3: PRACTICING THE 6 THINKING HATS