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GS Chandy, India
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6 Thinking Hats are Rubbish
De Bono's 'Lateral thinking' was great stuff! The 'Thinking Hats' (and 'Different Kinds of Shoes', if I remember right) were rubbish, I'm afraid. Can justify in detail if required.
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Eveline, UK
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Rubbish
Please do explain and provide arguments GS Chandy, otherwise your opinion is useless.
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Abhijeet Desai, India
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6 Thinking Hats wonderful
I have gone thru the complete book and used this Brain Storming technique for our dealers. Believe me friends it had a tremendous impact on them. I am getting wonderful results. I strongly believe that it solely depends on how the concept is being presented.
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jc, Singapore
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Not so useful
I used to read Ewdard De Bono's writing when I was young ... around 20 years old time. I could understand only a little, as I grow and experience, De Bono's concepts become more useful. Personally, I just think his ideas are just a thinking tools. Not so useful ...
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J J G Arachchige, Sri Lanka
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Useful for Group Decisions
The Six Thinking Hats are useful for group decisions. Yet the concept seems to require deliberate application as the facts in the six hats are not clearly distinguished from each other.
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Dr. Schircks, Arnulf, Switzerland
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Very Positive on 6 Hats
Very positiv! I am certified trainer since 1996. Have 6 Hats implemented in Switzerland, germany, Vietnam. In high-tech corporations, Managers all levels, with MBA students: it works in any culture and business. Until June 8 in Nepal, teaching it for Project Managers
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KBrunclik, US
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Rarely used correctly
Many people who have read it forget one of the main concepts that De Bono states, it is not a way to categorize people but a way to get all people to serve in all roles.
Most people just host their meetings and then look back and say, "Linda was wearing a red hat in there and gave some good gut feeling information" or "Tom is really wearing his black hat today". That is not the point. It is to get everyone to collectively focus on each of the hats and only one hat at a time. Tom may be a black hat kind of guy but the beauty of the technique is to make him go yellow hat for a while and step outside of his normal role. If he starts to go black hat during a green hat session, it's the facilitators job to remind him that the group is focused on green hat and mixing the hats often stifles the collective use of the technique.
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G Vartha, New Zealand
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Classroom Use
I use the Hats with my students (9 & 10 yr olds) and the discussions are so much more in-depth. Before using them, discussion was limited to a few individuals. Now the flood of ideas comes freely. As (...)
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Stephen, UK
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Wrong question?
A tool is neither good or bad. It's the use that can be good or bad, effective or ineffective, successful or a failure, etc.. E.g. a knife can be used to kill or save (in surgery). (...)
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Eugenio Olmetto, Italy
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Why do you think it is rubbish?
Hi GS Chandy, I was thinking about certifying as a trainer, could you tell me why you think the method is rubbish? (...)
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Timothy Harrington
United States
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Six Hats Tools
Stephen (uk) - agree, one would not use a skill saw to do a hammers work, or a screw driver to remove a lightbulb. From my perspective, the 6 hats method is a strategic model for initiating and engagi (...)
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