Edward De Bono - Six Thinking Hats.pdf

of the other hats.
It is easy to remember the function of each one if one remembers the color and the associations.
function of the hat is come of this. Also it is possible to be thought like three pairs:
Red target and
Black and yellow
Green and blue
In practice one talks about the hats a l w a y s by its colors, n e v e r by its functions. And for a good
reason. If you request that somebody expresses its reaction emotional before something, it is little
probable that they respond to you honestly: one thinks that he is bad emotional being. But the
expression r e d h a t he is neutral. It is easier to request to him to which "takes of the hat for a moment
black that to request to him that it stops being so negative. The neutrality of the colors it allows that
the hats without impediment are used some. Thinking it turns a game with defined rules; it stops
being subject of exhortations and condemnations.
We spoke directly of hats:
...Iwant that you take of the black hat. ...Pongámonos all the red hat by awhile.
...That is well for the yellow hat. Now pongámonos the target.
When you treat with people who have not read this book and does not know the symbolism the six
hats to think, the explanation of each color can clarify quickly the meaning of each one. Next
you can give these people unit of this book so that they read it. At the most east way extends of to
say, more efective will be its use. Possibly, the day will arrive that you can sentarte in any
meeting and to change of hats with all facility.
CHAPTER 8
The white h a t
FACTS And NUMBERS
You can to represent the paper of a computer?
Single it exposes, the facts of neutral and objective way. It
does not interpret: only the facts, please.
Which are cough facts in this subject?
computers still do not have emotions (although probably we will have to cause that they have
them if we want that they think with intelligence). We hoped that a computer shows to the facts and
the numbers to us when we requested them. But no we hoped that it discusses with us nor that only
uses the facts and the numbers in order to maintain its position.
The facts and the numbers are fitted, too much often, in an argumentation. It is used them with an