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Six Thinking Hats was written by Dr. Edward de Bono. "Six Thinking Hats" and the associated idea of parallel thinking provide a means for groups to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way, and in doing so to think together more effectively.
In 1985, psychologist and author Edward de Bono published a book titled Six Thinking Hats. The book presents a method that groups of people working together can use to leverage parallel thinking skills and limit disputes. The White Hat is the information hat. The wearer of the white hat considers known information and looks for new information.
Parallel thinking is a term coined by de Bono. [12] [13] Parallel thinking is described as a constructive alternative to: "adversarial thinking"; debate; and the approaches exemplified by Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle (whom de Bono refers to as the "Greek gang of three" (GG3) [14] [15]).
6-3-5 Brainwriting is a particular form of brainstorming through the medium of graphics; [3] in particular, it is classified under the intuitive and progressive methodologies as it involves driving inspiration from other members in a cyclical way. [4]
White hat, in de Bono's Six Thinking Hats; Black and white hat symbolism in film; White hat (computer security), a computer hacker intending to improve security; White hat bias, cherry picking the evidence and publication bias
Hats, an album by the British pop group The Blue Nile "Hats", a song from Heart in Motion, a 1992 album by American singer Amy Grant; Histone acetyltransferases (HATs), enzymes linked to transcriptional activation; de Bono Hats, the thinking strategies outlined by Edward de Bono in Six Thinking Hats
In the book the term "six hats" is used, as is the term "six thinking hats" to describe the process. However, his official course materials call it "Six thinking hats" as I indicated above - that is the title given to the process and its associated training materials. That is what has been registered as a trademark.
Creativity techniques are methods that encourage creative actions, whether in the arts or sciences. They focus on a variety of aspects of creativity, including techniques for idea generation and divergent thinking, methods of re-framing problems, changes in the affective environment and so on.