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Edward de Bono
Parallel Thinking (Six Thinking Hats)

Part one show:
What's important? Human potential harnessed. Techniques to optimize effort. Efficient data management. Intelligence and thinking. Hats to the rescue.

The technique
The Six Thinking Hats technique of Edward de Bono is a model that can be used for exploring different perspectives towards a complex situation or challenge. Seeing things in various ways is often a good idea in strategy formation or complex decision-making processes.
It provides a means for groups to think together more effectively, and a means to plan thinking processes in a detailed and cohesive way.

Types of hats
The six hats and the thinking processes that they represent
White hat Facts & Information
Red hat Feelings & Emotions
Black hat Logical negative
Yellow hat Logical positive
Green hat Creative thinking & Possibilities
Blue hat Control of process & Steps

Main benefits
Main benefits of Six Thinking Hats method:
1. Allow to say things without risk
2. Create awareness that there are multiple perspectives on the issue at hand
3. Convenient mechanism for 'switching gears'
4. Rules for the game of thinking
5. Focus thinking
6. Lead to more creative thinking
7. Improve communication
8. Improve decision making

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Feb 28, 2020 · steveeq1 on John Carmack talks about “antifragile” idea generation (2015) [video]

I read it and liked it. It's also on Alan Kay's recommended readling list, who i greatly admire: http://www.squeakland.org/resources/books/readingList.jsp
It's here for anyone who wants a video of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mtc_CBTIeI&list=PLeAgmjjzpw...

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May 30, 2016 · steveeq1 on Alan Kay's reading list

I am a particular fan of the Debono books. I swear, debono is unparalled in clear writing. Here are video versions of the two debono books mentioned in Alan Kay's reading list just in case anyone's interested:
Lateral Thinking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFFZ0XSfCRw
Six Thinking Hats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Mtc_CBTIeI

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"Six Thinking Hats" was the first book that I read in this area. To this day I like to use his methodology from time to time when I have to find a solution to a big problem that confuses me so much that I don't even know where to start. Even if you don't have a problem at hand applying it to a hypothetical problem is quite a fun mind game when you have some time to kill (for example on a long bus trip).
That said I probably read the book at the right time because it works best when you have a certain naivete and faith that you stumbled upon the ultimate silver bullet for problem solving.
Had I encountered the book just yet I'd probably have been more dismissive of it. "Oh yeah, here we go .. another guy who wants to sell you some self-help fluff disguised in a business context"

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