PART 3

OUR BRAIN
FUNCTION
 right and left
hemispheres of the brain.

 leonardo da vinci and einstein

almost certainly had both brains
functioning in balance and utilized
them in cooperation.
YOUR LEFT AND RIGHT BRAIN
 PROF. ORNSTEIN AND DR.ROGER
SPARRY INVESTIGATED IF EACH
OF OUR SEPARATE BRAINS
HANDLES DIFFERENT
INTELLECTUAL ACTIVITIES.
 THEY MEASURED THE BRAIN
WAVES COMING FROM THE TWO
HALVES OF EACH PERSON’S
BRAIN.
 LIFE SIDE OF THE BRAIN
LEFT SIDE OF THE BRAIN HANDLES
LOGICAL THINKING :
 LANGUAGE
 MATHEMATICAL
FORMULAE
 LOGIC
 NUMBERS
 SEQUENCE
 LINEARITY
 ANALYSIS
 SYMBOLS
 WORDS OF A SONG
 RIGHT SIDE OF THE BRAIN

THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE

BRAIN DEALS WITH
CREATIVE THINKING :
 FORMS AND PATTERNS
 SPATIAL MANIPULATION
 RHYTHM AND MUSICAL
APPRECIATION
 IMAGES OR PICTURES
 IMAGINATION
 COLOUR
 PATTERNS
 EMOTIONS
 DAY DREAMING
 DIMENSION
 TUNE OF A SONG
THE ARTIST AND THE SCIENTIST
 EINSTEIN DISCOVERED HIS TEORY OF
RELATIVELY, WHILE LYING ON A HILL ONE
SUMMER DAY.
 LEONARDO DA VINCI EXCELLED IN HIS
MATHEMATICAL, LINGUISTIC, LOGICAL AND
ANALYTICAL FACULTIES, WHILE EXCELLING
IN HIS ABILITY TO USE IMAGINATION,
COLOUR, RHYTHM AND FORM.
THE STRUCTURE OF YOUR BRAIN

 CONNECTIONS AND PATHWAYS IN YOUR BRAIN.

 IT WAS NOT THE NUMBER OF BRAIN CELLS
THAT DETERMINED INTELLIGENCE BUT
SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE LITTLE
PROTUBERANCES ON THE BRAIN CELL’S
TENTACLES
MAN IS STUPIDER THAN ANIMALS

 MAN MAY BE ABLE TO GO MUCH

FURTHER IN HIS THINKING
THAN ANIMALS ONLY BECAUSE
HIS BASIC THINKING PROCESS IS
LESS PRECISE
THE BALANCED
THINKING
APPROACH
 THE SEVEN HATS THINKING

THE BALANCED THINKING APPROACH

WHITE HAT
• FACTS
• INFORMATION
• QUESTIONS
• ISSUES
• FIGURES
• PROBLEMS

•WHAT INFORMATION IS
AVAILABLE
• WHAT INFORMATION IS
NEEDED
•WHERE TO GET THE
INFORMATION
 WHITE HAT
 THE WHITE HAT HAS TO DO WITH DATA AND
INFORMATION
 WHAT INFORMATION DO WE HAVE HERE?
 WHAT INFORMATION IS MISSING?
 WHAT INFORMATION DO WE HAVE HERE?
 WHAT INFORMATION IS MISSING?
 WHAT INFORMATION WOULD WE LIKE TO HAVE?
 HOW ARE WE GOING TO GET THE INFORMATION?
 FOR WHITE HAT THINKING, YOU ARE ASKING THOSE
PRESENT TO PUT ASIDE THE PROPOSALS AND
ARGUMENTS AND TO FOCUS DIRECTLY ON THE
INFORMATION.
 LOOKS TO SEE WHAT INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE,
WHAT IS NEEDED, AND HOW IT MIGHT BE OBTAINED.
 THE RED HAT
• DETERMINE THE SET OF CLIENTS –
AFFECTED PARTIES.
• GAUGE EACH OF THEIR FEELINGS
• FOCUS ON FEELING AND INTUITION
• PERSPECTIVE AND OPINION OF EACH OF
THE SET OF CLIENTS
• LOGIC BUBBLE PERSPECTIVES
• THE LOGIC BUBBLE ELEMENTS :
• EGO – THE FEELING OF SELF
IMPORTANT
• SELF IMAGE – TO LOOK AT ONE SELF
• PERCEPTION - PERSPECTIVE
• STRUCTURE – SELF POSITION
• CONTEXT - RELATION
• EXPECTED RESPOND - EXPECTATION
 RED HAT
- THE RED HAT HAS TO DO WITH FEELINGS,
INTUITION,HUNCHES, AND EMOTIONS.
- IN A SERIOUS MEETING, PEOPLE DO THIS BY
DISGUISING THEIR EMOTIONS AS LOGIC.
- RED HAT GIVES PEOPLE PERMISSION TO PUT
FORWARD THEIR FEELINGS AND INTUITIONS WITHOUT
APOLOGY, WITHOUT EXPLANATION, AND WITHOUT
ANY NEED TO JUSTIFY THEM.
THIS IS WHAT I FEEL ABOUT THE PROJECT.
- MY GUT - FEELING
…. I DON’T LIKE THE..
…. MY INTUITION TELLS.
- IT SOMETIMES VALUABLE TO GET FEELINGS OUT INTO
THE OPEN.
THE BLACK HAT
• THE NEGATIVE ASPECT
• WHY IT MIGHT NOT WORK
• WHY NOT PRACTICAL
• ALL THE POSSIBLE PROBLEMS
• NEGATIVE FACTORS
• CAUTION HAT
• CRITICAL JUDGEMENT
• THE PESSIMISTIC PERSPECTIVE

• OVERUSED HAT IN LOGICAL

THINKING
 BLACK HAT
- THE BLACK HAT IS THE “CAUTION” HAT.
- BLACK HAT PREVENTS US FROM MAKING MISTAKES,
DOING SILLY THINGS,AND DOING THINGS WHICH
MIGHT BE ILLEGAL.
THE BLACK HAT IS FOR CRITICAL JUDGEMENT.
- THE BLACK HAT POINTS OUT WHY SOMETHING
CANNOT BE DONE.
- THE BLACK HAT POINTS OUT WHY SOMETHING WILL
NOT BE PROFITABLE.
THE BLACK HAT IS VERY VALUABLE. IT IS THE MOST
USED HAT AND POSSIBLY THE MOST USED HAT.
- AT THE SAME TIME IT IS VERY EASY TO OVERUSE THE
BLACK HAT.
- THE HAT IS VERY VALUABLE BUT OVERUSE OF IT CAN
BE A PROBLEM
YELLOW HAT
• POSITIVE THINKING
• THE BENEFITS
• THE ADVANTAGE
• THE SUPERIORITY
• THE POTENTIAL
• THE OPTIMISTIC PERSPECTIVES
• ONLY THE GOOD THING
•THE YELLOW HAT IS FOR OPTIMISM AND THE
LOGICAL POSITIVE VIEW OF THINGS.
• THE YELLOW HAT LOOKS FOR FEASIBILITY
AND HOW SOMETHING CAN BE DONE.
 YELLOW HAT
- THE YELLOW HAT LOOKS FOR HEALTH-BUT THEY
MUST BE LOGICALLY BASED.
- YELLOW HAT THINKING OFTEN REQUIRES A
DELIBERATE EFFORT. BENEFITS ARE NOT ALWAYS
IMMEDIATELY OBVIOUS AND
- WE MIGHT HAVE TO SEARCH FOR THEM. EVERY
CREATIVE IDEA DESERVES SOME YELLOW HAT
ATTENTION
THE GREEN HAT
• THE CREATIVE ASPECT
• NEW IDEAS
• NEW PERSPECTIVE
• NEW CHOICES
• NEW POSSIBILITY
• NEW PROPOSAL
• NEW OPPORTUNITY

• THE MOST WELCOMED

THINKING APPROACH
 GREEN HAT
- THE GREEN HAT IS FOR CREATIVE THINKING.
- THE GREEN HAT IS FOR NEW IDEAS.
- THE GREEN HAT IS FOR ADDITIONAL
ALTERNATIVES.
- THE GREEN HAT IS FOR PUTTING FORWARD
POSSIBILITIES AND HYPOTHESES.
- THE GREEN HAT REQUESTS CREATIVE EFFORT.
- THE GREEN HAT MAKES TIMES AND SPACE
AVAILABLE FOR CREATIVE THINKING.

-
THE BLUE HAT

• CONTROL
• THINKING ABOUT THINKING
• HYPOTHESIS CONTEXT
• CONDUCTOR IN AN OCHESTRA
• VIEW AS A SYSTEM
• THE THINKING APPROACH
•SUMMARIES , CONCLUSIONS AND
DECISION
• THE BLUE HAT IS FOR PROCESS-
CONTROL.
• THE BLUE HAT THINGKS ABOUT THE
THINKING BEING USED.
• THE BLUE HAT SETS THE AGENDA
FOR THINKING
 BLUE HAT
- THE BLUE HAT SUGGESTS THE NEXT STEP IN THE
THINKING.
- THE BLUE HAT CAN ASK FOR OTHER HATS.
- THE BLUE HAT ASKS FOR SUMMARIES, CONCLUSIONS,
AND DECISIONS.
- THE BLUE HAT CAN COMMENT ON THE THINKING
BEING USED.
- COULD WE HAVE A SUMMARY OF YOUR VIEWS ?
- I THINK WE SHOULD TAKE A LOOK AT THE PRIORITIES.
- BLUE HAT IS USUALLY USED BY THE
CHAIRPERSON OR THE ORGANIZER OF THE
MEETING, BUT OTHER PARTICIPANTS CAN PUT
FORWARD SUGGESTIONS.
- BLUE HAT IS FOR ORGANIZING AND
CONTROLING THE THINKING PROCESS SO
THAT IT BECOMES MORE PRODUCTIVE .
- THE BLUE HAT IS FOR THINKING ABOUT
THINKING.
THE GREY HAT
• THE RELIGIOUS HAT
• THE VALUE MANAGEMENT

• THE PERFECT THINKING

APPROACH
• THE FINAL SCREENING
PROCESS

• THE HOLY THINKING

APPROACH
- SEVEN HATS METHOD ALLOWS US TO GET RIGHT
AWAY FROM ARGUMENT IN ORDER TO GET MORE
PRODUCTIVE DISCUSSIONS.
- INSTEAD IF ADVERSARIAL THINKING THERE IS
COOPERATIVE EXPLORATION.
- IS A WAY OF BREAKING FREE FROM THE
TRADITIONAL ARGUMENT SYSTEM.