How To Use Brain When Making Decisions With The Six Hats To Think?

The quality of your life is largely determined by the quality of the decisions you make.
This book review is part of a larger series in which we learn about the rationality and decision making of some of the best decision makers in the world and experts in cognitive behavior.
What would happen if there was a fun and easy way to learn for teams to make better decisions? That is the promise of the Six Hats Method for Thinking.
Edward de Bono is a prolific psychologist, inventor, consultant and author. He has worked with many of the world's largest corporations, as well as with many governments and NGOs. It has been helping them think better to achieve better results.
Along the way, De Bono developed an incredibly simple technique to solve problems and make better decisions much faster.
Its main objective is to make the groups make better decisions. However, since I started applying this method in my personal decision making, I believe that activating deliberate thinking creates tons of value even when applied alone.
Parallel Thought
Do you see a rabbit or a duck in the image below?
If I look at the beak first, I clearly see a duck. But if I start to the right of the image and ignore the beak for a fraction of a second, I can distinguish a rabbit face and then the beak becomes rabbit ears.
So, it matters in which direction I start looking at the image.
Imagine four people trying to describe what a beautiful country house looks like. One person stands in front of the house, one in the back and the other two on each side.
By intercom, each one argues that their point of view is the correct one of the house. They make little progress.
This is what we do when we engage in adverse discussions, each of us trying to be proven "correct." Finding all the facts and the best possible solutions is limited.
Using parallel thinking, everyone walks around the house and looks at each side together. While everyone is standing at the side of the house, everyone looks at it from the same point of view, in parallel. This allows you to fully explore the subject.
In this way, we can all look in the same direction at the same time. Nor do we have to resolve different points of view unless there is a decision to be made that refers to these differences.
This type of parallel thinking is what the Six Thinking Hats are all about.
Main benefits of the six thinking hats
The best thinking techniques
Work: create a massive ROI in terms of better decisions for time spent deciding
Propagation: they are easy to teach, learn and remember.
I think the Six Thinking Hats method stands out both ways. They were specifically designed to meet these two criteria.
On top of that, let's take a look at what Bono says are the four main benefits of using the technique.
Benefit # 1: Effectiveness
You don't want to argue against each other, but everyone looks in the same direction.
Only decide things when necessary; otherwise, let things remain open until they are decided.
Benefit # 2: eliminate the ego
Instead of refuting others or showing how strong you are, you can strive.
It is better to show how smart you are using the six hat method well.
Benefit # 3: One thing at a time
We often have multiple hats as a precaution, information and opportunities at the same time.
The technique allows us to have only one hat at a time. It is much easier to juggle a ball instead of six.
Our brains are connected to support different types of thinking with different regions and brain modes at the same time.
Benefit # 4: Time savings
Deliberate modes of thin king allow us to be much more goal oriented and save tons of time and energy.

By: Preeti Narula
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