CREATIVITY - Book analysis: De Bono, Edward - Six Thinking Hats ----- PART 3

Impressions about the book:

The book was really interesting. It showed a new completely new thinking process that may solve many problems faster and more effective. The book was very well structured and contained a lot of real life examples that really made a difference.
By applying the Six Thinking Hats principle, creativity is boosted due to nature of the process employed since it allows division of the task and enables one to dedicate its focus to only on one part of the assignment at a time, thus reducing the complexity of the chore. One can dedicate exclusively to the emotional part or the informational part or to creativity, criticism and so on.
Another advantage is the ability to switch the thinking perspective, so that all the participants have the chance to see the task from the same angle. Everybody is aware of each other’s hats they are wearing, and their actions are not considered offensive as long as they play the role (this mainly applies to the use of the black hat, a necessity in every decision taking, but whose actions may have as an indirect effect making some participants uncomfortable).
I considered this book a real pleasure to read and I found it very educative.


The picture of De Bono is taken from www.wikipedia.org, last visited on 5/10/08