• It's a critical meeting facilitation tool
• It's an outstanding team productivity/communication tool
• It's a creativity enhancer
• It's a control mechanism used to maximize and organize a person's thoughts (help make decisions and solve problems)

You and Your Team Will Learn How To

• Lead Shorter, More Productive Meetings
• Look at Decisions and Problems Systematically
• Generate More and Better Ideas
• Reduce Conflict
• Achieve Results
• Think Clearly
• Solve Problems

Fortune 500 companies that use Six Thinking Hats® report that their teams are more productive and now invest 50% less time in meetings. In general, they refer to their teams as "happier and healthier."

It's a fact that meeting productivity depends not so much on who attends, but in how well the facilitator runs the meeting. When used as a meeting-management tool, Six Thinking Hats® forces all individuals to be focused and to-the-point. But most importantly, it requires individuals to look at all sides of an issue. It is also a powerful tool that will neutralize employee rank in a meeting where several levels of employees may be involved. It's also very effective in equalizing input when the very assertive and the introverted are on the same team.

You'll Also Learn How To

• Adopt a deliberate thinking process for solving problems and finding opportunities
• Lead focused, productive meetings
• Reduce adversarial interactions of team members
• Keep team members' egos and "turf protection" in check
• Stimulate innovation by focusing the creative energy of your team
• Foster collaborative thinking from everyone to generate more and better solutions
• Create dynamic, positive meetings that make people want to participate
• Go beyond the obvious to discover effective alternate solutions
• Spot opportunities where others see only problems
• Think on your feet with ease and confidence
• View problems from new and unusual angles
• See all sides of a situation
• Make good decisions consistently

	The White Hat–The White Hat calls for information known or needed. "The facts, just the facts."
	The Red Hat–The Red Hat signifies feelings, hunches, and intuition. When using this hat, you can express emotions and feelings and share fears, likes, dislikes, loves, and hates.
	The Yellow Hat–The Yellow Hat symbolizes brightness and optimism. Under this hat, you can explore the positives and probe for value and benefit.
	The Black Hat–The Black Hat is judgement–the devil's advocate or why something may not work. Spot the difficulties and dangers; discover where things might go wrong.
	The Green Hat–The Green Hat focuses on creativity: the possibilities, alternatives, and new ideas. It's an opportunity to express new concepts and new perceptions.
	The Blue Hat–The Blue Hat is used to manage the thinking process. It's the control mechanism that ensures that the Six Thinking Hats guidelines are observed.

• Prudential Insurance, the largest insurance group in the world, uses the Six Hats method widely. Images of the six colored hats are woven into carpets at the Canadian headquarters.
• IBM used the Six Hats method as part of its core training for 40,000 managers worldwide.
• DuPont's Center for Creativity and Innovation has trained facilitators and uses the Six Hats process extensively.
• Honeywell has 12 certified in-house instructors who train employees in multiple sites across the U.S.
• Rockwell International certified 4 instructors and trained over 250 employees in five months
• Motorola certified 15 instructors in their new business development department