VI Thinking Hat's

I was going thru Google today to understand about what is “six thinking hats”, it is supposed to be a very effective management technique in decision making…

I could see that there were several colors of hats and each on had a particular attribute to it….such as
White hat- to understand what we have, factual data and trying to see if we understand that fully or are there any gaps
Red hat- looking at a decision using intuition.. emotions…
Blackhat- look at things pessimistically, be defensive
Yellow hat- look at things positively
Green hat- looking at decisions making creatively, come up with creative thoughts to handle
Blue hat- managing the whole process… taking control of the process rather…

This is supposed to be invented by Edward De Bono in the 1980’s… But when I read thru this… maybe this is one simple technique that he must have got inspired seeing his mother at home…. Coz I guess every woman ( men no offences here please) while running her home… runs it with this technique, except she does not know which hat she is wearing.. and when…

I am quite impressed by the way he has put this technique in a simple but effective manner.