Comments on: THE CAPS: The Original SOT Thinking Caps

By: milca b.

milca b. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:26:22 +0000

t may be an interesting idea to play-act your current type of thinking.
Making oneself aware of the process by exercising certain way of thinking being limited by the hat one is wearing currently.as by the type of thinking this hat is actually symbolizing.

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 23:29:21 +0000

I was very disappointed to read this about Dr de Bono but whoever came up with the idea - hats off to them, it is a brilliant idea, I have done the course and have the books.

There is a Junior Primary School that uses the system in Darwin, from the earliest grades and they have different coloured hats hanging over different areas of the classrooms, very progressive and a great atmosphere in the classrooms.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 00:42:04 +0000

Hmm, with this idea of a seventh grey hat of wisdom through experience, could you swap that with the white hat? Because then it’d correspond more to Tolkein’s order of wizards lol and I imagine they all wore coloured hats. Plus grey could be seen as an impassive mundane colour whereas white is all the colours of light added together.
Just a suggestion if you are to add that last cap in.

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 11:12:07 +0000

In the world today there is just not enough time to do anything. The thinking hat principle helps you to define who you are, and helps you to reflect on your attitude towards life. People today can be so ‘black hatted’, because they become so wrapped up in life and in time, they don’t realise that there is a whole rack of other hats, just waiting to be tried on. I say to these people:
“Try on a yellow, green or blue hat. The world is a scary, difficult place, but there can always be a happy, calm, or wild/exciting moment. Try them on, they just might fit…”

By: David

David — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 04:23:02 +0000

Somewhere in all our problem solving, we use all of those hats from time to time but I’d think we use the blue one the least - pity ….that blue-sky, ideal BVS position is the one we should consider the most if we are to achieve x10

By: David

David — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 02:24:18 +0000

Sort of an expansion of the old adage “When you work, work, when you play, play, and don’t think about one when you are doing the other.”

Or, do one thing at a time, and do it well. I’d never thought to apply that to thinking styles, but I like the concept. I’ll need to try it.

By: Rick Turkopp

Rick Turkopp — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:55:17 +0000

Encourages a disciplined approach to what one is discerning before it comes out of your mouth. Allows one to recognise the various approaches to problem solving, brainstorming, or just reacting.

By: ruth

ruth — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:44:37 +0000

I think I would like to use the hats to see where my current strengths and weaknesses lie. ie as I think, becoming more aware which colour hat fits whatever mode of thinking I am in and see which one I use the most. Then I could work on strengthening the weaker areas.

By: Janie Bell

Janie Bell — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 06:06:27 +0000

Encourages one to explore the situation from 6 different perspectives

By: Mark Langworthy

Mark Langworthy — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 23:38:49 +0000

I was aware of the 6x thinking hats prior to this lesson, and I love the refresher.
I think that the Grey hat of wisdom through experience, (in my world) isnt often sort. I read, research, look forward to these lessons, but I don’t often consult & discuss with an elder. I will certainly try.