Professional Development

Six Thinking Hats

Does your team need new thinking?

In today’s fast-paced world, effective problem-solving skills, high-performing teams, and innovation are highly valued. However, navigating complex challenges and making sound decisions can be daunting. To tackle this, Dr. Edward de Bono, a renowned psychologist, introduced the Six Thinking Hats framework and parallel thinking.

Leverage the experience and creativity hidden within your team through this guided workshop. Learn this powerful thinking framework to help generate new thinking around current and recurring problems, provide a robust analysis, encourage diverse perspectives and foster comprehensive solutions. We can help you improve collaboration, problem-solving, innovation, and decision making.

Benefits of Using Six Thinking Hats

The process: 

  • provides focused thinking that leads to high impact teams
  • eliminates waste by reducing meeting times and increasing productivity
  • improves the overall quality of decision-making
  • creates innovative solutions by leveraging diverse perspectives 

The process supports building effective and efficient businesses by:

  • establishing clear meeting guidelines that promotes communication and active engagement from teams
  • fostering a culture of collaboration and open conversation
  • encouraging team members to focus on the collective goal 
  • cultivating a positive and energized atmosphere where team members feel empowered to develop ideas and solutions
  • enabling a framework for innovation and challenge the status quo 
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What

A six-hour guided workshop with a follow-up consultation. Up to 20 team members per workshop. Training and reference materials for each participant. 

When

Training sessions are customized for your needs. Contact the Office of Workforce Development (owd@ship.edu) to schedule a session for your and/or your team.

Where

Virtual and in-person sessions available. In-person sessions can be delivered on campus at Shippensburg University or on-site at your organization.

If you wish to have an onsite session at your business, please connect with our team at owd@ship.edu.

Cost

$350/person

$250/person for non-profit organizations

$40/person for Shippensburg University students

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What are the Six Thinking Hats?

The Six Thinking Hats framework involves using different metaphorical “hats” to represent different modes of thinking. Each hat represents a specific perspective that helps in approaching a problem from multiple angles. By switching between these hats during thinking sessions, individuals can promote holistic thinking, avoid biases or limited viewpoints, and generate new thinking and innovation.

Implementing this framework, allows individuals to create an efficient meeting environment that fosters positive interactions, empowers innovation, and promotes effective problem-solving.

Additional Resources

Intrigued and want to learn more? Check out these resources about Dr. Edward de Bono and de Bono Thinking Methods:

Meet Your Course Instructor

Tracy Montoro is the Director of Workforce Development at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania. Tracy works closely with regional employers and university faculty to provide quality professional development opportunities to the South Central PA workforce. She has over 25 years of experience in both the classroom and administrative sides of education.

Prior to her role in workforce development, she served as Associate Director of the Career Center at both Shippensburg and Dickinson Universities where she directly supported students and alumni in their career readiness goals. Tracy has earned both her bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education and her master’s degree in counseling at Shippensburg University. Tracy is a certified Six Thinking Hats training provider.