A study on how ‘better decision making’ can be attained with the help of six thinking hats

The research paper focusses on a thinking tool developed by Dr Edward De Bono known as ‘Six thinking Hats’. According to this thinking tool, the entire process of thinking is divided into six different ways. It provides a framework to focus and broaden thinking by separating out six different ingredients in thinking: white hat-information, yellow hat-benefits, black hat-risk, green hat-creativity, red hat-gut instinct, and blue hat-process. It focusses on how each person uses the same tool, at the same time, on the same challenge-focused parallel thinking. This cleans up the conversation, puts an end to endless debate and discussions that are going nowhere, and saves everyone time. In order to give a clearer picture on how the tool helps in the thinking process, a merger and acquisition deal between Vodafone & Hutch Essar has been discussed & using this case, yellow hat thinking and black hat thinking have been brought forward. As a conclusion, it has come out that it is a great way in which you can attempt innovation training and encourage group members to think creatively and productively. This exercise will increase the efficiency of meetings and reduce the time taken to conduct a discussion and to reach a consensus.