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noodleboy667's review against another edition
5.0
Almost everyone is terrible at making decisions, why? No one has ever taught people how to make decisions. This is especially true at work. Whether it’s the guy that’s always telling you why something can’t be done, or they guy that’s always got great ideas, or the other guy who’s afraid to make a decision. The lack of structure for decision making holds us back from our own success. We can get out of our own way with the six thinking hats. Not only has this book helped me to think differently about how I coach clients though decision making, my hope is that my clients and work colleagues will read this book so we can have a shared language and be more effective in our work. It’s a short and easy book to read and instantly applicable.
dayirisbarrios's review against another edition
4.0
Fácil lectura, corto pero bien organizado. Ofrece un método interesante para entender el pensamiento, el cual es complejo. Al conocer estas técnicas, podemos entendernos a nosotros mismos y la manera cómo pensamos. Además me parece que es una herramienta útil para mi caso en donde facilito reuniones o workshops
harrydargavel's review against another edition
4.0
Seems like a well thought out system for decision making and thinking, I almost feel like I know it works already due to the authors cockiness and assurance that soon the entire world will be using his idioms in day to day life. The 6 thinking hats says system seems extremely beneficial and I plan to try it out in my work however, I believe I only needed to read the summary of each hat to understand it. As a read this is tedious and dull at times but as a system I think it will prove to be fantastic hence the 4 stars.
I’m most intrigued by what de bono talks about under the green hat and plan to read his books on lateral thinking to get further insight into this.
I’d advise reading the 6 one page summaries of each hat first then deciding if it’s worth reading the other 170 pages.
I’m most intrigued by what de bono talks about under the green hat and plan to read his books on lateral thinking to get further insight into this.
I’d advise reading the 6 one page summaries of each hat first then deciding if it’s worth reading the other 170 pages.
oxime's review against another edition
4.0
This is a very good idea I think but you have to explain it to everyone in your group for this to work. But if everyone had experience with this book I could see it being very helpful in any group style think tank.
vzee_sochin's review against another edition
5.0
Extremely useful book about the thinking methodology that helps to organize a group discussions and even your own thinking process to be always productive!
dbartlett95's review against another edition
2.0
I agree with this concept of the Six Thinking Hats I just think it`s a very poorly written book. Lots of repetition of not very well communicated ideas. Gonna try and use the six thinking hats concept though.
pleasereadittome's review against another edition
2.0
I want to love professional and personal development books - I really do - but they constantly come up short. "Six Thinking Hats" is no exception.
The core idea is great - tapping into different aspects of your thinking to solve problems holistically - but it also cannot sustain an almost 200 page book. There are about 50 pages that are actually helpful, the rest is filler.
And, I recognize this was written in the 1980s, but reading it today you see underlying misogyny in de Bono's examples. Many of the negative ways of thinking are assigned to women while the positive (and proper) ways of thinking are assigned to men. Intentional? Hard to say, but it calls into question his bonafides.
The core idea is great - tapping into different aspects of your thinking to solve problems holistically - but it also cannot sustain an almost 200 page book. There are about 50 pages that are actually helpful, the rest is filler.
And, I recognize this was written in the 1980s, but reading it today you see underlying misogyny in de Bono's examples. Many of the negative ways of thinking are assigned to women while the positive (and proper) ways of thinking are assigned to men. Intentional? Hard to say, but it calls into question his bonafides.