De Bono's Theories and Research on Parallel Thinking

De Bono’s Theories and Parallel Thinking
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De Bono’s Theories and Parallel Thinking
De Bono suggests that using parallel thinking is an excellent alternative to ineffective traditional thinking, which is adversarial (Listopad, 2020). parallel thinking involves employing six approaches labeled in terms of hats. These are white, red, black, yellow, green, and blue hats. Each hat represents a unique aspect of thinking. For instance, the white hat represents objective thinking (Love0taxi, 2012). On the other hand, the green hat represents the innovative thinking of Mohdwagdi. (2009).
An example from my work life that relates to this assignment was I was working with a marketing team. The team was tasked with the responsibility of coming up with a great marketing strategy. One of the members suggested that we should use the parallel thinking approach. Amazingly, the team was composed of six members. Therefore, each member was assigned a hat corresponding to ...