Each particpant will endorse a the role and the point of view associated to a color.

• White Hat. This hat covers facts, figures, information needs and gaps, and other objective elements of the problem.  The participant will focus on : 

• Information

• Figures

• Facts, 

• Proofs

• Red Hat. This hat covers intuition, feelings and emotions about the problem. The red hat gives the thinker permission to put forward a feeling or an intuition on the problem without having to justify it using logic. The participant will focus on : 

• Fears

• Impact on others

• Intuition

• Feelings

• Black Hat. This hat represents judgment, analysis and caution. It should not be seen as a negative perspective, but rather as a logical way to establish when proposals do not fit facts, where there are shortcomings in the available experience, or issues in the system or in policy. The black hat can come up with worst case scenarios. The participant will focus on : 

• Risks

• Potential problems

• Obstacles

• Downside

• Weaknesses

• Yellow Hat. The yellow hat is the opposite of the black hat in some ways. The yellow perspective consider the positive aspects and advantages in the situation. It looks at why proposals will work and be beneficial, or find aspects of past actions which have been positive. The participant will focus on : 

• Best scenarios

• Benefits

• Positive thinking

• Optimism

• Evidence

• Green Hat. This is the hat of creativity, alternatives, interesting proposals, provocative ideas and changes. The purpose of the green hat perspective is to look at the problem in new ways. The participant will focus on : 

• Creative thinking

• Alternative solutions

• Refining and developing new ideas

• Blue Hat. This hat represents the overview or process control. Its purpose is to sum up everything which has been learned or presented in the discussion, and establish ways forward. The participant will focus on :

• Process control

• Company focus

• Agenda

• Summary

• Time management