White Hat

What information is available?

What further information is required?

Red Hat

Consider the feelings or emotions involved.

Yellow Hat

Consider the positives or advantages.

Black Hat

Consider the negatives or disadvantages.

Green Hat

Creative thinking, consider alternatives.

Blue Hat

Control the process and summarise the findings.

The blue card contains the question to be discussed and it is the job of the blue hat to control the discussion, bring any discussion back to the question at hand and summarise the group's decision at the end.