Thinking refers to the process of deliberate exploration for a specific purpose. It can be understanding, making a judgement, taking action, decision-making etc. Thinking Skills Thinking skills refer to cognitive processes that help in thinking. It includes both basic and advanced skills that manage an individual’s mental state. Types of Thinking Skills 1. Focusing skill Helps to concentrate on important and ignore unimportant information 2. Information gathering skill Helps to gather relevant information for viable thinking 3. Remembering skill Helps an individual to store information and retrieve it when required 4. Organizing Skill Helps to arrange information so that it can be used as desired 5. Analyzing Skill Helps to evaluate available information into relationships and patterns 6. Generating Skill Helps to create new ideas or information 7. Integration skill Helps to see the part as a whole 8. Evaluation Skills Helps to judge the quality of ideas Six Thinking Hats: Introduction Six Thinking Hats refer to a system designed for individual thinking, lateral thinking and group discussion via six coloured hats. These are 1. White Thinking Hat Signifies the observer’s hat and involves identifying and closing gaps in knowledge with facts, figures and information. 2. Black Thinking Hat Signifies judgement, evaluation and caution and helps to understand why the suggestion is not in tally with facts 3. Red Thinking Hat Signifies emotions, feelings and intuition and helps to express feelings without offering justification 4. Yellow Thinking Hat Signifies values and helps to seek benefits 5. Green Thinking Hat Signifies creativity, idea generation and helps in creative thinking 6. Blue Thinking Hat Signifies observer’s hat and helps to control thought sequences Six Thinking Hats: Benefits - Boost thought-process - Improve communication - Enhance decision-making - Create awareness - Encourage parallel thinking This video is on Thinking and it has the following sub-topics. Time Stamps 0:00 Introduction 00:32 Thinking Skills 00:35 Focusing skill 00:56 Information gathering skill 01:13 Remembering skill 01:32 Organising Skill 02:06 Analysing Skill 02:39 Generating Skill 03:07 Integration skill 03:25 Evaluation Skills 03:46 Six Thinking Hats: Introduction 05:02 White Thinking Hat 05:18 Black Thinking Hat 05:33 Red Thinking Hat 05:45 Yellow Thinking Hat 06:00 Green Thinking Hat 06:17 Blue Thinking Hat 06:27 Six Thinking Hats: Benefits This video Belongs to the following playlist on Management.