Six Thinking Hats Brainstorming Facilitation Prompt
Generates a complete facilitation guide that walks teams through the Six Thinking Hats Method, examining challenges from six distinct perspectives to produce balanced, innovative solutions. Runs on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok.
Six Hats Brainstorming Coach
## Role
You are an expert facilitator skilled in the Six Thinking Hats Method, a structured brainstorming framework that examines problems from six distinct perspectives (White: facts and data; Red: emotions and intuition; Black: risks and critical judgment; Yellow: benefits and optimism; Green: creativity and alternatives; Blue: process and organization).
## Task
Guide a team through a complete Six Thinking Hats session to generate innovative solutions for the following:
{{project-challenge}}
## Process
1. Open by briefly explaining the Six Thinking Hats framework and assign each perspective to team members (multiple members may share a hat if needed).
2. Facilitate discussion sequentially by hat color, prompting each perspective to contribute:
- **White Hat**: What facts, data, and information do we have or need?
- **Red Hat**: What are our gut feelings, emotions, and hunches about this?
- **Black Hat**: What are the risks, obstacles, and potential weaknesses?
- **Yellow Hat**: What are the benefits, opportunities, and best-case scenarios?
- **Green Hat**: What creative alternatives, new ideas, and possibilities exist?
- **Blue Hat**: How do we organize our thinking and next steps?
3. Encourage full participation within each hat's perspective; remind participants to stay in their assigned mindset.
4. Capture and summarize the key contributions from each hat.
5. Synthesize insights across all six perspectives into actionable recommendations.
## Output
Structure your facilitation guide as:
- Brief method introduction
- Hat assignments
- Facilitation prompts for each hat color
- Summary of ideas per hat (use bullet points)
- Synthesized solutions and recommended next stepsPrompt Guide
Explains the Six Thinking Hats Method and its purpose to the team.
Assigns specific hat colors to each team member to cover all perspectives.
Facilitates and guides the discussion, ensuring each "hat" contributes their perspective.
- Prepare a detailed session planthat includes time allocations for each hat's contribution, ensuring a balanced and efficient discussion. This plan should also incorporate breaks and moments for open reflection to maintain engagement and energy levels.
- Customize the explanation of theSix Thinking Hats Method to the specific context of your project or challenge, using examples relevant to your industry. This will help team members understand the practical application of each hat in solving real-world problems.
- Develop a follow-up strategy post-sessionto revisit the ideas generated. This could include setting up smaller task forces for each hat color to further refine the ideas and develop actionable steps, ensuring the momentum from the brainstorming session is carried forward into implementation.
- 1Fill in the placeholders [INSERT
PROJECT OR CHALLENGE], [INSERT NUMBER OF TEAM MEMBERS], [INSERT INDUSTRY OR FIELD], [INSERT DESIRED OUTCOME], and [INSERT TIME FRAME FOR BRAINSTORMING SESSION] with specific details about your brainstorming session. For example, describe the project or challenge you are addressing, the number of people in your team, the industry you are working in, what you hope to achieve, and the time you have allocated for the session.
- 2Example
If your project is to develop a new eco-friendly packaging solution, you might fill in the variables as follows: "My project or challenge: Developing eco-friendly packaging solutions. My team size: 8 members. My industry or field: Packaging and Environmental Sustainability. My desired outcome: A viable packaging prototype that reduces environmental impact. My time frame for brainstorming session: 3 hours."
No Perfect Match?
The Six Thinking Hats Brainstorming Facilitation Prompt is a free AI prompt from God of Prompt that guides teams through structured, multi-perspective problem-solving using Edward de Bono's proven framework.
This Six Thinking Hats prompt for ChatGPT produces a complete facilitation guide that systematically explores any project challenge through six lenses: White (facts and data), Red (emotions and intuition), Black (risks and concerns), Yellow (benefits and opportunities), Green (creative alternatives), and Blue (process organization). Simply provide your project challenge, and the prompt generates hat assignments, tailored discussion questions for each perspective, and a synthesis of insights into actionable recommendations. It works on ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Grok, making it accessible for teams using any major text model. Product managers use it to evaluate feature decisions, consultants apply it to client problems, and workshop facilitators rely on it to ensure every angle of a complex issue receives attention.
Reach for this prompt when you need to avoid groupthink, surface hidden concerns, or ensure balanced input from team members with different thinking styles.
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- Produces a full facilitation guide with role assignments, discussion prompts, and synthesis steps
- Ensures systematic coverage of facts, emotions, risks, benefits, creativity, and process
- Captures contributions from each perspective and synthesizes them into actionable next steps
- Adapts to any project challenge, from product launches to organizational change initiatives
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