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Six Thinking Hats tool: every lens, one click
A Six Thinking Hats tool examines one challenge through six disciplined lenses: facts, feelings, risks, benefits, creative alternatives and process. Brainstormer argues all six hats for you and files each idea under its lens.
- All six hats argued automatically over your challenge
- Risks and feelings get a column, not an awkward silence
- Great second lens after a freeform diverge
- Converge to a shortlist when the argument is done
No credit card needed.
Challenge:
+ more on the wall
Winner
score / 10
Why
Shortlist
Sample brainstorm shown. Your challenges stay private.
Six Hats fixes the meeting where everyone argues from one seat
De Bono's insight was that groups (and solo brains) argue badly because everyone wears one hat the whole time: the optimist sells, the skeptic blocks, the data person recites. Six Thinking Hats forces the room to think in parallel: everyone does facts together, then risks together, then creative leaps together. The output is rounder and the fights are shorter. Our Six Thinking Hats guide covers the full method.
The catch is that someone has to run it, keep the hats in order, and stop the black-hat person relapsing. Brainstormer is that someone. Pick the Six Hats lens and your challenge gets argued through all six lenses, with every idea filed under the hat that produced it.
The honest hats: risks and feelings included
Most AI brainstorming flatters you: everything is an opportunity. The hats force the uncomfortable columns. What does the data actually say (facts)? What will users feel (feelings)? What breaks (risks)? A wall where three ideas sit under Risks is a wall you can trust, and it changes what wins in the converge step: idea prioritization scores with the risks on the table, not swept behind enthusiasm.
Combine lenses freely: diverge freeform, regroup by hats to stress-test, then switch to SCAMPER to mutate the survivors. Same wall, three disciplines.
No hats to buy, no workshop to run
Using the tool takes one click and reading the columns takes two minutes; that is the entire adoption curve. Teams use it async: the wall fills through the day, and online brainstorming with dot-votes replaces the meeting. Then cluster, score, pick, export.
Try the Six Hats lens in the studio above, then get started: every plan from Solo at $16 per month includes all six hats and every other framework.
Questions
What are the six hats?
White: facts and data. Red: feelings and intuition. Black: risks and caution. Yellow: benefits and value. Green: creative alternatives. Blue: process and next steps. Brainstormer labels them plainly (Facts, Feelings, Risks, Benefits, Creative, Process) so nobody needs the color key.
Is Six Thinking Hats good for solo thinking?
Yes, arguably best: solo brains default to one hat. The tool forces you through all six lenses in minutes, which is exactly the discipline that is hard to self-administer.
From blank page to a decided direction
Plans from $16 per month. Every framework included.