De+Bono's+Positive+Thinking+Hat+(Yellow)

="**YELLOW IS SUNNY AND POSITIVE. THE YELLOW HAT IS OPTIMISTIC AND COVERS HOPE AND POSITIVE THINKING."** = Yellow Hat Thinking

The yellow hat thinking is positive and constructive. The yellow colour symbolises sunshine, brightness and optimism.

The yellow hat is concerned with positive assessment, just as the black hat is concerned with negative assessment.

De Bono's yellow hat thinking covers a positive spectrum ranging from the logical and practical at one end to dreams, visions and hopes at the other end. The thinking probes and explores for value and benefit. Yellow hat thinking then strives to find logical support for this value and benefit, it also seeks to put forward soundly based optimism but is not restricted to this - provided other types of optimism are appropriately labeled.

Yellow hat thinking is constructive and generative. From yellow hat thinking come concrete proposals and suggestions.

Yellow hat thinking is concerned with operacy and with making things happen. Effectiveness is the aim of the yellow hat constructive thinking. Yellow hat thinking can also be speculative and opportunity seeking, it also permits visions and dreams.