The action shoes edward de bono

1. Prepared by: Junainor Hassan Taken from:http://debono11.wikispaces.com/ The action shoesedward de bono

2. Introduction to Action Shoes • De Bono not only invented the Six Thinking Hats in 1985. • He create six action Shoes in the year 1991. • Unlike the Six Thinking Hats the Action Shoes can be combined. Shoes imply action, if you are not walking anywhere then you • Don’t need Shoes. • Different situations require different actions. The Shoes separate action into six basic styles:Routine • Crisis • Human Values • Enterprise • Investigative • Authority

3. The Six Action Shoes separate action into six basic styles: • Such as:routine action • crisis action • entrepreneurial action etc. • The action pattern for each style can be learned. It then becomes a matter, in training, of identifying the style - when you have to, you know what to do. • The shoe colors differ from the hat colors. They are everyday colors that suggest the nature of the action mode that they indicate. The physical nature of the shoes also suggests the nature of the action mode.

4. THE PURPOSE OF SIX ACTION SHOES:The purpose of the framework is to set the style of the action in advance so that a person can behave within a certain style framework . • Six action shoes are concerned with what is about to be done. • Each person should be capable of operating in each of the different modes. • Just as each person should be capable of using each of the six hats • Must resist the tendency to use the six action modes for purposes of description and categorization .

5. Navy Formal ShoesRoutine and Formal -Routine and Formal Procedure. -The Navy Shoe action mode is about using formal routines. It emphasises formality and drills. -At times routines are essential to ensure safety and to avoid making mistakes. Often routines free up our thinking so we can tackle other issues, but we need to be careful that the routines don't stifle initiative and restrict flexibility.-A routine is a pattern of action that has been predetermined. Once a routine has been selected, then action consists of carrying out this routine.

6. Grey SneakersExploration, investigation, and collection of evidence. -Purpose of the action is to get information. These shoes are quiet, casual and relaxed. -The grey action mode is about collecting information and also thinking. When in grey action mode, a person may use aids to thinking such as the 6 Thinking Hats.-This mode involves exploring, but you don't know what you are going to find.-What you find determines your next step. If a clue turns up you follow that clue.-Professions who use grey sneaker mode are: -Scientists pursuing a theory -Investigating journalists -Detectives solving a crime -Market researchers -Pollsters -Tax inspectors -Police investigating computer fraud -This action mode can interplay with other action modes as information gathered reveals the need for other types of action.

7. Brown Brogues practicality and pragmatism Brown is a practical colour. Brogues are hard wearing shoes worn day-to-day. Brown brogue action is about practicality and good sense. The main question in this mode is "What can be done in this situation"?Flexibility is a key aspect to brown brogue action. You change your behaviour as the situation changes. You do what can be done. You do what you can do.This is low key action. Good common sense is used. It is action where you might "get your hands dirty"

8. Orange Gumboots -Gumboots are not normal wear. You wear them for special situations. -Orange gumboots suggest special occasions. Orange is not a gentle colour: it is vivid and striking. The colour shrieks. Alarm bells ring.-Orange gumboot action mode is directly concerned with emergency situations. Once something is classified as an emergency, then priorities change. There are new rules for action.-Professions who are trained to work in orange gumboot mode are:-Police officers-Fire fighters-Doctors-Ambulance officers-Soldiers in action-As well as physical crises there are other types of crises such as: financial personal community

9. Pink Slipperscare, compassion, and attention to human feelings and sensitivities -Pink is a warm colour. It is a conventionally feminine colour. Pink action mode is about human feelings, compassion, sympathy and tender loving care.-People caring for people is the essence of a family. -People caring for people defines a successful community. - People caring for people is the basis of civilization -Professions involved in Pink Slipper action mode are: -Nurses -Teachers -Social workers -Doctors -This mode adds an element of human caring and compassion to other actions

10. Purple Riding Bootsauthority - Purple is a grand colour. It was the imperial colour of Rome. It is the colour of royalty. -Purple action mode indicates an authority role; people who hold authority positions may act differently in those roles as they do as individuals. -Riding boots are not normal wear. They are worn by people riding horses or motorbikes. Riding boots used to be associated with the privileged. A horseman was a superior fighting person, and in society the superior people who owned horses looked down on people who were on foot. -An official position is not necessarily a superior one, but when an official acts within the boundaries of that role, and then he or she has more authority than someone without an official role.

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12. As with all the other action modes there is often an overlap of needs and an action rarely consists of only one action mode. END OF PRESENTATION