De Bono
Debate
Basic Strategies
Input
100

This hat means you handle information and data about a topic.  

What is white hat?

100

This is the moment when each team expresses its' point of view on a topic. 

What is Statement?

100

This strategy consists of breaking a concept into pieces to study and explain it. 

What is analysis?

100

This term is used by governments to explain that COVID should rather be smothened and delayed in time than let it hit and destroy health services.

What is Flatten the Curve?

200

This is the number of perspectives proposed by Edward De Bono to fully analyse any topic. 

What is 6?

200

This is the person in charge of timing and organising each moment in a debate.

Who is the moderator?

200

This is a strategy that can explain two things from what they don't have in common.

What is Contrast?

200

This is the most exercised habit done by everyone in the world since COVID pandemic started.

What is Wash your Hands?

300

Thisi is the blue hat's opposite perspective.

What is green?

300

This is our topic of Debate.

What is COVID is teaching us to live online?

300

This is the name of the basic principle from where most philosophers start when reasoning.

What is the First Principle?

300

This is the act of staying apart from each other to avoid any chance of COVID transmission.

What is social distancing?

400

Black Hat

What is the risk and challenges perspective?

400

This is the moment when teams intereact with the audience.

What is Q&A?

400

Evaluation Strategy

What is to put into value?

400

This is the strange effect COVID caused on most people at the beginning of the pandemic. 

What is to stock tiolet paper?

500

This is the opposite to thinking process perspective.

What is creativity?

500

This is the interaction of two teams trying to question or destroy the other's statement.

What is rebuttal?

500

This is a strategy for problem solving using an indirect and creative approach via reasoning that is not obvious. 

What is lateral thinking?

500

This is the most demanded service in times of pandemic, that everyone depends on to keep up with routines.

What is internet?

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