A small tribute to a philosopher with a mighty wingspan
I’ve embarked on a serious mission
To raise the humble decision
From just one of the things we can
To a towering achievement for man
The prophet who showed me the way
Wore hats, but none of them grey
He is the thinking man’s thinker from Malta
De Bono: the lateral exhorter
Schoemaker gave us the rules
And Belbin told us the roles
But de Bono allowed us to learn
By playing each role in turn
Wear the red hat for passion
And the black one for trashin’
Yellow hat says you are sunny
And green that you are creative and funny
But the cleverest hats are the blue and the white
White hat means you only say what’s right
No editor’s gloss on conversation,
Just unvarnished truth and information
Blue is the smartest hat of all
You’re the conductor in the hall
Fusing the sounds the hats are making
By thinking, solving, decision making
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