DATT (Direct Attention Thinking Tools)

Thinking Skills Decision Making Problem Solving

Dr. Edward de Bono's DATT gives you 10 simple strategies for sharpening your perception and focusing your thinking in a more comprehensive, effective, and efficient way. DATT will enable you to have a broad and inclusive viewpoint. The DATT tools create a framework for defining a situation. That framework will improve your ability to consider consequences before you take action.

The way we see the world our perception of it determines the decisions we make and what we do. Perception is probably the most important part of our thinking. Unfortunately, most mistakes in thinking are mistakes in perception.

Our modern lives both business and personal are very fast paced and full of action. We often confuse action with accomplishment and frequently jump to action without enough thought. We love to take action and see what happens if it is good, we keep going; if it is bad, we stop and clean up the mess we have created. This strategy is better than doing nothing at all however, it is inefficient, and the pain or mistake rate is extremely high.

You can quickly learn the DATT tools. One of the easiest way to use DATT is to think of it as "software for the brain." Once you have been trained and the software is loaded into your brain, you can simply close your eyes and click on one of the DATT "icons" to review the tools you ve learned and to use them in any situation.

The DATT course is designed to be taught to every employee. If anyone is wrestling with daily decisions, whether business or personal (e.g. , purchasing a car), DATT has tools that can help.

DATT-trained employees outperform others.

Learn how to:

• Be a strong and confident decision maker
• Quickly and accurately weigh risks against rewards
• Consistently "make the right call"
• Reach optimal solutions more quickly than ever before
• Uncover the hidden opportunities in "problems"
• Use "what if" thinking to avoid costly mistakes
• Look beyond the boundaries of self-limiting perspectives
• Remove obstacles with simple solutions
• Be a visionary
• Thoroughly judge a situation
• Assess all angles of the big picture before making a decision

This is primarily ilt training This is a workshop seminar This class may be available at a classroom in Des Moines, IA, or at one of these training facilities: Bloomington, MN, Any State / Any City, IA, Kansas City, MO, Contact Resources Unlimited for more information

Course Level: intermediate Duration: 2 days Training Presented in: English

Tool 1 Consequences and Sequels
Look ahead to see the consequences of an action, plan, decision, or rule.

Tool 2 Plus, Minus, Interesting
Ensure that all sides of a matter have been considered before a decision or commitment is made.

Tool 3 Recognize, Analyze, Divide
Break a larger concept into smaller, more manageable parts.

Tool 4 Consider All Factors
Explore all factors related to an action, decision, plan, judgment, or conclusion.

Tool 5 Aims, Goals, Objectives
Focus directly and deliberately on the intentions behind actions.

Tool 6 Alternatives, Possibilities, Choices
Deliberately try to find other ways.

Tool 7 Other People s Views
Put yourself in others shoes.

Tool 8 Key Values Involved
Ensure that your thinking serves your values.

Tool 9 First Important Priorities
Select the most important ideas, factors, objectives, consequences, etc.

Tool 10 Design/Decision, Outcome, Channels, Action
Direct attention to the outcome of the thinking and action that follows.

Attend a public DATT seminar or bring Resources Unlimited in-house to conduct a DATT seminar at your location.

• DATT (Direct Attention Thinking Tools) Certification
• Focus on Facilitation Certification
• Focus on Facilitation from Edward de Bono
• Lateral Thinking Certification (Train-the-Trainer)
• Lateral Thinking from Edward de Bono
• Six Thinking Hats Certification (Train-the-Trainer)
• Six Thinking Hats from Edward de Bono