by Dr Ken Hudson | Aug 28, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session
A meeting you will love to attend My cousin works for a major television station. I was chatting to her the other day and she mentioned that she had to run to attend a 10.00am daily meeting to discuss the night’s program. She told me that this short, sharp...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Aug 27, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
Creativity today has to be SMART With the rise of smart products it also makes sense for creativity itself to be smart. Simply being creative for creativity’s sake may be fun and personally rewarding. But in an applied setting it is often a waste of time and...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Aug 12, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to accelerate idea generation, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Speed Thinking
What would you do if you weren’t afraid? This provocative question was first posed by author Spencer Johnson. Spencer wrote a number of books and perhaps his most famous one was Who Moved My Cheese? I love this question. It suggests what hold most of us back is...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Aug 8, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, How to improve your Sales & Marketing, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
The Share a Coke campaign In 2011, Coca-Cola in Australia was facing a more aggressive and crowded market-place. It briefed a number of agencies to come up with a new campaign idea that would increase consumption of Coca-Cola over the summer period and get people...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Jul 17, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, Employee Experience, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session
Can creativity be learned? In a recent fascinating article in The Atlantic the question was posed can creativity be taught? In this article various theories and research seem to suggest that yes it can be taught — up to a point. To be sure, actually practicing...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Jun 26, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, Employee Experience, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
Innovation is a skill. And like any skill it requires practice, the right tools and encouragement. This means that any manager or leader or team can learn how to become a small wins innovator. Perhaps the best way to truly understand this approach is to remember what...