by Dr Ken Hudson | Oct 13, 2021 | Creative Thinking Techniques
Your creativity. Why? Because creativity means that you do not have to keep repeating what you have always thought, assumed, believed or done. You can create a new direction, ask a new question, generate a new idea or view a situation differently. What’s more,...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Aug 14, 2018 | Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Examples, Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Workshop Facilitator
Tools to generate big, new ideas Just over 10 years ago I wrote a book called The Idea Generator (Allen & Unwin). The book contains various tools to help individuals, groups and teams to create new ideas. I have tested all of these idea generation tools with...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Jul 19, 2018 | Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Techniques, Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity
Who do you bounce ideas off and How do you ask people for help? These are great questions particularly when most work today is done in groups and teams. To answer these questions remember the word ‘DATE’. D – Diversity Ask people who have a different...
by Dr Ken Hudson | May 9, 2018 | Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Examples, Creative Thinking Techniques, Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader
How to develop an everyday creative thinking habit Let’s agree that creative thinking is an ability we all possess. Remember when you were a kid and you could wrestle with dragons or imagine yourself playing soccer for example in front of thousands of people?...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Apr 30, 2018 | Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to reinvent your product, brand, business or career, Workshop Facilitator
Switch to another pattern Want to switch on your creative thinking? Here’s how. We tend to think, feel and act in patterns. These patterns self-organise as a result of our past behaviours, experiences, beliefs and expectations. This is efficient but not very...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Apr 18, 2018 | Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Examples, Creative Thinking Techniques, Workshop Facilitator
Want to generate amazing new ideas? Want to develop your creative thinking skills? You can wait for inspiration to strike you or you can go and search for new ideas. Hint. Choose the latter. It’s an exercise I always give my graduate students and workshops with...