by Dr Ken Hudson | Mar 4, 2014 | How to become a creative leader, Workshop Facilitator
As a strategic planning facilitator one of my roles is to help my clients see their future. This can be difficult because managers and leaders are incredibly busy and often immersed in their day-to-day problems. It takes time therefore to help a group move from the...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 24, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, Workshop Facilitator
I was facilitating a workshop with a group of managers and leaders last week and one of the participants was using a pencil to create and capture his thoughts on paper. I was curious about his use of an ordinary pencil. My experience is that the higher a person rises...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 14, 2014 | How to become a creative leader, How to grow your Revenue
Customer service is far too important just to be left to the customer service team. Likewise quality is everybody’s responsibility. But what about revenue growth you might be asking? My proposition is that every leader should have as one of their goals a revenue...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 13, 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
As a marketing student many years ago I was taught the 4 P’s (i.e. product, price, place and promotion). I believe that we can use a similar framework to discuss creativity. The 4 P’s are: Perspective, Passion, Perseverance, Practice. 1. Perspective One of...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 5, 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
Want to boost your creativity immediately? Here is the one action that creative people do more than others. It’s so simple. Creative people are better at capturing or recording their ideas. That’s it! But if you think about it this behaviour makes perfect...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Jan 29, 2014 | How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
In my experience most leaders are very good at planning, driving a team towards a goal and working extremely hard. Yet most leaders have a gap in their skill set. For the most part they cannot innovate. They are not good at creativity. It is their biggest weakness....
