by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 26, 2013 | Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity
HR leaders place great store on their annual employee engagement surveys. But i am wondering whether this is the best way to measure employee engagement? For a start these types of surveys are expensive and take a reading at one point in time. Much like going to a...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 19, 2013 | How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
I believe that innovation is a skill. And like any skill can be learn’t and improved with practice. But like any skill there are some people that have a greater capacity than others (given the same level of practice). As a leader do you know who these people are in...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 18, 2013 | How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
I was fortunate in my working life to spend 10 years at Citibank and American Express. Both of these companies used direct marketing extensively. This was a discipline that placed a premium on testing new approaches, measuring the results and comparing these results...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 18, 2013 | How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
We’re drawn to the image of the lone genius whose mystical moment of insight changes the world. But the lone genius is a myth; instead, it’s group genius that generates breakthrough innovation.’ Professor Keith Sawyer, The Creative Power of Collaboration, 2007, page...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 17, 2013 | How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
Leaders often ask me how to build a more innovative organisation? My answer is always the same. I ask them how much do they talk about innovation? Sometimes this elicits puzzled looks. My point is this. Leaders have to send direct, clear messages that innovation is...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Feb 16, 2013 | How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
According to the old maxim, what gets measured gets done. Yet according to a BCG study of a few years ago (i suspect nothing much has changed): ‘Only 41 percent of respondents said that their company is measuring (innovation) effectively. Customer satisfaction...
