by Dr Ken Hudson | Dec 3, 2012 | How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, Workshop Facilitator
Recently I helped organise and facilitate a series of Innovation Days for a major Health Care Business as part of an innovation capability building process. It was considered by all participants as a major success. Here are the reasons why I thought The Innovation Day...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Dec 2, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity
What consumes most of your time at work? A. For most managers, the answer is always the same — Meetings! Yet in spite of their many criticisms of meetings (i.e. too many, too long, rarely produce an outcome) many managers and leaders adopt a hands off approach in the...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 30, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to accelerate idea generation, How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity
An Ideas Blitz and a meeting are two different tools that are suited for different purposes, much like a hammer and a spade are used for a specific requirement. Together they form a more complete tool kit. But here are the differences between Blitzing and Meetings: A...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 29, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
In my doctoral research on What makes a Creative Organisations I asked both profit and non-profit leaders what does an ideal creative environment look like? They answered with the following 6 insights: 1. It is open and receptive to ideas. It is not enough to produce...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 24, 2012 | How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
I often get asked how to bring about an innovation revolution. There is no right or wrong way to go about this but I have seen a number of innovation initiatives that absolutely don’t work. Here’s what not to do. 1. Ask managers to take on an innovation project...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 23, 2012 | How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity
One of the first challenges I set a leadership team is what do they mean by innovation in your business. Everyone know what it is is the usual reply. When we go around the room and everyone offers their definition it soon becomes apparent there are many different...
