by Dr Ken Hudson | Dec 2, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to accelerate idea generation, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
Employees suggestion programs are a good idea — in theory. What self-respecting leader would be against the idea of providing a platform for all employees to suggest new ideas or solutions or ways to improve efficiency? But in practice these never seem to work in the...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 30, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to accelerate idea generation, How to boost your productivity, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Speed Thinking
Groups and teams have two key tools to solve problems, generate ideas and making decisions. These are meetings and brainstorming. Yet both of these tools have pluses and minuses. But imagine if you could take the best bits of Brainstorming and mix it with the positive...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 30, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to accelerate idea generation, How to boost your productivity, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session
I just read the following tweet from a frustrated student; Group projects: one person does all the work. Everyone takes credit. Does this sound familiar? In my 10 years of teaching at a graduate level (part-time) in a business school the most common area of complaint...
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, How to accelerate idea generation, How to boost your productivity, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
The most important action in Speed Thinking and it’s tool, Ideas Blitz is to start. in this new, accelerated way of thinking for individuals and groups we start with the individual and work up to a partner then a group. We also start by having each individual...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 24, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to accelerate idea generation, How to boost your productivity
One of the most common questions I am asked in my workshops is when should you call a meeting and when should you Blitz? There is no hard and fast rule but here is my rule of thumb. Ask yourself what is the purpose of the group session? If you use words such as:...
