by Dr Ken Hudson | Sep 17, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Speed Thinking, Workshop Facilitator
Now there is an alternative to the stage-gate innovation process For too long anyone in an organisation that wanted to innovate had to use the stage-gate process. Whilst this process has many advantages for large innovation projects e.g. structured, formal and...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Jun 2, 2014 | Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, Workshop Facilitator
About 8 years ago I started learning Shaolin Kung Fu. I was amazed at what my Shifu Brett Russell could do — knuckle drops on the floor, amazing powerful kicks and having his chest smashed by a bamboo pole without seemingly any effects. As a middle-age man I was...
by Dr Ken Hudson | May 24, 2014 | How to become a creative leader, How to improve your Sales & Marketing, How to reinvent your product, brand, business or career, Workshop Facilitator
I was a former marketing director at American Express and every year every product or brand manager completed their marketing plans with a section titled Competitive Analysis. In my years as a facilitator i have seen this process repeated again and again. This is a...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Mar 8, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to improve your Sales & Marketing, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Workshop Facilitator
Here it is (for those people who don’t want to read further): According to research by Adobe among 5000 adults around the world: – 8 in 10 people feel that unlocking creativity is critical to economic growth and nearly two-thirds of respondents feel...
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...
