by Dr Ken Hudson | Dec 8, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, Workshop Facilitator
One of the most common questions I hear as a strategic planning facilitator is how to evaluate our new product ideas? This is an important question as you do not want to invest all your creative energy into generating lots of ideas if you do not have a way of...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Dec 8, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, Workshop Facilitator
I am often asked my managers and leaders to help them facilitate ideation or brainstorming sessions as part of a new product development process. One thing i do have in my favour is that I can see new products everywhere (or at least lots of new product ideas). It is...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Dec 5, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Workshop Facilitator
When I facilitate ideation or brainstorming sessions as part of a new product development process one of my favourite challenges for marketing or innovation teams trying to develop new concepts is this: As I hold up a lap top I ask the group: What might a kid’s...
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 | Nov 25, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, Workshop Facilitator
As a strategic planning and workshop facilitator one of my engaging and powerful creativity tools is to get workshop participants to draw the solution. It is a fun, insightful way to break-free of the usual solutions. For example: When I was facilitating a group of...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 25, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Workshop Facilitator
One of the most powerful creativity tools that i have invented is called The Power of Three. Over many years as a strategic planning facilitator I have used it in countless ideation, brainstorming and startegy sessions and it has always worked — immediately....