by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 23, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to accelerate idea generation, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Workshop Facilitator
I have been facilitating Brainstorming, strategy and ideation and new product development sessions for the past 15 years and here are my guidelines to help you generate awesome ideas: 1. Make the challenge a compelling one. You want people to be engaged right from...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 23, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to grow your Revenue, Workshop Facilitator
One of the key concepts in advertising, PR and marketing is the definition of a ‘market’. Typically a market has been defined in terms of a product rather than a how a customer might define their range of choices. For example, a few years ago I designed and...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 23, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to accelerate idea generation, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Workshop Facilitator
For years I have heard managers and leaders say we need an ‘out of the box’ idea. This got me thinking in my role as a workshop and Strategic Planning Facilitator — how would you know if an idea was out of the box if you did not know what the box...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 22, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to accelerate idea generation, Workshop Facilitator
A large part of what I do is to facilitate groups of managers and leaders and help them solve problems or develop new strategies or products in new and different ways. I have been doing this for the past 10 years. During this time I came across what I thought was a...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 22, 2012 | Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, Workshop Facilitator
In my problem-solving model which I outlined in my first book (The Idea Generator, 2007), I outlined how many leaders get ‘stuck’ in their thinking (and action). My contention is that if you always define a problem in the same way and you view it in the same way, not...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 11, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to accelerate idea generation, Workshop Facilitator
Who really enjoys watching and listening to 77 plus powerpoint slides? It is dull, often boring, one way, sucks the energy from the audience and is a waste of the collective talent in the room. I know, as a strategic planning facilitator for the past 10 years i...
