by Dr Ken Hudson | Oct 24, 2018 | Conference Speaker, How to become a creative leader, Workshop Facilitator
The new leadership imperative – customisation It used to be the case that successful leaders could customise their approach depending on the situation. But astute leaders need to now go the extra step. Leadership today is all about customisation. In particular,...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Aug 14, 2018 | Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Examples, Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Workshop Facilitator
Tools to generate big, new ideas Just over 10 years ago I wrote a book called The Idea Generator (Allen & Unwin). The book contains various tools to help individuals, groups and teams to create new ideas. I have tested all of these idea generation tools with...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Apr 30, 2018 | Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Techniques, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way, How to reinvent your product, brand, business or career, Workshop Facilitator
Switch to another pattern Want to switch on your creative thinking? Here’s how. We tend to think, feel and act in patterns. These patterns self-organise as a result of our past behaviours, experiences, beliefs and expectations. This is efficient but not very...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Apr 18, 2018 | Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Examples, Creative Thinking Techniques, Workshop Facilitator
Want to generate amazing new ideas? Want to develop your creative thinking skills? You can wait for inspiration to strike you or you can go and search for new ideas. Hint. Choose the latter. It’s an exercise I always give my graduate students and workshops with...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Apr 3, 2018 | Conference Speaker, Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Techniques, Disruptive Innovation, Exponential Thinking, How to become a creative leader, Workshop Facilitator
Can a medium to large organisations or businesses have wicked problems? In a thought-provoking article in 1973, HWJ Rittel and MM Webber coined the phrase ‘wicked problems’ to describe a particular type of social, government or policy planning challenge....
by Dr Ken Hudson | Mar 19, 2018 | Conference Speaker, Creative Problem Solving, Creative Thinking Techniques, How to accelerate idea generation, How to become a creative leader, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session, Speed Thinking, Workshop Facilitator
A view from the trenches on what is Creative Thinking? An ability we all have to create and test ideas We are all born with the ability to create, dream, play and imagine. Just think of when you were a child and in your bath were pirates and monsters or even a shark....
