by Dr Ken Hudson | Jun 17, 2014 | Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
Continuous Improvement is a powerful concept often attributed to quality expert Edward Deming. It has been around for many years and is commonly linked to programs such as Total Quality Management and Six Sigma. But is it time to move beyond this concept to something...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Jun 3, 2014 | Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
Change is hard. Particularly if you are trying to change an entire culture. It seems to me that you have two options — you can force change or try and engage others in making a change. Forcing change is sometimes necessary but rarely sustainable e.g. you go to...
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 | Jan 25, 2014 | Employee Experience, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
Imagine if you will that you are planning to build a new house. You go to your architect and give him/her a thoughtful brief that might cover: – budget – number of bedrooms – number of car spaces – level of environmental impact – type of...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Oct 21, 2013 | Creative Thinking Techniques, Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to improve your Sales & Marketing, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
According to a recent survey conducted by The University of Melbourne and the Australian Institute of Management, organisations that can build a systematic innovation capability have a competitive advantage over others that do not. As Tony Gleeson, CEO of the...