by Dr Ken Hudson | Dec 2, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity
What consumes most of your time at work? A. For most managers, the answer is always the same — Meetings! Yet in spite of their many criticisms of meetings (i.e. too many, too long, rarely produce an outcome) many managers and leaders adopt a hands off approach in the...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Dec 2, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to accelerate idea generation, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
Employees suggestion programs are a good idea — in theory. What self-respecting leader would be against the idea of providing a platform for all employees to suggest new ideas or solutions or ways to improve efficiency? But in practice these never seem to work in the...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 30, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to boost your productivity
For most people giving a presentation is one of their greatest fears. I suspect most people can handle this but what they really worry about is trying to think on the spot. It could be an unexpected or difficult question. Or a comment or interjection from the...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 30, 2012 | Employee Experience, How to accelerate idea generation, How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity
An Ideas Blitz and a meeting are two different tools that are suited for different purposes, much like a hammer and a spade are used for a specific requirement. Together they form a more complete tool kit. But here are the differences between Blitzing and Meetings: A...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 24, 2012 | How to become a creative leader, How to boost your productivity, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
I often get asked how to bring about an innovation revolution. There is no right or wrong way to go about this but I have seen a number of innovation initiatives that absolutely don’t work. Here’s what not to do. 1. Ask managers to take on an innovation project...
