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 run an awesome Brainstorming Session
One of the most widely used creative problem solving processes was developed by Alex Osborn (father of Brainstorming) and Sidney Parnes. It has been around for 50 years and has stood the test of time as a structured way of addressing problems. The Osborn-Parnes model...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 22, 2012 | How to accelerate idea generation, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session
Brainstorming was developed some 50 years ago by a US advertising guru called Alex Osborn. His key insight was that people could be more creative if they could express their ideas without being evaluated and judged (research supports this). Osborn predicted that a...
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...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Nov 11, 2012 | How to accelerate idea generation, How to run an awesome Brainstorming Session
Brainstorming was invented by an American Advertising guru named Alex Osborn. He wrote extensively about his new idea generation tool in a book called Applied Imagination way back in 1957. The tool has many advantages — it is simple, popular, easy to learn, it...
