by Dr Ken Hudson | Jun 16, 2014 | Creative Thinking Techniques, Employee Experience, How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
I work with a lot of leaders and one of their most pressing questions is: How do you build a more creative and innovative culture? For many leaders in medium to large organisations this challenge is just too big. They feel that transforming a culture is much like...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Jun 7, 2014 | How to become a creative leader, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
I love Chinese Martial Arts and its philosophy. The simplicity of Yin and Yang And the symbol of Yin and Yang is a beautiful, visual expression of the idea of holding two, sometime competing forces into one is a compelling one and often at odds with the more linear...
by Dr Ken Hudson | Jun 5, 2014 | How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
I was rereading a 2012 innovation report by Accenture and I was struck by the language of the recommendations. The writers of the report found: – Among 500 respondents (i.e. leaders in large organisations) 93% of them believe innovation is important to their...
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
I have conducted numerous innovation training sessions over the years and there are few principles i tend to follow. 1. Ask for volunteers Like any subject it is difficult to force people to be innovative, particularly if they do not want to be there in the first...
by Dr Ken Hudson | May 15, 2014 | How to become a creative leader, How to grow your Revenue, How to improve your Sales & Marketing, How to innovate in a fast, simple and low risk way
For too long marketing and advertising has concentrated on acquiring new customers. I can understand this. When I was marketing director at American Express it was my prime responsibility. It was fun, sexy and easily measured. It was how careers were made....
