Books by Dr Ken Hudson

Books to help you create, solve and innovate

I have written 3 internationally published books (Allen & Unwin) that have been published in 9 countries.

The Idea Generator: Tools for Business Growth

The Idea Generator: Tools for Business Growth

(ALLEN & UNWIN, 2007)

A short book of tools to help you and your team to create new ideas. This is a handy, practical book containing 60 ideation tools to help you:

  • Generate big, new ideas;
  • Create new growth opportunities;
  • Improve you performance and your team;
  • Sell with more impact and
  • Deliver breakthrough leadership results.

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The Idea Accelerator: How to Solve Problems Faster Using Speed Thinking

The Idea Accelerator: How to Solve Problems Faster Using Speed Thinking

(ALLEN & UNWIN, 2008)

This is a companion book to The Idea Generator and is written in a similar accessible style.

The emphasis is on simple, effective creativity tools that you and a group or team can use quickly to solve problems or generate ideas in more creative ways.

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Speed Thinking: How to thrive in a time-poor world:

Speed Thinking: How to thrive in a time-poor world:

(ALLEN & UNWIN, 2010)

This book introduces readers to the theory and application of Speed Thinking. It outlines an amazing new approach that anyone can use to generate new ideas and solutions – in minutes!

The Speed Thinking book covers the:

  • Insight behind speed thinking
  • Magical 9: 2 starting formula
  • Speed Thinking 4-step approach and
  • How to use Speed Thinking to brainstorm ideas, solve problems and fast-track your success.
  • Ideas Blitz is the tool of Speed Thinking
  • Soon to be published in China

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How to think outside the box

How to think outside the box

You often hear the expression think outside the box. This is a useful metaphor but it does not suggest how to do think in a different, more creative way. It is for this reason that I have developed what I call 'Box and Ball Mode Thinking'. The good news is that these...

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Why Bard is my new creative partner

Why Bard is my new creative partner

I have been using Bard recently to develop some new concepts and bounce ideas off and I have to say I love it. According to Wikipedia, 'Bard is a conversational generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Google.' Here is why Bard has made such an impact...

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The new formula for innovation success

The new formula for innovation success

Are we developing a new formula for innovation success? Will it also drive new personal and revenue growth? I suspect we are. And here it is: HCI X GAI = Innovation Success Where: HCI - Human Creative Intelligence GAI - Generative Artificial Intelligence Hence:...

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