Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To survive and thrive, it’s critical that you recognize the signs of disruption and understand the necessity of adapting to these changes. For insights on staying ahead of the curve, consider exploring creating business strategy in a world of AI-driven rapid change.

Disruption 100

Disruption Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 100

Leapfrogging

MAY 8, 2024

By incorporating experiential intelligence and leadership development , organizations can enhance the adaptability of their leaders, enabling them to respond proactively to change, innovate, and lead their teams to success. The significance of XQ in cultivating high-potential leaders cannot be overstated.

Training 100

Training Leadership Technical Review Agile 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Benefits of Facilitating Strategic Planning Offsites Facilitating strategic planning offsites offers a multitude of benefits, from enhancing team cohesion to driving organizational alignment. Improved Focus : With day-to-day distractions left behind, your team can concentrate fully on strategic issues and high-level thinking.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Exercises 100

Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Innovation in executive teams is not just about developing new products or services; it’s about fostering a culture of continuous improvement, strategic thinking, and adaptability. Adaptability : An ability to pivot and respond to changing market conditions and business needs.

Leadership 113

Leadership Innovation Collaboration Culture 113

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It propels companies forward, allowing them to adapt in rapidly changing markets and to respond effectively to evolving customer needs. Recognizing these individuals early allows for targeted development, aligning leadership growth with the strategic imperative of fostering an innovation culture.

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Culture of Innovation Culture Leadership Innovation 113

BrainZooming

JUNE 5, 2018

This work provided an external checklist of innovation opportunities to shape further analysis and to design the online surveys. #2. We employed an online survey to reach stakeholders who are highly relevant to the innovation initiative’s success but might otherwise have been overlooked. This helps focus innovation efforts.

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Analysis Strategic Thinking Survey Innovation 66

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

He changed jobs early in 2017 and re-subscribed to the blog with his new company’s email address. It changed a few times as he worked to sell-in the initiative. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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eBook Strategic Thinking Exercises Strategy 70

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Offer scalability to grow with your team and adapt to changing demands. Encourage the use of collaborative digital whiteboards or brainstorming tools to facilitate creative and strategic thinking sessions in real-time. This can be done through anonymous surveys, open forums, or during virtual team building activities.

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Collaboration Tools Guidelines Video 100

BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

We introduced the first Brainzooming strategic planning workshop resembling what we do today as The Brainzooming Group ten years ago, June 19-20, 2006. Here’s the story of how a request from a big supporter, then and still, instigated a major change in the Brainzooming methodology.

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Exercises Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy 67

BrainZooming

AUGUST 13, 2018

Yet, when we wanted to try to prove it for a B2B brand, we always wound up eliminating the necessary customer satisfaction survey questions to reduce survey time or research costs. And how do you REALLY know what factors are driving changes in expectations? Understanding What Drives Customer Expectations.

Disruption 45

Disruption Strategic Thinking Survey eBook 45

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company. Let’s explore how you can create an environment conducive to collaboration and strategic thinking.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Design Exercises 100

BrainZooming

MARCH 15, 2016

For whatever reason, I’ve found myself explaining several times in the last few days how we use a wide variety of strategic planning techniques to gather participant input into strategies. Sometimes the strategic thinking best approach involves a large, in-person group. We go the one-on-one route for various reasons.

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Groups Strategic Thinking eBook Exercises 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 10, 2015

As an outgrowth of the workshop, here is a strategic and creative thinking skills compilation comprised of articles that support the Brainzooming workshop we’re delivering. We developed this specific list of topics based on feedback from participants on a pre-workshop survey. Structure and Creative Thinking Skills.

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Creativity Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team 40

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

This phase lays the groundwork for a successful meeting where strategic goals can be effectively developed and refined. It should be conducive to the creative and strategic thinking that you aim to foster among your executive team. The insights gained from a SWOT analysis will guide the next steps of your strategic planning.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

CMOE

JUNE 22, 2022

For city and county governments across North America, 2022 is halfway through, and many local municipalities are feeling the effects of the new and changing talent pool. Most businesses are well aware of how drastically hiring processes and human resources have changed over the last several years, and municipalities are no different.

Leadership 59

Leadership Learning Course Strategic Thinking 59

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 21, 2016

When we were developing the Brainzooming strategic planning process inside a Fortune 500 company, we used it to plan strategy across a whole portfolio of services and clients in a B2B setting. I spent many late nights modifying each workshop format to change them enough to keep the participants (and me) engaged, mentally sharp, and creative.

Exercises 40

Exercises eBook Strategic Thinking Groups 40

CMOE

APRIL 21, 2023

These changes include: User increase on education platforms. Empathize with the experience from their perspective to direct the design of the experience and make the most impactful changes. Feedback can be through individual conversations or quick workshop evaluations and surveys. A 3,000% rise in virtual collaboration.

Training 52

Training Engagement How To LEAN 52

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

You can do this in person (quickly ask someone on your way to a meeting, or when you’re grabbing a coffee, and jot down their answer), via email, via text, over the phone, using an online survey or collaboration — you get the picture. If they don’t match, perhaps it’s time for a little internal disruptive thinking ?

Strategic Thinking 63

Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy Collaboration 63

Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

84% of manufacturing executives say they plan to add technology roles in the next 5 years to keep pace with the demands of a rapidly changing industry. At the same time, the core job skills needed to be successful in manufacturing are fundamentally changing, creating a gap between supply and demand. Industry 4.0

Leadership 40

Leadership Artificial Inteligence Technology Culture 40

BrainZooming

AUGUST 15, 2016

Surveying external sources and environments for relevant ideas. What are the non-sexy upfront steps in an innovation strategy? Here’s a checklist: Setting appropriate objectives. Gathering internal and external input. Internal fact-finding. Conducting analysis.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy eBook Training 40

Idea Champions

JUNE 28, 2019

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, Idea Champions' ability to quickly and effectively teach my colleagues and me how to facilitate brainstorming sessions changed the future of our business. The learnings from that session instantly changed the way we run our ideation sessions -- both internally and externally with our clients.

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Brainstorming Training Creativity Ideation 22

Boxes and Arrows

MAY 29, 2012

The Eameses were essentially changing the information architecture of museum exhibits, telling a story about the world of numbers and math as a pathway of discovery. This strategic vision helped guide our design choices throughout the project. So they installed a long timeline wall on one side and a long image wall on the other.

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Strategy Strategy Design Video 86