Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Innovation Encouraging creative thinking and problem-solving as a group. These presentations often include interactive elements that encourage participation and teamwork, strategies for overcoming common team-building challenges, and practical exercises that teams can implement in their day-to-day interactions.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Curious : Exhibiting a strong desire to learn and understand more. By identifying these traits, organizations can pinpoint the individuals most likely to succeed in roles that require innovative thinking and leadership. Encouraging a Mindset of Continuous Learning Continuous learning is the bedrock of innovation.

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IdeaScale

DECEMBER 7, 2021

There are many different exercises that people use for innovation, but very few of them are as effective as mind mapping. If you want to learn more about collaboration and innovation, check out our article on design thinking. Enables Tiered Thinking. Overcome Creative Blocks. Includes Larger Context.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 6, 2022

“Turn Ordinary into Extraordinary: Learn the Art of Storytelling!” “Share Your Stories with the World: Learn the Craft of Storytelling!” “Bring Your Stories to Life: Learn How to Tell an Engaging Tale!” “Make Your Stories Come Alive: Learn the Fundamentals of Storytelling!”

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

Strategic Thinking Exercises – 3 Responses to New Ideas. In planning how we would help these companies, we realized there were three possibilities whenever we asked people to answer a question inside our strategic thinking exercises: The answer could show their strategic thinking was in the right direction.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming 40

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2015

We, however, routinely share how we do things via our methodology, tools, and learnings from Brainzooming strategic thinking workshops. Why Do We Give Away So Many Strategic Thinking Exercises? This is why we run compilation articles frequently to help you find a comprehensive set of resources, exercises, and tools.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

There are a couple of different ways to apply structure to strategic planning exercises : You can enforce using templates and forms participants have to complete so their answers are uniformed and structured. Productive Structure for Strategic Planning Exercises. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results.

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Exercises Strategic Thinking Collaboration Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 11, 2016

Here’s an idea for a new strategic thinking exercise that can be a big help. 4 Ways to Examine Brand Performance as a Strategic Thinking Exercise. This is definitely a strategic thinking exercise idea from the Brainzooming R&D lab. 10 Lessons for Engaging Your Employees to Create Stronger Results.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

A timed “drill-down” crowdsourcing exercise on some promising improvements, hosted virtually, live, or a mix of both, would likely build out these dimensions effectively. Channel : This is the creative thinking part. Ideas – The “What Could We Do?” Individuals can naturally excel at ideation, but facilitation also helps.

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Collaboration Crowdsourcing Ideation Exercises 52

BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. Creative Thinking – The Math of Brainstorming and New Ideas. #3 3 Meaningfully Engages and Involves Employees. 5 Employee Engagement Ideas When Turnover Is High.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

9 Creative Thinking Skills to Turn Talk into Strategy. The team leader’s question prompted this list of 9 creative thinking skills that help turn strategic conversations (or even conversations that seem like talking without any particular strategic focus) into something that feels like strategy.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

From a facilitation standpoint, it was the most arduous couple of days of going through strategic thinking exercises I recall. What questions or exercises can I eliminate to save time while still getting enough input in all the areas we are covering for each innovation strategy? 11 Things Running through a Facilitator’s Head.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Groups Strategy 40

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Engaging in this practice equips you with a clearer understanding of where your organization stands and where it needs to go, helping to navigate through competitive and rapidly changing markets. Engagement : Increases engagement and ownership among team members by involving them in the strategic process.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

During in-person and online strategic planning workshops , we regularly use a strategic thinking exercise that helps leadership groups quickly identify a shared future vision statement. Participants assess where they think the organization currently is and where they want it to be in the future on multiple “strategic dimensions.”

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2018

Be very silent (uncomfortably silent) until the audience notices and re-engages. Move to the Shrimp creative thinking exercise. Introduce an ice breaker exercise – even in the middle of the presentation (and do funny riffs on peoples’ answers). Call on the person with bright eyes and engage with them.

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Exercises Creative Thinking Creativity Groups 81

Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

XQ refers to the ability to draw from past experiences, learnings, and insights to make better decisions, solve complex problems, and navigate the uncertainties of the corporate world. Additionally, learn how to maximize team performance by leveraging experiential intelligence to create psychology safety for high performing teams.

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Leadership Innovation Collaboration Culture 113

BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

I debuted a presentation on “Results – Creating Strategic Impact,” our mini-book on employee engagement ideas to boost an organization’s strategic thinking. The mini-book focuses on the tremendous value when an organization finds ways to strategically solicit employee insights and perspectives to shape its strategic thinking.

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Engagement Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Exercises 40

Michael Michalko

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

You might learn more than people, or the objects you’re studying, superficially reveal.” Dean Simonton professor of psychology at the University of California, Davis “Know your stuff: creativity requires expertise; but don’t know it too well: overspecialisation puts blinders on. Listen carefully and pay close attention. I was stunned!

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Creativity Tips Handbook Exercises 40

Michael Roberto

JANUARY 10, 2022

What types of "warm-up" should you engage in before "running the race" together? Physical activity: As Annie Murphy Paul notes in her fabulous new book, The Extended Mind , engaging in some physical activity can be an effective way to enhance your brainpower. What might they like to learn more about in this situation?

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Brainstorming Exercises Creativity Engagement 34

ImagineNation

MARCH 28, 2023

The potential outcomes include people experiencing more positive emotions, increased engagement at work, increased development of positive relationships, and more meaningful and purposeful work. They discovered three surprising truths about well-being, including: Workers’ resilience levels are waning.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

“Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto. Engaging Employees in High Turnover Situations. Creative Thinking Skills – 5 People Vital to Critical Thinking, Literally. 5 Keys to Streamlining Strategic Planning.

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Michael Roberto

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

The Contrasting Effects of Repeated Practice on Creativity." These scholars asked the question: "Could repeatedly 'exercising' the creativity muscle help build up creative performance over time?" It’s always about practice — do it every day and you will learn and improve your skills, or at least build good habits.

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Idea to Value

OCTOBER 8, 2017

Therefore, the older brain’s preference will always be to use safe memories instead of creative new ‘risky’ solutions. But once school begins, the emphasis shifts to learning and reciting facts. Do some creativity training exercises every day: Nothing helps get the brain out of its autopilot mode than forcing it to be creative.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

Chuck facilitated multiple engaging, high-energy strategic innovation sessions for us at Yellow Corporation. Chuck’s creativity techniques and helped us generate tons of ideas. Since we were learning as we went, some sessions worked better than others. We’d do these sessions as part of strategic planning.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Part of making strategic planning fun involves fun exercises , which we continue to create and share here. Designing strategic thinking questions leading to engaging conversation among familiar and new participants. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Strategic Results. – Mike Brown.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Icebreakers are useful beginning exercises even for teams who know each other quite well. Icebreakers can also be used throughout the retreat to facilitate different groupings with creative thinking and problem solving purposes. .” Contact us online today to learn how we many design and facilitate your leadership retreat.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

We’re big proponents of the value of bringing together a diverse group of people with varied creative thinking skills for strategic planning workshops within organizations and communities. When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach.

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Collaboration Creative Thinking Exercises Groups 40

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In nearly every Brainzooming community collaboration workshop, we conclude with a Plus-Minus-Interesting-Recommendation-Question exercise (a PMIRQ for short). I was thinking I may not be as included since I’m not from or otherwise generally associated with (the community).”. Fresh Ideas and Learning. Learned a lot”.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2019

Even cynical types were openly surprised at the insights and learnings. It was what I’d imagined, as a child, that college would be like: a big group of friendly people who are genuinely excited about learning and doing good in the world. One woman said, “I don’t believe I’ve ever used this word before, but I feel so…enriched!”

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Conference Strategic Thinking Creativity Resources 74

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. Creative Thinking Skills – Using Questions and Structure Successfully. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Just Start! Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Last week was diverse in the Brainzooming world, as we were engaged in serving clients across many different aspects of what we do. That is why weeks such as the last one are so rewarding and filled with learning. 10 Lessons for Engaging Your Employees to Create Stronger Results.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 15, 2015

While having a daily deadline has become less stimulating creatively over the years, I shudder to think of how much experience and the number of strategic thinking exercises that would have come and gone without any documentation if not for the Brainzooming blog.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 28, 2019

I can't wait to learn more from Idea Champions. Our success as a firm depends on our ability to think about tough challenges in new and creative ways, often on short timelines. 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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Michael Michalko

MARCH 3, 2017

CREATIVE CORNER. Provide a special area for people to engage in creative thinking. Stock the area with books, videos on creativity, as well as learning games and such toys as beanbags and modeling clay. Encourage weekly lunch-time meeting of three to five employees to engage in creative thinking.

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Creativity Brainstorming Creative Thinking Groups 69

Wazoku

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Taking risk and learning from failure. When risks are taken, pivot quickly if those risks fail so everyone involved can learn from their experiences and adapt. These spaces offer employees and related connections a creative space to work, knowing that the time and energy dedicated to innovation is valued. Everyone felt it.”. “A

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

Some of the principles in the book include a plan for systematic learning, listening to customers, testing to learn, de-risking your business model, and canvassing your plan. Engaging stories and tips on how to deal with damning cynics by donning “suitable” hats make this book an absolute gem. Conclusion.

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