BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

The overall group sizes for each innovation strategy workshop varied from fourteen to more than twenty-five people, depending on the topic. From a facilitation standpoint, it was the most arduous couple of days of going through strategic thinking exercises I recall. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sometimes creative thinking challenges come from inside your own head. In many organizations, however, substantial creative thinking challenges come from leaders and cultures that may say they want new thinking, but seem to do everything they can to scuttle creativity. Organizational Creative Thinking Challenges.

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BrainZooming

JULY 17, 2018

To avoid it, it’s vital to break out of the typical strategic planning process formula where it’s all about the same old people, the same old strategy exercises, and the same old expectations to just get a plan done so it can sit on the shelf with other strategies while the organization keeps doing the same old things.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

We have been working with a client that had done a lot of strategic planning exercises about a new initiative. Taking a look at the list, we started trying different approaches to arrange the big list of ideas from their strategic planning exercises into sensible groups to help stimulate progress. From Latest to Earliest.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Based on all The Brainzooming Group experience in helping clients generate new ideas and innovative strategies, diversity is vital to successful creative thinking activities. For example, at one of our client creative thinking workshops there wasn’t any of diversity to spare. When Very Few Things Are Not Like the Other.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

The team leader asked, “How is it possible to listen to us talk and turn it into a strategy so quickly?”. 9 Creative Thinking Skills to Turn Talk into Strategy. Incorporate a bigness and boldness into the language you use to describe the strategy in order to stretch the organization. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Related posts Strategic Thinking Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way 7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf) Branding Strategy – 3 Ways to Invite Productive Strategy Input Creative Thinking – Who are the best collaborators?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Creative Thinking Skills – 5 People Vital to Critical Thinking, Literally. “Helping train my team to be strategic thinkers and not just executors” Creative Thinking Skills for Sales – A Workshop Approach. Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy. Innovation.

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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. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. As I always say, those searches are no surprise.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 28, 2016

Since strategy planning is an infrequent activity, it is difficult for executives to master it. We learned that if we asked executives a series of questions leading to the information needed to complete a strategy plan, they became productive strategy planners. Creative thinking exercises generate ideas, not facts.

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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. Afterward, we used a Zoomference to introduce strategies to its top-performing sales people. Discover How Online Collaboration Boosts Progress.

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BrainZooming

MAY 26, 2017

From the Brainzooming Product Branding Lab. We haven’t road tested this exercise for generating product branding ideas. Ask: What brand attributes from our higher value / more significant offers can we use to sell-in something less? If you beat us to putting it into practice, let us know how it works! – Mike Brown.

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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). Effective Exercises and Process. Loved the Boom / Bust exercise.”. Exercises presented to gain focus on a certain area.”. Good subject materials and posters.”.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

JULY 12, 2016

The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation. Incorporate market-based perspectives into your innovation strategy in successful ways.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Strategic Planning – All the Strategy Roles You Need. Creative Thinking Skills – Using Questions and Structure Successfully. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Just Start! Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 13, 2018

That is quite far away from the usual (and unfair) stereotype of the designer as the introverted creative type slaving away alone on a computer or in a studio. An anthropologist or anyone in the liberal arts could exercise these skills just as well as someone who studied graphic design. Let us know in the comments below.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

I think we just stumbled over our newest brand experience exercise! – Mike Brown. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. It gets pretty dizzying in a hurry! FREE Download: “Results!!!

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

In his new book, The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations , Lerner says the key to success lies in adopting a hybrid model that combines aspects of both. But for many, a practice as spontaneous and creative as innovation may seem something incapable of being measured. DEDICATED METRICS.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

In his new book, The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations , Lerner says the key to success lies in adopting a hybrid model that combines aspects of both. But for many, a practice as spontaneous and creative as innovation may seem something incapable of being measured. DEDICATED METRICS.

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Taivara

JULY 23, 2018

We’ve found a few methods to be consistently helpful with the teams we work with: Blue Sky – Creative ideas are encourage without constraints, don’t let beliefs or even current technology limit you. And get yourself ready to really test the value proposition of your new product idea. Want help validating your idea?

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Boxes and Arrows

APRIL 13, 2017

“Design the box first” is a classic design exercise to use constraints to discover the unique value proposition. Rather than simply add a UI to an existing product idea, the tools and techniques designers use can be adapted to think through the product itself. Be creative and have fun!

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