BrainZooming

APRIL 4, 2016

A New Add to Our Extreme Creativity Strategic Thinking Exercises. Thinking about the statement further and the audacity of trying to do “the impossible with nothing” suggested this idea was the ultimate in extreme creativity. ” Why are we adding this strategic thinking question?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 13, 2017

He told me how difficult it is for the organization to consider an innovation strategy. 2 Ways to Take a Fresh Look at Outside-In Innovation Strategy. They could also take the outside-in innovation strategy approach we wrote about recently: look at other testing situations ripe for speeding up and solve those. The reason why?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 13, 2016

Louis arch, however, it suggests multiple strategic thinking questions you can ask for your brand’s success. 7 Strategic Thinking Questions on the Way to Your Brand? These seven strategic thinking questions focus on what happens to your customers on the way to your brand. Using the St.

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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? Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy. What to Blog About?

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 17, 2017

I stopped by the grocery store to use the ATM the other morning before leaving for New York to deliver a content marketing strategy workshop today at the Social Media Strategies Summit. Finding nothing even remotely appealing, I headed for the door, not expecting to witness a solid customer experience strategy lesson.

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BrainZooming

JULY 20, 2017

A Bait and Avoid Customer Experience Strategy. Think about the customer experience strategy implications of this bait and avoid policy. Stop again and consider whether this bait and avoid customer experience strategy is smart. Choosing a Horrendous Strategy. Stop there for a minute.

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BrainZooming

MAY 2, 2016

Using even just a few smart tools and techniques, however, you can eliminate these NO’s to a successful innovation strategy and move yourself and your organization to innovative ideas setting you apart from the competition. We’re planning to cover innovation strategy for both individuals and organizations.,

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BrainZooming

JULY 12, 2016

Reviewing the innovation strategy challenges business executives identified when downloading Brainzooming eBooks , they frequently mention gaining “buy-in” for significant change initiatives. Here are five keys we’ve found for successfully engaging employees in innovation strategy. That’s no surprise. Ask me to participate.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

That sentiment all revolves around our content marketing strategy. The client we’re onsite with today working on an innovation strategy comes with an intriguing history. By mid-year, he completed a Contact Us form on the website, wanting to discuss his brand’s innovation strategy.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2016

I fielded a request for a few ideas on social engagement for an upcoming eBook an online company is creating. One of the questions related to how brands can set themselves apart through a customer experience strategy and outstanding customer engagement. Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Brainzooming Has an Answer!

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Don’t automatically presume the sole enabler behind an innovation strategy is generating new thinking and innovative ideas. That’s a significant part of the innovation strategy process, but it’s just one part. Each situation came to us as an innovation strategy challenge. See what we mean?

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

We’ve written a tremendous amount about change and change management strategy since the Brainzooming blog’s inception. Just HOW MUCH have we written on change management strategy? I reviewed all eighty-six pages to develop our change management strategy primer. 35 Articles on Change Management Strategy in a Change Agent Role.

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BrainZooming

MAY 11, 2016

Talking with a potential client about an already-planned innovation strategy workshop, the going-in innovation strategy called for giving participants “a clean sheet of paper.”. We listened to the rationale for adopting an innovation strategy based on broad creative freedom. Sharing Your Innovation Strategy Decision Making.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 4, 2016

They reported the team’s defensive coordinator, Bob Sutton, told them that when planning competitive strategy , “I want to stay out of ‘never’ and ‘always.’”. What fantastic competitive strategy advice to incorporate this time of year as you implement new strategies. Who Sees Predictable Competitive Strategy Moves?

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 28, 2015

When it comes to bad decisions about branding strategies, this scary mistake is all tricks and no treats. Extending Branding Strategies Too Far. As we point out in workshops, when trying to extend branding strategies into new or unusual territory, you may have to vary the brand personality. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2016

Based on several stories last week extolling the benefits of being “lazy” when it comes to innovation strategy, you would think the LAZY days of summer are here a few weeks early (at least in the northern hemisphere). 4 Examples Where NOT Acting Might Be a Smarter Innovation Strategy. Yet, consider these stories.

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BrainZooming

MAY 27, 2016

Looking for a Successful Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 8, 2015

The “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence profiled an intriguing innovation strategy example within a regulated industry. The Armada article highlights six ways to formulate innovation strategy in a regulated environment, including the approach JetBlue is taking. A shadow innovation strategy.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 13, 2015

We haven’t talked about stealing (or copying) ideas as a creative strategy for some time. Translated into a creative strategy formula, it’s an example of “Lead, Copy (1 and 2), Swerve, Integrate, Go.” Here’s how this creative strategy formula plays out between two well-known consumer brands. Brainzooming Has an Answer!

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Prior to using free strategic thinking exercises, consider the participants, organizational culture, and layout of the room. Keep free strategic planning exercises out of the reach of untrained, unpracticed facilitators. If you want help in using any of our questions and strategic thinking exercises, let us know.

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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. Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business?

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 16, 2015

One type of innovation expert knows a great deal about innovation tools and techniques that propel ideation to new heights. Facilitating innovation ideation is an art and a science that isn’t easy to do. Yeah, I think if you are serious about becoming the best possible Ideation facilitator, you are one kind of Innovation expert.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

That doesn’t mean, however, that doing strategic planning is best served by conducting things in a boring way. Frustrations with boring strategy sessions are probably why so many people visit our website looking for creative ideas on fun strategic planning exercises. Strategic Planning Exercises Can Be Fun.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

We worked with Chuck multiple times, and started to adopt many of his ideas and approaches into our strategic planning methodology. Creative Thinking Skills and Place with Chuck Dymer. Chuck is closing his ideation space, The IdeaLoft. Looking for Ideas to Make Strategy Planning More Fun? Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

With the right combination of perspectives from outside your organization and productive strategic thinking exercises, you can ideate, prioritize, and develop your best innovative growth ideas. Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 13, 2018

The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 18, 2016

Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 12, 2015

And how about those Kansas City Royals – do you think they look unstoppable? – Mike Brown. Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? 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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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 22, 2015

We use strategic thinking exercises and questions as “detours” around organizational thinking that is in a rut. Asking questions in a different way than is typically done forces people to look at new possibilities and actually think before blurting out the standard answers. Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business?

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BrainZooming

JUNE 10, 2016

My natural inclination when it comes to business strategy is to identify what is MOST IMPORTANT and build everything around that. Tie the objectives, priorities, and strategies to a very tight focus for an organization. Granted, it is SO MUCH EASIER to talk about a single-focused business strategy say than it is to actually create one.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Lens smashing is a common innovation strategy technique to get to the next level of thinking. Think about that one. Here’s a new innovation strategy tool: Take the 20 biases in the article and write as many orthodoxies as you can envision for each one. Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Marianne Carr.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

Rethinking the “Shrimp” Creative Thinking Exercise. Typically I cover Shrimp at the end of any workshop where we are teach strategic thinking exercises. Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. So back to what I have no idea about when it comes to Shrimp.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 14, 2016

Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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