BrainZooming

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Try these 5 implementation strategy steps for launching a big initiative properly so the initial implementation leads to outstanding results later. Make Sure You Have the Right Team. The big first implementation strategy step is assembling the right team with the skills, experience, and perspectives to make a big initiative happen.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Is it a good or bad career strategy if you do not have a job description ? Quite honestly, my initial career strategy advice was to avoid a formal job description for as long as possible. Since this executive was expected to devise a job description, we created a straightforward career strategy-oriented exercise to start.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

He’s developing a short list of potential candidates for a new market research initiative at his company. It was clear that the organization’s team had already decided that a request for proposal was the best way to determine which outside vendor will be the best market research partner. Need Fresh Insights to Drive Your Strategy?

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

What are basic brand strategy moves to quickly take an older brand into today’s market? An “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence looked at this brand strategy question last month. The Depeche Mode update involves multiple brand strategies: Involving a new producer and tech music luminaries.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We’re scheduled to have more than 120 of the client’s sales team members participate in an interactive, half-day Brainzooming workshop in the Chicago area. We developed this specific list of topics based on feedback from participants on a pre-workshop survey. Setting the Stage for Creative Thinking Skills for Sales.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Here’s an alternative approach we use all the time during strategic conversations: listen for specific types of comments and organize them as you go (or after the fact) into strategic deliverables. For example, before a strategic planning workshop started the other day, an internal client leader held court with the project team.

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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

JUNE 7, 2017

“Inside the Executive Suite” from Armada Corporate Intelligence featured ideas keeping executives focused on strategic priorities during strategic planning meetings. An executive reported a real-time challenge: keeping the senior team at her company focused on strategic priorities.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

We’ve certainly covered the heck out of how bad bosses , toxic cultures , and negative comments can crush creative thinking and creativity. What you might not consider, however, is how an uber-positive boss that is TOO OVER THE TOP when communicating how great early stage ideas are ALSO CRUSHES creative thinking.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 6, 2017

It may be time to make sure your bold creative ideas are clearly and understandably rooted in strategy. Alternatively, you may be in a place that is thinking way too small; you should get out as soon as you can. If no one ever says your ideas are too bold, that is also bad. Does your CPR vary by client or team?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

I was watching this all develop over the course of about eight years. If I know you there’s a long, long, long-term strategy. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help generate extreme creativity and boost your creative thinking skills! Photo: Harper Point Photography. So, everybody’s going big.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2017

There are a number of team development and leadership skills mentioned that fit themes we talk about here. We wanted to highlight specific questions, recommendations, and challenges that seem particularly pertinent for leading strategically and innovatively in the year ahead. A leader should create strategy with a team.

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