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Strategic Thinking Exercise – 18 Ideas to Re-imagine a Threatened Business Model

BrainZooming

Before an impending purge of The Wall Street Journal back issues in my office, I reviewed an article from a late December 2017 issue: The New Age of Bespoke Travel. A New Strategic Thinking Exercise. Here is how we see this new strategic thinking exercise coming together. Photo by Dmitry Sovyak on Unsplash.

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The Essential Connection Between Strategy and Innovation

Paul Hobcraft

A good strategy, well outlined should encourage innovation and gain engagement but it can equally determine how we break down our imposed boundaries by its strategic intent, to encourage exploring and extending on what we know into the what we need to know. Is this because innovation is not at the core of the business as it should be?

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7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf)

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This type of strategic planning process: Guides the organization to greater success. More effectively creates alignment in strategic thinking. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Want to take me up on that guarantee?

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Why Today Is a Great Day to Be Out of the Corporate World

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He changed jobs early in 2017 and re-subscribed to the blog with his new company’s email address. It’s because I can’t fathom trying to assign credit for this deal if it unfolded in a Fortune 500 company: The relationship started multiple years ago through a speaking engagement.

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5 Reactions to Someone Else’s Strategic Planning Process

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Since we were promised an “easy, five-step strategy planning process” extending through early December, the timing overlaps many of you conducting your own strategic planning process cycles. 5 Reactions to Someone Else’s Strategic Planning Process. Via Shutterstock. What Worked? Each team is on its own to fill out the template.

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5 Things to Hate about a Strategic Planning Process

BrainZooming

There is a different, and much better way to carry out a strategic planning process. It is faster, more collaborative, and effectively engages the voices and perspectives to create a stronger, more successfully implemented plan. Livening up strategic discussions with exercises designed to generate disruptive ideas.

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5 Things Collaborative Strategic Planning Isn’t

BrainZooming

While the individual steps may seem to go in varied and unexpected directions, they’re all pointing toward the end result of a highly-actionable strategic plan. They may work on different strategic thinking exercises and questions based on their perspectives and areas of expertise. The same for all participants.