BrainZooming

APRIL 20, 2016

I asked them to engage in some strategic thinking about innovation opportunities for the company. They used that as a justification for opting out of strategic thinking. I disabused them of the idea, however, that their narrow job descriptions were synonymous with narrow strategic thinking roles.

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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. The descriptions are purposely neither good nor bad; they simply represent ways an organization could pursue the strategy.

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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. 11 Things Running through a Facilitator’s Head.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

We have been working with a client that had done a lot of strategic thinking about a new initiative. Those are six starting places to use when you are doing strategic thinking about big lists. The thing is, they had done the hard strategic thinking and already had all the raw material they needed.

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BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

At the 2016 Brand Strategy Conference, Antonia Dean, Director – Marketing, Brand Development, & Strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies covered the strategic thinking ideas behind creating an entrepreneurial environment in a large company. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2016

and listed “unfreezing (a) team, moving forward, and preparing for growth” as the strategic task at hand. The clarity and directness of this strategic challenge prompted me to assemble this list of organizational change articles focused on these three areas. Strategic Thinking and 10 Fundamentals of Creating Strategic Impact.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 22, 2016

The search term “strategic visioning exercises” has been consistently near the top recently for what has bringing people to the Brainzooming website. 14 Articles on Strategic Visioning Exercises. These fourteen articles recap our thinking and recommendations across these three areas.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

To make it a little easier to track down ideas for how you can approach developing strategy this year, here are nineteen Brainzooming articles filled with 113 techniques and ideas for improving your organization’s strategic planning process. 113 Ideas for Strategic Planning Process Improvement.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

While leading strategy development in a new company poses challenges (including needing to learn a tremendous amount as you go), it has a comparable number of advantages (Including not laboring under preconceived ideas about how the organization does things). Getting to What Is Strategic. What Is Strategic and What Isn’t?

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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. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Today is the day to download your copy of 321 GO!

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2017

When you develop a plan from a collaborative, conversationally-driven strategy planning process , you see other tangible impacts. This type of strategic planning process: Guides the organization to greater success. More effectively creates alignment in strategic thinking.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

. “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. 5 Keys to Streamlining Strategic Planning. Innovation. Implementation.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The topics we covered did a great job in providing a thorough view of how we approach and develop collaborative strategy for clients. Additionally, links follow to various articles addressing the topics we discussed related to creating strategic impact. 10 Keys to Collaborative Strategy and Strategic Planning.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 26, 2018

There are other questions you can ask, but once the strategy recommendation is complete, you don’t want to waste time opening doors to non-productive strategy options. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. – Mike Brown. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Here are four different approaches The Brainzooming Group employs with clients: Instead of using complex strategic exercises that aren’t beneficial outside planning, we use strategic thinking questions that fit how people think and work on a daily basis. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

JULY 12, 2016

If you want engagement and ongoing participation for developing and implementing an innovation strategy, start with these five keys. – Mike Brown. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Looking for a Successful Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Brainzooming Has an Answer!

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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. After this strategic collaboration, a full-time strategic planner (i.e.,

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Letting everyone know upfront that WE will handle turning the input into a strategic plan (so they don’t have to). Designing strategic thinking questions leading to engaging conversation among familiar and new participants. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

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

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Individuals Posing Creative Thinking Challenges. How Creative Thinking Gets Killed by Team Members – 8 Fatal Blows. 5 Ideas When an Uber-Positive Boss Crushes Creative Thinking. Strategic Thinking Skills – 29 Clues You’re Not Dealing with a Strategic Thinker. Mike Brown. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

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

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Because of this, the list was worthless for doing what I suspect everyone hoped it would do: provide a starting point for the strategic thinking needed to back into a definition of and explanation for what the new initiative would turn out to be. 6 Ways to Organize Ideas from Strategic Planning Exercises.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 29, 2016

If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Learn all about how Mike Brown’s workshops on creating strategic impact can boost your success!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 28, 2016

Following our post on the tenth anniversary of the Brainzooming strategic planning methodology , the guys at Armada Corporate Intelligence , who were an important part of developing and testing the process, wrote a companion article. Since strategy planning is an infrequent activity, it is difficult for executives to master it.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 21, 2017

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence offered an internal branding strategy take on the United Airlines woes, offering strategic thinking questions you can ask and answer to improve your brand’s resiliency and avoid brand crises. 3 Ways Your Internal Branding Strategy Can Be Smarter than United Airlines.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

MAY 26, 2017

We haven’t road tested this exercise for generating product branding ideas. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. If you beat us to putting it into practice, let us know how it works! – Mike Brown. Try these 6 Steps.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2017

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

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 30, 2016

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

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 1, 2016

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. Individual participants take on different roles within collaborative strategy planning. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

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

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

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

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