BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

This week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” from the Armada Executive Intelligence Brief newsletter highlighted two Wall Street Journal articles examining leadership strategy in light of how involved a teacher or coach should be in the details of teaching and learning. . Encourage a unique, personal path.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

Eight years ago today, I published an article about personal leadership, asking the question, “What would you do with an extra day?” That proved to be true; since that time, we have collaborated on two American Marketing Association national market research conferences several years ago and a creative workshop a few months ago.

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BrainZooming

MAY 29, 2020

It’s been weeks since the last Brainzooming blog. I’ll admit, though, until starting this blog post, I’ve been kicking myself for not getting enough done during this time. Immersive development workshops for your leadership team to accelerate your business results. The short answer? Those hours take away from writing.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 6, 2016

We’re developing a strategic thinking webinar for a client on cultivating and sustaining creativity among its salesforce. Since the webinar is with the organization’s sales leadership, the focus is on creative thinking skills they can and should be embracing to help their salespeople see opportunities in new ways.

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

When it comes to innovation, building capabilities and applying the right leadership style give top performing manufacturers the edge over skills-focused peers. Low-skilled, repetitive labor is being automated, while skills like innovation and creativity are more and more in demand. The Relationship of Capabilities to Leadership.

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BrainZooming

JULY 26, 2021

What options are there when assembling a leadership team or board of directors who want to do blue sky thinking for big ideas? Seems simple, although delivering on this objective requires deft design to enable a collaboration with a chance of producing big thinking. Framing the Thinking Perspectives.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Yet, having worked with the individual closely in the previous year, I witnessed the most dramatic turnaround in personal leadership I had ever seen in a co-worker. A Personal Leadership Test. Based on the personal leadership turnaround, I made the case several times for a demotion and not a termination. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Creative Thinking: What Is the Right Size for a Brainstorming Group? You’ll learn ways to help your team: Move forward even amid uncertainty.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Suppose you’re going into a meeting and taking over leadership of a team or initiative where those you will be leading have been involved and active previously. The question in each of these cases is how you use your leadership skills so you can “fake it until you make it?”. 8 Ways to Fake It Until You Make It.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 15, 2017

With more time, we frequently develop a decision support tool for a client to use in prioritizing strategic opportunities. This involves working with the organization’s leadership team to identify important factors shaping strategic decisions. Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I went back through recent responses from among readers who are on the blog most frequently. Creative Thinking Skills – 5 People Vital to Critical Thinking, Literally. “The matrixed nature of our vast organization” Creating Strategic Impact – 3 Strategic Planning Ideas in a Matrix Organization.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 26, 2018

Talking with one city’s representatives about strategies to sell-in a broadband recommendation with voters, they asked whether it is okay to engage its citizens after city leadership develops a recommendation. Engage your audience in collaborative strategic planning earlier than later. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Anything about faith I try to link to strategy, creativity, and innovation, all pillar topics for our work and the blog. These connections aren’t difficult to make, having discovered over the past decade that my Catholic faith positively and meaningfully influences every aspect of how I think and what I do, even in business.

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2018

No matter who is participating in the innovation activities, leadership is signing up for a near-term financial hit. Strategic leaders look at this as an investment with an expected future return. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. That reasoning changes the business decision.

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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. Well, to identify the articles listed here, a search for “change” on the blog yielded eighty-six PAGES of articles. A 13-Point Strategic Change Management Checklist. Creating Strategic Impact – How to Start?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Are you making sure women are in leadership positions where they can voice things that need to be said that male leaders are unwilling to say? If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. And once they did, the men in the group jumped in to these powerful conversations. These questions are real.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

We’re losing sight of the importance of soft skills–like communication, empathy, mindfulness, creativity, collaboration, and leadership. Similar problems apply at the leadership level, too, where often everyone from the manager to the senior level fails to understand the impact of these fundamental human skills.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

We’re losing sight of the importance of soft skills–like communication, empathy, mindfulness, creativity, collaboration, and leadership. Similar problems apply at the leadership level, too, where often everyone from the manager to the senior level fails to understand the impact of these fundamental human skills.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

An innovation keynote speaker brings a forward-thinking perspective and stimulates a culture of creativity and progressive ideas within organizations. The focus on innovation encourages attendees to think outside the box, embrace new challenges, and seek cutting-edge solutions in their professional roles.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

” Just to be obstinate, I refused to click the link to discover what the Forbes blog writer had to say about his or her perspective on these life lessons. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Related posts Creative Leadership – Do Idea Magnets Get a Pass on Empathy?

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2016

It is a LEADERSHIP problem when purported employee engagement strategies are not working. It means leadership has not made a credible case for WHY employees will benefit from going beyond the bare minimum to justify going all in to make company initiatives successful. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Your innovation expertise could also be in training, executing of innovation Strategy and Models, project management, and leadership. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation. Marianne Carr.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 8, 2018

We’ve written about three important strategic perspectives (general management, functional expertise, and people with creative energy) and three types of voices (traditional, challenger, and emerging) to include in any type of strategy workshop. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 18, 2016

Programs where leadership is solidly on-board. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Slam dunks.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The occasion was presenting our first strategic market plan at Yellow Transportation (whose name was Yellow but whose color was orange) to the senior leadership team. Googling “orange,” I discovered it is the color of creativity and innovation. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Just because you’re an expert in something doesn’t mean you have to write a blog or start tweeting up a storm. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. Does that help? – Mike Brown.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 22, 2019

The CliftonStrengths exam sorts people based on four different domain areas : Strategic thinking: how do you absorb, think about, and analyze information? Promising to help you find insights into leadership, initiative, and innovation, this personality assessment may be another good option for your organization.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The Brainzooming blog wasn’t originally focused on project management techniques. Implementing innovation in organizations reluctant to embrace the changes needed to survive and grow requires what we’ve come to call “strategic project management.” Project Management Tips – 8 Signs a Creative Project Is Done.

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

Are you confident in your strategic thinking, and your organization’s internal innovation competencies and skills? This calls for interaction, creativity, and the articulation of many different opinions. Train MBA students and executives in strategic and creative thinking.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. You’ll learn ways to help your team: Move forward even amid uncertainty. Efficiently move from information gathering to action. Focusing on important activities leading to results.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 19, 2017

I don’t think we even asked if anyone had participated in an escape room before and had lessons to share. Without a designed project leader , the person that just found a clue or more boldly advanced an idea assumed leadership. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog e mail updates.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 11, 2016

Here’s an idea for a new strategic thinking exercise that can be a big help. 4 Ways to Examine Brand Performance as a Strategic Thinking Exercise. This is definitely a strategic thinking exercise idea from the Brainzooming R&D lab. First though, a little background. What’s an Examination of Conscience?

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BrainZooming

APRIL 25, 2016

From what she described, her company’s leadership had rushed to develop big strategy statements (such as a core purpose, vision statement, or mission statement), but was now rethinking its direction. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 10, 2016

I inherited leadership of our department about a week into the strike, and we pointed EVERYONE toward understanding current customer sentiment and developing the plan to incent them to use our brand again even though we had let them down. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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Tullio Siragusa

JUNE 26, 2023

Redefining Leadership: The Transformative Impact of Artificial Intelligence In an increasingly digital world, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an indispensable part of our daily lives. From healthcare to e-commerce, and now to leadership, AI’s influence is reshaping the way we function.

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