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 30, 2017

Along with the recap, Inside the Executive Suite offered sixteen strategic thinking questions inspired by the Fanatics case study that you can use to explore agile strategy options within your own organization. We thought the list was intriguing, so we secured the go ahead to share the strategic thinking questions with you here.

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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. Pushing Back on a Strategic Thinking Exercise. An Alternative Strategic Thinking Exercise to Develop a Vision Statement.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

What leadership strategy should you employ to succeed while dealing with this type of pernicious corporate antagonist ? An Unconventional Leadership Strategy with a Corporate Antagonist. He’s having to go public with several biases and perennial weak spots in his leadership style as he tries to protect his previous work.

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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. . They develop from actively living a varied, diverse life.

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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?” If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog e mail updates. ” Well, here we are again, with an extra day for Leap Day.

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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

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Our primary contact saw me speak in 2014 at Compete Through Service Symposium produced by the Arizona State University Center for Services Leadership and subscribed to the Brainzooming blog email. He changed jobs early in 2017 and re-subscribed to the blog with his new company’s email address. Brainzooming Has an Answer!

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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. But how do you hire for creativity, innovation and strategic thinking, and create the right culture to support and develop it?

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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

DECEMBER 4, 2017

In it, we share actionable ideas for turning tactical accounting reviews into strategic conversations balancing business results with the financial underpinning necessary to achieve them. Get your copy of 3 Ways to Turn Budget Meetings into Strategic Activities and grow your strategic leadership to drive better business results!

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 3, 2015

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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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 1, 2023

This blog post delves into key takeaways from the conversation and highlights the importance of integrating these two approaches to foster sustainable growth. As a discipline, EA seeks to create a holistic, strategic view of an organization’s technology landscape, enabling better alignment between business objectives and IT capabilities.

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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

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

It was written back in my corporate days during the blog’s first year (June 27, 2008). A search on the Brainzooming blog to track down content for an updated strategic thinking presentation uncovered it. The title is from a leadership presentation that I do. Honestly, I’d forgotten about it. Via Shutterstock.

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BrainZooming

MAY 23, 2017

This is the reason we are emphatic about having both line and functional leaders participate in strategic planning activities for functional departments. 2 Strategic Thinking Questions for Strategic Planning Activities in a Matrix Organization. Our department will drive _? Our department will enable _?

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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

MAY 9, 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

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

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 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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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 26, 2021

This is NOT a blog about change per se, but about one factor that should not change without strategic consideration, and one factor that absolutely should change but often doesn't. Does your leadership team know it and agree amongst themselves as to what is core to the business? What is the theory of your business?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

I went back through recent responses from among readers who are on the blog most frequently. Strategic Planning Process. “Helping train my team to be strategic thinkers and not just executors” Creative Thinking Skills for Sales – A Workshop Approach. 5 Keys to Streamlining Strategic Planning.

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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

MARCH 23, 2017

What the prospective client wants to achieve: “We’ve sold-in a specific strategic planning process methodology, so that’s the approach we need to take.”. The best way to make it happen: We’re proposing arranging our strategic planning exercises within the framework they have already advanced. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

How do you move from creative thinking into action? That was a persistent question during a recent Brainzooming strategic thinking workshop that also included a heavy dose of content on creative thinking. They also wanted a sense of when and why you should think creatively.

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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

AUGUST 11, 2016

What leadership skills are necessary to successfully champion a collaborative strategy ? The task at hand is selecting “champions” from among the organization’s leadership team to move forward with strategic initiatives developed from the input of employees across the organization. You could put this first or last on the list.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2017

We wanted a strategic target to align IT strategy and innovation initiatives to support the organization in realizing its overall vision. We instead used previous exposure, strategic thinking exercises with the IT team and others, and strategic business sense to describe what it seemed a corporate target would encompass.

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BrainZooming

MAY 16, 2017

Typical complaints about a strategic planning process. If you have a role in strategic planning, do any of these describe your situation? You have a strategic plan completed by a small senior leadership team. The executive director, on the other hand, is not inclined to want to complete a strategic plan.

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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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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Publications and Thought Leadership : Authoring books, articles, or maintaining an active blog on innovation topics can demonstrate thought leadership. The decision-making process is critical and should be approached with diligence and strategic thinking to find a speaker that will meet, if not exceed, your expectations.

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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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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

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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