BrainZooming

APRIL 8, 2016

What a strong first day at the Brand Strategy Conference in New York. The kickoff presentation on the first day was from Kodi Foster, Vice President – Data Strategy at Viacom. Five Things Your Content Marketing Strategy Should Deliver. His five-points form a strong checklist with which to assess your content marketing strategy.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 12, 2016

That’s not the way to advance an internal branding strategy. My suggestion for these videos to have an impact on their internal branding strategy? Tell them you are just getting the video to reference for blog posts or press releases with no intention of releasing it. D ownload Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2016

Many organizations are in the early stages of executing new strategies for this year. That is when you discover whether you have a solid, implementable plan or something that (maybe) looks good on paper, but doesn’t work well when you try to execute the strategy. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Helping Teams Execute Strategy.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 6, 2016

I am in New York today delivering a Brainzooming branding strategy workshop on Engaging Your Internal Brand Team. The event is the Brand Strategy Conference. Our content addresses collaborative ways to strategically engage employees in creating and delivering the best brand experience.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

In the previous Strategy Blog the importance of education was discussed and I added a poll with the question: “Do you think decision makers educate themselves enough about sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship?” ” The majority of the voters indicated that decision makers do not educate themselves enough.

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Norbert Bol

JUNE 19, 2022

As we discussed in the previous blog , a key element to learning is the strategy that participants in the supply chain pursue. In the previous blog there was a poll question about the strategy. More collaborative strategies, such as contributive strategies and pro-active strategies, are less usual as the poll indicates.

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BrainZooming

JULY 11, 2017

As I explained it, our objective when leading a strategic planning process is to make sure the result is an innovative, implementable strategy. 9 Things to Deliver in a Strategic Planning Process. That specific phrase (an innovative, implementable strategy) is very important to a strategic planning process.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 4, 2017

General managers and non-financial executives are placed in unfamiliar and poorly-performed accounting roles. Budget meetings are not integrated with strategic planning and business strategy. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

It’s equally crucial to comprehend internal dynamics such as business strategies and the types of IP assets in the organization’s portfolio. This understanding sets the stage for aligning IP strategies with broader organizational objectives. Now is the time to elevate your innovation game and strategically manage your IP.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2017

We worked with a client to facilitate an information technology strategy vision. From before the engagement’s launch until near the completion, we asked for strategy documents spelling out corporate priorities, objectives, and expectations. Despite repeated requests, no one ever surfaced this type of strategy document.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

In my previous blog the state of supply chain sustainability in real estate was discussed based on the latest report of Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Included in the blog was a poll question to hear your opinion about the state of supply chain sustainability of the real estate industry compared to other industries.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2017

Talking to executives, you hear the expectation that an organization should implement a solid strategic plan strategy-by-strategy. To the extent a strategic plan is not implemented in that way, it falls short in some fashion. 7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf).

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BrainZooming

MAY 16, 2017

If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Big strategy statements shaping your organization needn’t be complicated. Our free “Big Strategy Statements” eBook lays out an approach to collaboratively develop smart, strategic directions that improve results!

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Norbert Bol

OCTOBER 18, 2015

In the Strategy Blog “ Business sustainability and cost of equity ” it was shown that social sustainability has a more indirect effect to business performance. In the November edition of the Strategic Management Journal Fosfuri et al. Strategic Management Journal., Norbert Bol. Literature.

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BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2016

Innovation Strategy. 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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Want to hang out with some of the Brainzooming crew in San Francisco next week and learn all kinds of valuable information on content marketing, social media, marketing strategy, and branding? I’ll be doing workshops on content marketing and collaborative branding strategy. D ownload Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook!

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2017

Do you dread strategy meetings ? Really, we’re among friends, so you can be completely truthful in your answer: Do you REALLY, REALLY DREAD strategy meetings? Every executive dreads strategic planning. 80 Fun Strategic Planning Activities and Ideas! We’ve been facilitating fun strategic planning activities for years.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

It is time for strategic planning across organizations. 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. Mike Brown. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Look at how many strategies and tactics you actually implemented this year, and use that as the threshold for how deeply detailed your plan for next year should be. If you have a bunch of unimplemented strategies and tactics for this year that are still sound, simply use those for next year’s plan. Mike Brown.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 11, 2018

In this Strategy Blog I follow up on the topic of gamification. Based on their research Malshe & Friend (2018), created six supplier strategies to deal with these specific situations (see figure). In this blog I shall not go into detail about the six supplier strategies related to co-creation (please read the article).

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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., FREE Download: “Results!!!

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Focused Momentum

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Strategic planning efforts ideally create a long-term “road map” leading to future success. This blog series offers five tweaks to how you lead through strategy implementation to strengthen strategic results. However, maintaining momentum while moving down that road can be a challenge.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 25, 2018

The blog “ the sustainability innovation paradox ” triggered quite some discussions the last few weeks on the role of governments in innovations. There are hierarchical, competitive and collaborative strategies. On the one side governments stimulate innovation but also hinder innovation due to regulatory policies.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 2, 2017

Last year the number of rearders of Strategy Blogs increased enourmously to 22,634 followers today. The three blogs that were read most last year, were: 1) Knowledge sharing in project teams is important to go beyond your limitations. 2) Are you too busy to improve? 3) The future of sustainability.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 1, 2017

Last year the number of rearders of Strategy Blogs increased enourmously to 22,634 followers today. The three blogs that were read most last year, were: 1) Knowledge sharing in project teams is important to go beyond your limitations. 2) Are you too busy to improve? 3) The future of sustainability.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 14, 2019

There are however other possibilities to implement green technologies or sustainability where different sources of capital are being used and/or better financial metrics can apply also in a degrowth scenario (see also my blog Degrowth is more than an oxymoron? ), where profitability is aligned with decreasing consumption. Norbert Bol.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

The coming Strategy Blogs shall be focused more on sustainability-oriented innovations. The future blogs and discussions on the social media shall be tagged as #sustainnovate. If you have any suggestions or best practices please leave a reply underneath this blog or send me an email (StrategyBlogs@outlook.com).

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 17, 2019

Last week I wrote about the use of narratives in strategic foresight using the speeches of Steve Jobs as examples (see last week’s blog ). The allegory can be a useful tool to reflect and to challenge the story of a company, strategy or issue and to anticipate alternative futures. .

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Norbert Bol

JULY 31, 2016

For the readers of Strategy Blogs I have made a selection of the 2016 non fiction books from the list McKinsey published as they are related to the themes of Strategy Blogs. Last week McKinsey published an interesting list of books that CEOs read during the summer holdiday season.

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Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 31, 2019

In 2020 I shall write more blogs about the advance of AI. AI will give us more opportunities to be more productive as AI never sleeps and giving us room to be more creative in becoming more sustainable. On the other hand, there can be a threat that we as humans will lose control.

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Norbert Bol

JUNE 12, 2016

To improve my Strategy Blogs I’ll start by learning next week more about blogging during the Blogging Challange of the Blog Universiteit (Blog University). Norbert Bol. Literature. Abecassis-Moedas, C., Sguera, F., & Ettlie, J.

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Norbert Bol

JANUARY 31, 2016

Last week in Strategy Blogs we discussed the topic of innovation speed and how this positively relates to organizational performance. Next week in Strategy Blogs: Stakeholder co-creation during innovation. Special thanks to Herman Mandemakers , for your input and feedback on my previous blogs. Norbert Bol.

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 10, 2019

Earlier this year I have related sustainable consumption to happiness and health in my blog Sustainable consumption to be happy and healthy Today I want to discuss the relationship between sustainable consumption, knowledge, seriousness and culture based on an international study by Lasarov et al. How to stimulate sustainable consumption?

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

These courses guide you in gaining more insights about how innovation strategies and skills accelerate the operational efficiency and competitiveness in organizations. Innovation Management. Offered by : Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and Coursera. Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization.

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Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

In the article many examples are given such as Patagonia (see also blog: Sufficiency as the ultimate business strategy for sustainability ) that introduces material-meaning innovations as well as practice innovations. A good example can be ZipCar (carsharing) which is cheaper than owning or renting a car.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 3, 2017

These courses guide you in gaining more insights about how innovation strategies and skills accelerate the operational efficiency and competitiveness in organizations. Innovation Management. Offered by : Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University (RSM) and Coursera. Strategic Management and Innovation Specialization.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 11, 2016

The title of this blog could also have been “What can we learn form family farming in the South East of Spain?” ” as this blog is based on a recent study that came online last week by Piedra-Muñoz et al. Have a great week! Norbert Bol. Literature. Piedra-Muñoz, L., Galdeano-Gómez, E., & Pérez-Mesa, J.

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