BrainZooming

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Based on all The Brainzooming Group experience in helping clients generate new ideas and innovative strategies, diversity is vital to successful creative thinking activities. For example, at one of our client creative thinking workshops there wasn’t any of diversity to spare. When Very Few Things Are Not Like the Other.

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Creative Thinking Creativity Exercises Underperforming Technical Team 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

The team leader asked, “How is it possible to listen to us talk and turn it into a strategy so quickly?”. 9 Creative Thinking Skills to Turn Talk into Strategy. Incorporate a bigness and boldness into the language you use to describe the strategy in order to stretch the organization.

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Creative Thinking Creativity Strategy Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

You know, this week doesn’t have to be as unproductive as last week, what with business meetings going nowhere along with wasting time, positive energy, and any hope of creativity. The thing is, there’s a different way to structure business meetings to help a group come together and collaborate in an innovative, productive way.

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Meeting Collaboration Creative Thinking Tips 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 22, 2016

And by done well, we mean that the vision statement: Is developed broadly and collaboratively. Collaborating on a Vision Statement. Strategic Planning – All the Strategy Roles You Need. Strategic Visioning Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way. 5 Questions for Creating a Collaborative Vision.

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Exercises Collaboration Strategic Thinking Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

You can provide people with strategic thinking exercises, creative thinking tools, strategy questions, and ways to collaborate with one another, using structure to help imagine better strategies. This means there is no opportunity for productive collaboration to devise the plan.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Have a strong grounding in business, creative, innovation, and strategic principles. Want to have someone outside your company make your strategic planning work for you in a creative, mentally stimulating and result-oriented way? 10 Keys to Involving Employees In Your Strategy. Willing to both serve and challenge participants.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

And the asterisk on fun acknowledges we’re stretching the definition of fun to cover things nerdy strategic planners think are fun such as “mental stimulation,” “highly collaborative groups,” and “people that want to be involved in strategic planning the next time it happens.”. 11 Boring Details for Making Strategic Planning Fun*.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

What are Wild and creative ideas our competitors or other relevant companies are doing that we need to consider? 10 Keys to Developing Collaborative Strategy. Once you have everyone situated, here are your four new SWOT questions: What are important things we avoid doing (that we should do) because they are Scary for our brand?

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Analysis 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2016

mini-Book, we ask a question about the biggest strategy implementation opportunity or challenge the individual is facing in his or her organization. New Business Ideas and a Creative Block in Your Organization. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Just Start!

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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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. The mini-book focuses on the tremendous value when an organization finds ways to strategically solicit employee insights and perspectives to shape its strategic thinking.

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Engagement Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Exercises 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2016

Whenever possible, we try to help clients select a mix of people to participate in group strategy exercises. We review the importance of including front-line decision makers, functional experts, and individuals with creative perspectives. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2016

If you want to go deeper on a viable strategy to improve employee engagement, download our Results eBook. It highlights an approach for more collaborative strategy that provides employees with a real opportunity to contribute their ideas and be a part of actively contributing to your organization’s direction. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have questions about the best ways to broaden participation in the earliest stages, be sure to download our Results, mini-book. Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. Want More Help?

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Groups Strategy 40

BrainZooming

APRIL 20, 2016

This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

Strategic Thinking 40

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BrainZooming

APRIL 21, 2017

With United, a Wall Street Journal Story reports the company cultivates a “rules-based culture where its 85,000 employees are reluctant to make choices not in the ‘book.’”. Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible.

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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 72

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Engagement Tips Strategy 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

We turn that input into a collaborative vision statement. The idea of a leader collaboratively determining the direction organization should go is rare. But making fifty top executives “guess” and articulate what the CEO already thinks (which is very common) is a recipe for wasted time and a frustrating strategy meeting.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Groups 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy Guidelines Engagement 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategy and then turn it into results. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy Tips 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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Exercises Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement Tools 40

BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

Ask them to provide concrete examples of when they devised creative solutions. This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Company Culture 40

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

In his new book, The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations , Lerner says the key to success lies in adopting a hybrid model that combines aspects of both. But for many, a practice as spontaneous and creative as innovation may seem something incapable of being measured. DEDICATED METRICS.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

In his new book, The Architecture of Innovation: The Economics of Creative Organizations , Lerner says the key to success lies in adopting a hybrid model that combines aspects of both. But for many, a practice as spontaneous and creative as innovation may seem something incapable of being measured. DEDICATED METRICS.

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Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 11, 2016

Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Creativity Engagement 40

Acuvate

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bill Franks Director, Center for Data Science & Analytics Kennesaw State University Ian Beacraft CEO and Chief Futurist AI Correspondent Creative Generalists become armies of one… Millions have experienced the incredible capabilities of tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E but we haven’t seen anything yet.

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