BrainZooming

AUGUST 30, 2016

I mentioned upcoming business collaboration opportunities for Brainzooming yesterday , including co-presentations, creating content, and developing new workshop and training offerings. What to look for in a business collaboration? The collaborator brings something different (and complementary) to what we do and offer.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

We need to respond quickly and in very different, highly collaborative ways. Our need is to explore and exploit, and we have to harness ourseleces, our organizations, through these new technologies and collaborative concepts to take advantage and leverage all that is possible.

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IdeaScale

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

Happy workers aren’t just more productive, but they are more loyal to team and business, more innovative in an environment that lets them feel safe to experiment and risk failure, and they are more collaborative. How can creative collaboration help “value, attention, and credibility” to the parts of a partnership?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Beginning with clarity of purpose and the selection of an environment that fosters collaboration and creativity, you can set the stage for a successful strategic planning session. Engaging Your Team A critical component of your offsite is ensuring that every member of your executive team engages fully with the process.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2017

7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf). When you develop a plan from a collaborative, conversationally-driven strategy planning process , you see other tangible impacts. Looking at this list, you can see why we place such an emphasis on using a collaborative strategic planning process.

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Boxes and Arrows

MAY 1, 2018

Editors’ note: This “Book in Brief” feature here on Boxes and Arrows is from. Orchestrating Experiences: Collaborative Design for Complexity by Chris Risdon and Patrick Quattlebaum. We’ll publish an excerpt, up to 500 words, of your book. The catch is that we’ll only publicize one book a month; first come, first serve.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from daily operations, you and your team can focus on long-term goals, engage in deep discussions, and forge stronger bonds. This can help maintain energy levels and encourage informal collaboration. Let’s explore how you can create an environment conducive to collaboration and strategic thinking.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 30, 2020

Video conferencing software can help you lead engaging activities to collaborate virtually in real-time. Zoom is one of the most popular software from our research on top digital collaborative remote work tools. In this post, we’ll explore some of the collaborative features available in Zoom. Zoom Breakout Rooms.

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

To help meet these challenges, this report provides you with a meaningful understanding of some of the critical topics related to innovation: Budget and Resources, Collaboration and Spaces, Focus and Activities, and Challenges and Enablers. Sessions engage the senses, appealing equally to visual, kinesthetic, auditory, and verbal learners.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

APRIL 7, 2024

Readers & Writers: To contribute your own content and to browse amazing content – including articles/blogs, books, interviews, podcasts and videos, from our opt-in B2B thought leader, analyst and influencer community – Join Thinkers360 today ! Thinkers360: How do you like to work with brands who wish to engage you as a thought leader?

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Paul Hobcraft

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

It is the value of having good, interactive, highly particpative workshops breaks much of those initial barriers to allow the hard work to begin in a more cohesive and collaborative way. Find ones that are 100% focused on engaging with and accelerating innovation. Finding opportunities for Innovation and Growth is hard work.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 1, 2016

If you’ve been a Brainzooming reader for any length of time, you know we’re huge proponents of collaborative strategic planning. Collaborative planning implies a process that goes beyond the board room to include individuals throughout the organization in meaningful ways to provide insights and input to shape organizational strategy.

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Innovation Architecture

NOVEMBER 29, 2017

Today, with new mindsets, practices, and technologies, people have more opportunities to engage in helping their organizations envision the future. In this article Doug Collins explores opportunities for people to bring alive the scorecard by applying the practice of collaborative innovation. What Does Success Look Like?

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

The right speaker will not only understand the latest trends in innovation but also possess the qualities of a good keynote speaker , such as the ability to inspire and engage a corporate audience. Engaging and Dynamic Presentation Style The ability to captivate an audience is a crucial aspect of a corporate event speaker’s role.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Success factors in strategic planning and creating collaborative strategy were the central topics we tackled on an edition of Smart Companies Radio, hosted by Kelly Scanlon, the owner of Thinking Bigger Business Media, Inc., Creating Strategic Impact mini-book. 10 Keys to Collaborative Strategy and Strategic Planning.

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Innovation Architecture

MARCH 21, 2018

Of late, many have embraced the practice of collaborative innovation, with its application of social media to sourcing crowds and ideas, and design thinking, with its structured approach to vetting hypotheses about new business opportunities. The sages of design thinking and collaborative innovation nod in accord. Introduction.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2016

It may be an old and tired story, but it still illustrates an important point about engagement and the willingness (or unwillingness) of employees to go all in with a new business initiative. The thing is, unsuccessful employee engagement strategies are not an employee problem. – Mike Brown. – Mike Brown.

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Tullio Siragusa

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Books on Being a Team Player During Times of Change There are many books that can provide valuable insights and strategies for being a team player during times of change. By actively engaging in the change process and supporting your team and leadership, you can build a strong reputation as a reliable and effective team member.

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

MARCH 8, 2024

Cynthia, helps organizations optimize human-centric knowledge management to increase trust and support collaboration and inclusion. Her book, The Knowledge Management Memory Jogger, was published in February 2023. Thinkers360: How do you like to work with brands who wish to engage you as a thought leader?

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Thinkers360 - Thought Leader Interviews

DECEMBER 26, 2023

Additionally, she has authored books on Digital Health available on Amazon. Readers & Writers: To contribute your own content and to browse amazing content – including articles/blogs, books, podcasts and videos, from our opt-in B2B thought leader, analyst and influencer community – Join Thinkers360 today !

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Last week was diverse in the Brainzooming world, as we were engaged in serving clients across many different aspects of what we do. Thursday included working with a local non-profit to develop the strategic foundation for an important initiative, along with developing initial themes from the Carbondale community collaboration workshops.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

What leadership skills are necessary to successfully champion a collaborative strategy ? A client fully immersed in developing and implementing a collaborative strategy asked that question. When we leave after the plan is completed, however, we’re finding many leaders aren’t prepared to implement a collaborative strategy plan.

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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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Destination Innovation

SEPTEMBER 4, 2016

Larry Keeley in his excellent book, Ten Types of Innovation, divides all corporate innovations into ten categories. E.g. Toshiba collaborated with UPS to repair Toshiba laptops. Amazon’s Whispernet service allows users to order and download a Kindle book in one minute. Customer Engagement – the client experience.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach. We’re increasingly incorporating online collaboration workshops ( which we call Zoomferences ) to do more of the work typically done through in-person visioning workshops.

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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. Our content addresses collaborative ways to strategically engage employees in creating and delivering the best brand experience. Branding Strategy – Engaging an Internal Brand Team.

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Planview

MARCH 8, 2024

Manager, Managed Services, based in India To genuinely promote inclusion and break down barriers for women, men and women must actively engage as allies and supporters. Through collaboration, empathy, and mutual respect, men and women can together create environments where gender equality thrives, paving the way for an equal future.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In nearly every Brainzooming community collaboration workshop, we conclude with a Plus-Minus-Interesting-Recommendation-Question exercise (a PMIRQ for short). 41 Surprising Things about Community Collaboration Done Well. New People Coming Together Collaboratively and Effectively. Small unknown group collaboration”.

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Innovation Architecture

JANUARY 4, 2018

The most compelling, worthwhile forms of engagement within this structure occur when board members and stakeholders from the sponsoring organization explore possibilities for helping one another realize their respective visions. They collaborate and innovate on what a shared future might offer. The Benefits of Unfettered Guidance.

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IdeaScale

AUGUST 1, 2017

Recently a customer asked me if I could share some insight as to what type of incentives really work to drive engagement across divisions and companies. For more information I recommend an insightful book called “ Wiser ” by Cass Sunstein and Reid Hastie. enhanced collaboration via shared objectives, and 3.

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IdeaScale

JULY 24, 2018

When brainstorming and collaborative ideation happens in a physical location, it trends towards polite agreement or staying with the ideas that occur in that small frame of time and receive the most group consensus. Let’s dig into why each of these is possible. Avoiding Groupthink. Ideas come first, consensus can come later.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Part of my shifting my own innovation advisory work was to build out a greater understanding of the power of ecosystems platforms and customer experience collaborations. Today the industrial company, selling traditional tangible goods, is expected to engage, to listen, adapt and offer ever-increasing tailored services to our personal needs.

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Stephen Shapiro

DECEMBER 27, 2022

Fourth, innovation can foster a culture of creativity and collaboration within an organization. Encouraging employees to come up with new ideas and approaches can foster a sense of ownership and empowerment, which can lead to increased employee engagement and productivity. My Thoughts. 90% of what it gave me was not useful.

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Business and Tech

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

Chris McLaughlin: At LumApps, we like to talk about engagement, enablement, and empowerment — the three pillars in HR that help with considerable challenges such as employee development and retention. Can you speak on the relationship between employee engagement and a company’s overall productivity? I started getting more sleep.

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CMOE

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

Struggle 1: Collaboration A leader’s success depends in part on their ability to master the fundamentals of management—planning, organization, and staffing—combined with and supported by people-leadership traits. New leaders must try to improve their skills in communicating and collaborating to make this transition easier.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 12, 2024

Higher Employee Engagement EI in leadership correlates with increased employee engagement and satisfaction, leading to reduced turnover rates. Engaging in role-playing exercises or seeking diverse experiences can also expand their empathetic abilities. Sharing experiences and insights with peers can lead to collective growth.

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Cris Beswick

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

It is an integral aspect of people and team performance, as it creates an environment conducive to collaboration, creativity, and, ultimately, innovation. Still, the rewards are well worth it, as teams that feel safe communicating and taking risks are more productive, engaged, successful and innovative.

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