BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sometimes creative thinking challenges come from inside your own head. In many organizations, however, substantial creative thinking challenges come from leaders and cultures that may say they want new thinking, but seem to do everything they can to scuttle creativity. Do you work in one of those types of organizations that says one thing and supports another where creativity is concerned? Organizational Creative Thinking Challenges.

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Creative Thinking Creativity Brainstorming Strategic Thinking 47

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Originating from an Edward De Bono technique we learned from Chuck Dymer , the PMIRQ asks five open-ended questions on what worked (Plus), didn’t work (Minus), was surprising (Interesting), should be done next time (Recommendation), and didn’t get fully addressed (Question). Fresh Ideas and Learning. Brainstorming for technological advancements”. Talking to people – learning new things about the community I live in.’. Learned a lot”.

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Collaboration Exercises Brainstorming Groups 81

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

With those changes, we turned the previous work into a platform to both describe the new initiative and help brainstorm ideas for what new, future programs they could introduce to support it. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and 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. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Exercises Groups Brainstorming Engagement 72

BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

Since all the companies competed with one another, each one needed to determine its own business strategies. And if it’s bad, use other strategic thinking exercises to gently bring the ideas back to something smarter and more productive. – Mike Brown. 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.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Brainstorming Creative Thinking 53

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

With those changes, we turned the previous work into a platform to both describe the new initiative and help brainstorm ideas for what new, future programs they could introduce to support it. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and 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. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Strategic Thinking Groups Brainstorming Engagement 54

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for an industrial company. The company wants to make significant changes to a major production process. During the innovation strategy discussions, we addressed the production process changes from five different perspectives. In each of the five mini-innovation strategy workshops, we had a group of core team members, plus people familiar with each perspective.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Groups Brainstorming 56

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

The descriptions are purposely neither good nor bad; they simply represent ways an organization could pursue the strategy. 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. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategy and then turn it into results.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Groups Brainstorming 45

BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Learning what participants in an upcoming big meeting know, think, and believe before they come together in a large group is one tactic to strengthen team collaboration. Learn what insights the participants already have and don’t have. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , we share common situations standing in the way of successfully implementing your most important strategies. You’ll learn ways to help your team: Move forward even amid uncertainty.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Someone downloaded a free Brainzooming strategy eBook, noting his biggest strategy challenge is “how to do a strategic planning process when you are new.” While leading strategy development in a new company poses challenges (including needing to learn a tremendous amount as you go), it has a comparable number of advantages (Including not laboring under preconceived ideas about how the organization does things). All the Strategy Roles You Need.

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