BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2015

We, however, routinely share how we do things via our methodology, tools, and learnings from Brainzooming strategic thinking workshops. Why Do We Give Away So Many Strategic Thinking Exercises? Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy. What to Blog About?

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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

DECEMBER 9, 2015

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. From a facilitation standpoint, it was the most arduous couple of days of going through strategic thinking exercises I recall.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 27, 2018

So, if you are on your own and need help to generate a lot of innovative ideas in a hurry , it’s a simple creative thinking formula: A magazine with lots of pictures and headlines +. You can employ the strategic thinking exercises in Accelerate to : Facilitate a collaborative approach to identifying innovation resources.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

Creative Thinking: Tesco Homeplus Virtual Subway Store. Creating Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. Disrupting Thinking. Creative Thinking – 12 Triggers for Finding Strategic Connections. Strategic Thinking Exercises – Doing the Impossible with Nothing?

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BrainZooming

MAY 1, 2017

The four characteristics relate to quick decision making, engaging employees, anticipating forward-looking change, and delivering consistent performance. For each characteristic, here are related Brainzooming articles with exercises and tips to improve your own performance creating strategic impact. Quick Decision Making.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

This new reader was seeking information on managing strategy and innovation inside an organization described as fearing change. How Much Do You Love Free, Fun Strategic Planning Advice? Fun Strategic Planning Exercises – 6 Last-Minute Creative Ideas. Free Strategic Planning Exercises – 5 Warnings.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It propels companies forward, allowing them to adapt in rapidly changing markets and to respond effectively to evolving customer needs. Recognizing these individuals early allows for targeted development, aligning leadership growth with the strategic imperative of fostering an innovation culture.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 8, 2017

What’s the most exciting thing in your view as you look ahead to all the technological changes promised for the years ahead? What’s the scariest thing in your view as you look ahead to all the technological changes promised for the years ahead? What daily task in your work life would you want a robot to take over first?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company. It’s beneficial to create a checklist to manage these details effectively. These activities should be tailored to your team’s dynamics and the goals of the offsite.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The Brainzooming blog wasn’t originally focused on project management techniques. Implementing innovation in organizations reluctant to embrace the changes needed to survive and grow requires what we’ve come to call “strategic project management.” Project Management Techniques for Starting Strongly.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

It was about fully-formed answers with no real support to help business and marketing managers do the strategic thinking to develop their strategies. They billed high-dollar hours like crazy, turning a single strategic planning initiative into a seven-figure annual engagement.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 23, 2015

Along the way, your team will learn actionable creative thinking skills and dynamic strategy exercises that will serve them and your organization for years to come. Just in case Santa doesn’t deliver, remember The Brainzooming Group is available for your organization throughout the year to help envision innovative ideas.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 5, 2018

An efficient AND effective innovation strategy adapts to a company’s business objectives, strategic priorities, and team. It doesn’t start with getting everyone together in a room for a creative thinking workshop and expecting innovative ideas to happen spontaneously. Want to maximize innovation AND efficiency?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

“Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto. Creative Thinking Skills – 5 People Vital to Critical Thinking, Literally. Strategic Planning Process. 5 Keys to Streamlining Strategic Planning.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future. By removing distractions and dedicating time solely to strategic thinking, you create an atmosphere where creativity and big-picture thinking can thrive.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

He said they learned over time about how to purposefully manage creative diversity most effectively. Over time, however, they discovered that while they wanted participants with creative diversity, it was important to include individuals from groups that would actually return to the business and work together to solve problems.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

We introduced the first Brainzooming strategic planning workshop resembling what we do today as The Brainzooming Group ten years ago, June 19-20, 2006. Here’s the story of how a request from a big supporter, then and still, instigated a major change in the Brainzooming methodology. Afterward, they had the strategic plan!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2017

One way to create greater engagement during a strategic planning process is through framing important questions in new ways. Other times it means changing the perspective from which participants are answering questions. Except now, I can’t remember WHY I was thinking about using nursery rhymes. Here is one of those times.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

If you’re in charge of a company or a significant business unit or department, are you actively managing gender diversity ? Are you facing organizational innovation barriers related to: The fear of change ? And once they did, the men in the group jumped in to these powerful conversations. These questions are real. Here Is Help!

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Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

Are you confident in your strategic thinking, and your organization’s internal innovation competencies and skills? Understanding your external context and the global key drivers impacting your organization prepare you for change. In fact, thinking much more broadly produces the most value. The PESTLED Framework.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 12, 2017

Other times it means giving old ideas a new day and putting solid tactics and strategic project management planning behind them to move them from ideas to implementation. This lets them get the ideas out there for others to consider so they can focus on other creative thinking. Scarce resources ?

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BrainZooming

MAY 24, 2017

“Much of what I dealt with involved information that an organization does not want disclosed because it changes the business and competitive environments, typically for the worse. In these cases, try to offer guidance or manage priorities to foster smart business decisions without disclosing confidential knowledge.

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Idea Champions

JUNE 28, 2019

At the risk of sounding hyperbolic, Idea Champions' ability to quickly and effectively teach my colleagues and me how to facilitate brainstorming sessions changed the future of our business. The learnings from that session instantly changed the way we run our ideation sessions -- both internally and externally with our clients.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2017

Chuck Dymer and I presented to a group of logistics managers in Chicago last week. The message will once again be similar: carrying out your mission when times are changing in ways you have not previously experienced. We share suggestions on: Using your organization’s core purpose to shape decisions when things are changing.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

This requires a talented ‘innovation team’ – the right synthesis of strategists, technologists, and communicators - to lead this fundamental change and operate at the core of the ‘innovation machine’; to introduce the new culture , to inspire teams and drive innovation by example. Programme Managers. Team Responsibilities. Strategists.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2017

Every executive dreads strategic planning. The reason is while it is important for organizations, participants hardly ever see the connection between participation and positive changes for brands and customers. While a strategic planning process may promise to deliver real objectives and tactics, it often never happens as promised.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. RIM’s strategy depended on corporate IT adoption with centralized management, control and security of the devices. Develop Backstory: Forces and Trends are the Creative Drivers of Futures.

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