Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

The Importance of Fostering Innovation in Leadership Defining Innovation Culture An innovation culture refers to the values, behaviors, and norms that ensure an organization not only generates new ideas but also executes them to achieve positive outcomes.

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Culture of Innovation Culture Leadership Innovation 113

Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Instead, a more holistic approach to leadership intelligence is required—one that includes Experiential Intelligence (XQ). The Importance of Innovation in Executive Leadership Innovation is the lifeblood of any successful organization. The integration of XQ into executive functions is a potent tool for driving innovation.

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Leadership Innovation Collaboration Culture 113

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To survive and thrive, it’s critical that you recognize the signs of disruption and understand the necessity of adapting to these changes. For insights on staying ahead of the curve, consider exploring creating business strategy in a world of AI-driven rapid change.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 15, 2017

We mentioned how frequently we’re being asked to incorporate uncertainty into Brainzooming creativity and strategic thinking presentations. Considering that, I added new strategic thinking content on flexibility into my presentation at The Leadership Institute.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

That doesn’t mean leadership should spell out everything. Articulating Your Strategic Innovation Direction in an Understandable Way. Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand. Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. 4 Encourages Change.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These carefully curated retreats offer more than just a change of scenery; they provide a unique opportunity for senior leaders to step back from daily operations, recalibrate strategies, and strengthen the interpersonal bonds that are critical for cohesive decision-making.

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Innovation Excellence

NOVEMBER 3, 2019

How to Get and Measure Strategic Thinking As leaders, we know that it is critical to today’s changing times to think differently about what’s in front of us. We need to get out of “business as usual” and break through the status quo mindset to push our teams to get more innovation, growth, and new.

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Strategic Thinking How To Change Innovation 53

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

It’s always a wonderful inspiration for strategic and creative thinking questions (plus it’s exciting that we have a current client among the companies recognized). 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies. 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Benefits of Facilitating Strategic Planning Offsites Facilitating strategic planning offsites offers a multitude of benefits, from enhancing team cohesion to driving organizational alignment. Improved Focus : With day-to-day distractions left behind, your team can concentrate fully on strategic issues and high-level thinking.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 3, 2019

How about Creative Thinking Questions? To prepare for the in-person planning, Tara forwarded creative thinking questions that looked out from today to more than a decade into the future. While the document was daunting, working with a fresh set of questions forced me to think about completely new opportunities and issues.

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Creative Thinking Creativity Strategic Thinking Exercises 100

CMOE

DECEMBER 8, 2021

To do this, leaders must navigate changes and challenges with a strategic mindset and purpose: Be nimble as they solve problems and make decisions that help ensure business success, even in chaos. You might ask, “How can leaders strategically move beyond a crisis or challenge and prepare for future uncertainty or change?”

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BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

It employs technology, focused creative teams, new manufacturing processes, and communications to remove time and waste when creating post-sporting event apparel featuring the winners and exciting story lines. 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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking. These gatherings are critical for aligning leadership on company vision, strengthening interpersonal relationships, and making decisions that will steer the company’s future.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2017

If enough people started praying for better leadership, would divine intervention save us from what is already an ugly pattern that seems to have no hope of ending well, absent a miracle? Pick your position, do your strategic thinking, and start creating positive change — today! – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

Short Story: Look for specifics and things that people can actually do or perform to move creative thinking into action. How do you move from creative thinking into action? Two of the client’s senior staff members said this was a question they expected us to answer during the strategic thinking workshop.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 4, 2023

Problems such as climate change, health care, and social inequality that not only transcend sectoral barriers but leverage the unique strengths of those involved in resources can create more innovative and effective solutions.

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Collaboration Innovation Resources Industry 130

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

This week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” from the Armada Executive Intelligence Brief newsletter highlighted two Wall Street Journal articles examining leadership strategy in light of how involved a teacher or coach should be in the details of teaching and learning. . Encourage a unique, personal path.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 9, 2016

What are your expectations from a creative thinking workshop? That is the first question I ask the audience at a Brainzooming creative thinking workshop. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. Ideas are a numbers game.

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CMOE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now, more than ever, leaders and individual contributors alike must be able to look beyond short-term needs, gain a strategic perspective, and act on that perspective. What is Strategic Thinking? Strategic Thinking is the ability to anticipate, prepare, and get positioned for the future.

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Strategic Thinking Leadership Creativity Management 59

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

We’ve written a tremendous amount about change and change management strategy since the Brainzooming blog’s inception. Just HOW MUCH have we written on change management strategy? Well, to identify the articles listed here, a search for “change” on the blog yielded eighty-six PAGES of articles. Don’t Overthink It?

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

When it comes to innovation, building capabilities and applying the right leadership style give top performing manufacturers the edge over skills-focused peers. 84% of manufacturing executives say they plan to add technology roles in the next 5 years to keep pace with the demands of a rapidly changing industry.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2017

Last week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence picked out highlights on leadership skills from Fast Company magazine. There are a number of team development and leadership skills mentioned that fit themes we talk about here. Leadership Practices. What does your worst day look like?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 6, 2016

We’re developing a strategic thinking webinar for a client on cultivating and sustaining creativity among its salesforce. Since the webinar is with the organization’s sales leadership, the focus is on creative thinking skills they can and should be embracing to help their salespeople see opportunities in new ways.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 10, 2016

I inherited leadership of our department about a week into the strike, and we pointed EVERYONE toward understanding current customer sentiment and developing the plan to incent them to use our brand again even though we had let them down. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

To get to a consistent performance of innovation and creativity within organizations you do need to rely on a process, structure and the consistent ability to foster a culture of innovation. The innovation mandate is often overlooked or undervalued.

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Innovation Programs Technical Review Innovation Policies 189

BrainZooming

JUNE 18, 2018

Three years hence, is your leadership team challenging itself to think, plan, and innovate strategically to land on the right side of future success? If not, it is time right now to download your free copy of Disrupting Thinking – 13 Exercises to Imagine Disrupting Your Brand Before Someone Else Disrupts You!

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Exercises Disruption Strategic Thinking Strategy 72

BrainZooming

MAY 29, 2020

Dramatic changes in my activities throughout this pandemic took precedence. Zane wanted to develop and share content that addressed what business executives need to be thinking about in strategy, innovation, branding, and creative leadership. It’s been weeks since the last Brainzooming blog. The short answer? Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Yet, having worked with the individual closely in the previous year, I witnessed the most dramatic turnaround in personal leadership I had ever seen in a co-worker. This person made big changes, working to take a different, more productive approach to co-worker and executive interactions. A Personal Leadership Test.

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Leadership eBook Creativity Exercises 40

BrainZooming

JULY 26, 2021

What options are there when assembling a leadership team or board of directors who want to do blue sky thinking for big ideas? Seems simple, although delivering on this objective requires deft design to enable a collaboration with a chance of producing big thinking. Framing the Thinking Perspectives.

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Exercises Groups Design Strategic Thinking 105

Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 4, 2023

Problems such as climate change, health care, and social inequality that not only transcend sectoral barriers but leverage the unique strengths of those involved in resources can create more innovative and effective solutions.

Collaboration 52

Collaboration Innovation Resources Industry 52

BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2018

That reasoning changes the business decision. No matter who is participating in the innovation activities, leadership is signing up for a near-term financial hit. Strategic leaders look at this as an investment with an expected future return. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 23, 2018

The strategy change is dramatic and a disruptive business model, but hardly a surprise. How can you imagine automating nearly everything you do to fundamentally change your cost dynamics, allowing you to super-size the benefits and value you deliver? Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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Disruption Strategic Thinking Exercises Data 72

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Anything about faith I try to link to strategy, creativity, and innovation, all pillar topics for our work and the blog. These connections aren’t difficult to make, having discovered over the past decade that my Catholic faith positively and meaningfully influences every aspect of how I think and what I do, even in business.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2017

Often we are inherently resisting to exploring change as it becomes risky and far more demanding. Knowing where to place your innovation thinking becomes critical; it is knowing where the leadership places its importance, its ‘bets to win’. Is this because innovation is not at the core of the business as it should be?

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Engagement 203

IdeaScale

JULY 4, 2017

Think of the improved innovation results they could get if they not only engaged their employees in the innovation process but also helped them to learn about that process and develop their skills in generating, developing, and analyzing ideas. This post is a guest post by Darin Eich. Darin Eich, Ph.D.

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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. Innovation.

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