BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The client we’re onsite with today working on an innovation strategy comes with an intriguing history. He changed jobs early in 2017 and re-subscribed to the blog with his new company’s email address. By mid-year, he completed a Contact Us form on the website, wanting to discuss his brand’s innovation strategy.

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Planview

AUGUST 16, 2023

To address this challenge, IT leaders are seeking innovative ways to tie their digital initiatives to business strategy while reducing costs within SAFe. In the context of SAFe, flow refers to the smooth and uninterrupted progress of work through the entire value stream, from ideation to delivery.

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BrainZooming

MAY 2, 2016

This Tuesday, May 3, 2016, at 1 pm CDT (US) I’ll be appearing on Social Jack TV™ with host Dean DeLisle talking about Taking the NO Out of InNOvation. Whether personally or organizationally, the desire to be more innovative can run straight into all kinds of barriers, brick walls, and booby traps.

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BrainZooming

JULY 12, 2016

Reviewing the innovation strategy challenges business executives identified when downloading Brainzooming eBooks , they frequently mention gaining “buy-in” for significant change initiatives. Here are five keys we’ve found for successfully engaging employees in innovation strategy. That’s no surprise. Listen to my ideas.

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BrainZooming

MAY 11, 2016

Talking with a potential client about an already-planned innovation strategy workshop, the going-in innovation strategy called for giving participants “a clean sheet of paper.”. We listened to the rationale for adopting an innovation strategy based on broad creative freedom. Sharing Your Innovation Strategy Decision Making.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 18, 2016

Perhaps the TV ad is a delayed reaction to a Domino’s TV ad several years earlier about innovating because it finally listened to customers saying how bad Domino’s was. The Little Caesars TV ad shows one employee questioning another about making pizza dough from scratch every day for fifty years without ever changing. Known entities.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Don’t automatically presume the sole enabler behind an innovation strategy is generating new thinking and innovative ideas. That’s a significant part of the innovation strategy process, but it’s just one part. As an example, we’ve been scoping a number of innovation initiatives for a client.

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BrainZooming

JULY 20, 2017

Right before we left, we suddenly changed plans. Looking for Brand Innovation to Grow Your Business? Are you prepared to take better advantage of your brand’s customer and market insights to generate innovative product ideas? Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2016

Based on several stories last week extolling the benefits of being “lazy” when it comes to innovation strategy, you would think the LAZY days of summer are here a few weeks early (at least in the northern hemisphere). 4 Examples Where NOT Acting Might Be a Smarter Innovation Strategy. Yet, consider these stories.

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mjvinnovation

NOVEMBER 10, 2020

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS. We can define Design Thinking as: “A structured, human-centered approach to innovation which seeks to generate solutions that align user’s desires and needs with business value generation.” Ideation: collaborative brainstorming sessions with the help of tools to create innovative solutions.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 8, 2015

The “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence profiled an intriguing innovation strategy example within a regulated industry. The Armada article highlights six ways to formulate innovation strategy in a regulated environment, including the approach JetBlue is taking. A shadow innovation strategy.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Aspirations the organization has for changing its current path. Specific innovative ideas the organization wants to pursue. Need help guiding your team’s creative thinking for innovative product ideas? Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

As someone said to me at one point, “You’ve changed your job into Chuck’s job.”. Chuck is closing his ideation space, The IdeaLoft. If you’re intrigued by the possibilities, download our FREE eBook, “11 Fun Ideas for Strategic Planning.” That was definitely true. He captivated me his message.

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Planview

AUGUST 2, 2023

Amidst an ever-changing and unpredictable market landscape, Fortune 500 companies are increasingly turning to the Scaled Agile Framework® (SAFe®) to enhance their value streams and meet customer demands. funding approvals, end-to-end testing, waiting for change approval), and dependencies.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 28, 2015

Every experience of the brand personality should feel as if it originates from one brand, even if the situation necessitates strategic changes to achieve that consistency. Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 4, 2016

Doing way more or way less of things you can’t stop doing, but can change the intensity. Changing aspects of the marketing mix that are on autopilot for new product launches. Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 15, 2016

While our experiences with The Brainzooming Group prove out why it makes sense to ask questions of individuals in these two situations (when facts are involved and when the answer may change in a group setting), it’s always nice to have the Bible prove out our strategic thinking techniques! – Mike Brown. Brainzooming Has an Answer!

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

I recorded a video for the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) that ties into my presentation at their conference on creative thinking skills and “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation.”. How do I realistically find time to think more creatively or innovatively about my business when I don’t have time; I just have to get things done?”.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Change Management Strategy – 35 Articles for Your Change Agent Role. When you experience the impact in productivity and results from trying Brainzooming yourself, it creates fantastic opportunities for us to work with clients that are stronger and more attuned to a different was of approaching collaborative strategy and innovation.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Here are six creative ideas for last minute changes to turn around a boring strategy meeting by fashioning quick, fun strategic planning exercises and activities: Create a competition. After splitting your big group into smaller groups, keep changing the composition of the small groups. Change your meeting place. Go outside.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 13, 2018

And how do you REALLY know what factors are driving changes in expectations? Seek out any available information to understand top brands’ disruptive innovations, practices to set expectations, and performance levels. Looking to Boost Customer Experience Innovation? Understanding What Drives Customer Expectations.

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mjvinnovation

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Have more flexibility to perform changes with less painful holdbacks. Prototype ideation. Have a working model that met customer expectations and maintained the quality and the look of innovation. More strategic, assertive and innovative backlogs. Minimize the possibility of errors in the final product. DT + Agile Union.

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Innovationship

MAY 30, 2018

9 BAD HABITS TO BREAK FOR BETTER IDEATION Time flies, seasons change, and before you know it, the annual barrage of articles trashing the validity of brainstorming is once again upon us. What makes one company consistently innovative, while another company takes years to turn an idea into a new product or service?

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hackerearth

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Companies such as Facebook and Cognizant use hackathons as tools for sustained innovation. Even smaller companies with a shoestring budget for innovation find hackathons as a safe and promising bet. Process of Innovation. Broadly speaking, innovation is the process of commercializing new and innovative ideas.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 23, 2015

Lens smashing is a common innovation strategy technique to get to the next level of thinking. Here’s a new innovation strategy tool: Take the 20 biases in the article and write as many orthodoxies as you can envision for each one. How does that simple restatement make you think differently about the innovation strategy possibilities?

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Innovationship

MAY 30, 2018

You can spend all of your money and time trying to sow innovation into your company, but if the company soil isn’t also enriched — that is, if you haven’t done the work to transform your mindset and culture — don’t expect to reap the fruits of your efforts. I’m an innovation psychologist. This isn’t one of them.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 10, 2016

Looking for a Successful Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Are you prepared to take better advantage of your brand’s customer and market insights to generate innovative product ideas? Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. Brainzooming Has an Answer!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 14, 2016

How about a video blog for a change? Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Are you prepared to take better advantage of your brand’s customer and market insights to generate innovative product ideas? Download this free, concise eBook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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