BrainZooming

MARCH 6, 2017

Her learned reluctance to push bold creative ideas now creeps into other situations where she does have tremendous latitude to introduce bold ideas. If no one ever says your ideas are too bold, that is also bad. Where the right place is depends on a couple of things: How is your CPR changing over time? That’s a huge range.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

For example, before a strategic planning workshop started the other day, an internal client leader held court with the project team. Aspirations the organization has for changing its current path. Speculation about strengths and weaknesses the organization faces. They discussed a large process graphic we were about to address.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 23, 2019

Unless the people on the other side of the table feel they are on equal footing, though, it will likely take several reiterations for team members to trust this opening. Take Action: Want to make strides toward opening the way for your team to deliver bad or challenging news? What is your most compelling message?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Is it a good or bad career strategy if you do not have a job description ? Short of starting by developing a personal core purpose or branding statement, we suggested these three career straegy questions to balance aspirational activities and the “what has to get done” stuff that will not be as exciting.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We’re scheduled to have more than 120 of the client’s sales team members participate in an interactive, half-day Brainzooming workshop in the Chicago area. We developed this specific list of topics based on feedback from participants on a pre-workshop survey. Setting the Stage for Creative Thinking Skills for Sales.

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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. Just pick a method, book a conference room, invite some team members, and dive head first into your brainstorm, right? The primary reason?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

I was watching this all develop over the course of about eight years. It was a huge learning curve, and there are a lot of lessons still being learned. It could be any one of those, or it could be something I haven’t even thought of, because everything’s changing. Photo: Harper Point Photography.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2017

There are a number of team development and leadership skills mentioned that fit themes we talk about here. Asking great questions is an important aspect of discovering and selecting the right talent for your team. A leader should create strategy with a team. They found these items particularly relevant for the year ahead.

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