BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

The thing is, there’s a different way to structure business meetings to help a group come together and collaborate in an innovative, productive way. If you’re up for abruptly halting the cluster f%@k of the modern business meetings you attend, contact The Brainzooming Group ?

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Meeting Collaboration Creative Thinking Tips 40

Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

From being an early adopter of Apple Pay in its stores to making voice ordering available through the Google Assistant, the company has been nimble and fast in making changes over the years. On the other hand, Moody's new products are incubated in dedicated business units, completely ring-fenced from business as usual.

Disruption 52

Disruption Project Design Roadmap 52

Yet2

DECEMBER 18, 2018

The automotive industry is undergoing massive technological and social change. By having an accurate picture of the state of innovation, these companies can better assess and incorporate new technologies into the long-term business and product strategy. Toyota AI Ventures was set up last year, also with $100 million.

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Industry Innovation Technology Product Strategy 45

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Taking a look at the list, we started trying different approaches to arrange the big list of ideas from their strategic planning exercises into sensible groups to help stimulate progress. In Groups of Items Doing Similar Things. Another possibility is always combining two of these groupings to create a matrix or a table !

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Exercises Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Friday’s priority involved finalizing a new product innovation workshop we’re developing in collaboration with a market research company for one of its clients. These weeks require shifting among groups of widely different sizes, community situations, and objectives.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2016

The executives asking about and offering opinions on the topic tended to believe it was okay to advise employees about branding strategy decisions immediately after introducing changes to customers. With that change in perspective, you introduce possibilities for engaging employee in shaping branding strategy.

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Engagement Strategy Strategy eBook 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Taking a look at the list, we started trying different approaches to arrange the big list of ideas into sensible groups to help stimulate progress. In Groups of Items Doing Similar Things. Another possibility is always combining two of these groupings to create a matrix or a table ! 6 Ideas to Put a List in Order.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement Tools 40

Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

In-house designers often have to advocate for design priorities versus new features or technical change. Meaning anyone who provides the vision for a product, whether it be in code, wireframes, comps, prototypes, or cocktail napkins. Did it instigate change? Design itself is a product. Was it fully thought out?

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Roadmap Design 94

BrainZooming

JANUARY 22, 2016

Strategic Visioning Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way. Creating Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

Exercises 40

Exercises Collaboration Strategic Thinking Strategy 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Based on all The Brainzooming Group experience in helping clients generate new ideas and innovative strategies, diversity is vital to successful creative thinking activities. The group did include several different sales groups. The Canadian were also largely grouped in pockets throughout the audience.

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Creativity Exercises Underperforming Technical Team 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

We’re big proponents of the value of bringing together a diverse group of people with varied creative thinking skills for strategic planning workshops within organizations and communities. We’re only proponents, however, when there are specific reasons and benefits from the time, effort, and investment to bring a group together in person.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Creative Thinking Exercises Groups 40

BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Can Analogies Change the World? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success. Making Great Comparisons. Finding Your Brand’s Strategic Analogs. 12 Triggers for Finding Strategic Connections. What’s ahead?

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Resources Strategic Thinking Comparison Strategy 86

Legacy Innovation Group

APRIL 1, 2019

They got to be a part of the steady execution of the company's slowly evolving product line, happy to help develop and launch the next version of the company's stayed and true products. But that day has long come and gone, and all that has changed now. Today's young marketers, designers, and engineers are very different.

Product Development 40

Product Development Innovation Engagement LEAN 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

4 Ways to Make a Strategic Planning Process Productive. What can you do to make strategic planning more productive before, during, and after? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Engagement Strategy 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

While I didn’t start with a formal group of questions, here are seven strategic thinking questions that helped me quickly identify potential changes to the plan and settle on the best possibilities: Is there something that IS working that I can work with more? Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Engagement Tips Strategy 40

BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

Innovation in Practice

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

How and where innovation is performed matters: As Harvard Business School professor Michael Porter, author of classic texts on corporate strategy and the competitive advantage of nations, has noted, “Innovation is the central issue in economic prosperity.”. But that conceals what has actually been happening. Based in Florham Park, N.J.,

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Study Strategy Strategy Examples 40

Taivara

JULY 23, 2018

That feeling of “good” is what we’re striving for when we develop a new product idea, and it’s not going to be there if there is no pain. We are creatures of habit and our resistance to change is significant. Creating a product that doesn’t easily demonstrate a material benefit (e.g. The Sweet Spot for New Product Ideas.

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Ideation Underperforming Technical Team Brainstorming Technical Review 48

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Before changing existing funding processes, try creating a small “slush” fund for digital innovation projects. An alternative approach to generating new innovative ideas is to search for external ideas that have already been development – ideas which have evolved into technologies, products, strategies and even companies.

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Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Before changing existing funding processes, try creating a small “slush” fund for digital innovation projects. An alternative approach to generating new innovative ideas is to search for external ideas that have already been development – ideas which have evolved into technologies, products, strategies and even companies.

Survey 40

Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

Boxes and Arrows

JANUARY 7, 2013

It’s essential to see where the marketing team wants to take the product or the brand, especially if it involves a change in direction. This is one of many opportunities to help improve communication between groups. How does this product fit into the overall product strategy?

Marketing 43

Marketing Guidelines Underperforming Technical Team Design 43

Strategyn

JULY 12, 2016

First, we define a market as a group of people and the “job” they are trying to get done. Dental hygienists (a group of people) who clean teeth (the job-to-be-done) and “parents who pass on life lessons to their children” constitute markets. It is like trying to solve a word puzzle without knowing what a “word” is.

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Underperforming Technical Team Marketing Groups Product Strategy 44

Anaqua

JANUARY 11, 2018

Importantly, larger organizations need to ensure that IP aligns with the business at the individual product/market level. For each product market, there should be a distinct product strategy. Develop a multi-year plan; group opportunities in phases over several years; start with the highest impact, low-hanging fruits.

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Management Software Review Competition Technical Review 40

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Acquiring a company is a common way to stay relevant in a quickly changing business world. Another successful approach to generate and implement innovation is to search for ideas that are at a much later stage in their development – ideas which have evolved into technologies, products, strategies and even companies.

Innovation Processes 40

Innovation Processes Innovation Data Technology 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Acquiring a company is a common way to stay relevant in a quickly changing business world. Another successful approach to generate and implement innovation is to search for ideas that are at a much later stage in their development – ideas which have evolved into technologies, products, strategies and even companies.

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Innovation Processes Innovation Data Technology 40