BrainZooming

JULY 17, 2018

To avoid it, it’s vital to break out of the typical strategic planning process formula where it’s all about the same old people, the same old strategy exercises, and the same old expectations to just get a plan done so it can sit on the shelf with other strategies while the organization keeps doing the same old things.

Strategy 60

Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Exercises 60

Peer Insight

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Companies that aren’t optimized for speed often don’t generate the returns on innovation and product development that they’re looking for; in fact, 42% of global innovation executives believe their development times are too long and cite it as the largest barrier to success. At the heart of innovation is change.

Innovation 52

Innovation Project Strategy Strategy 52

Planview

AUGUST 23, 2022

Technology-related issues that weren’t a concern just five or ten years ago are now top of mind as customer demands and a rapidly changing industry push automakers and OEMs in new directions. Those changes bring incredible growth and innovation opportunities but can also be a source of uncertainty and turmoil.

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Industry Software Developers Software Development Software Review 52

Wazoku

JUNE 22, 2017

this stage, the idea is just a hypothesis and might be altered or changed later. The real test is when the product is launched but this preliminary research gives a hint. Feedback reaction: making necessary changes to product, strategy and business plan according to results from the meaningful feedback.

Idea Generation 79

Idea Generation Idea Management Innovation Management Innovation 79

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.

Innovation 52

Innovation Innovation Processes Disruption Project 52

Taivara

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Product Hunt Columbus is proudly sponsored by: Assisting startups and small businesses, advising on both legal and practical operations issues. Helping companies compete in a rapidly changing digital world through everything from Software Design & Development, New Product Strategy, and Corporate Innovation.

Underperforming Technical Team 55

Underperforming Technical Team Product Strategy Innovation Design 55

BrainZooming

MAY 26, 2017

Diet Coke Strategy: Translating small to sip-sized. And rather than seeking permission for the change, this branding strategy idea begs forgiveness later – if ever! Background: Smaller cans do not usually suggest a positive brand experience. This takes advantage of alliteration and whimsy. Try these 6 Steps.

Strategy 83

Strategy Strategy Exercises Product Strategy 83

IdeaScale

OCTOBER 22, 2019

And you’ll then be more capable of making quick changes and timely improvements to drastically increase the quality of your team’s creative inputs and outputs. Timely Manufacturing and Post Production Campaigns. By giving you a good overview. Strategic Prototyping Tactics.

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Ideation System Crowdsourcing How To 100

BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

Encouraging and supporting organizational change. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Inviting broad participation from employees throughout the organization. Implementing smart, innovative possibilities.

Innovation 70

Innovation Strategy Strategy Collaboration 70

Planview

JANUARY 31, 2022

They must also enable product adoption, in order to increase product expansion and renewal rates. As such, to be successful ESOs face the challenge of serving not one, but two masters: profits and product adoption. To address this challenge, ESOs should consider changing their engagement models to fit the need.

How To 72

How To Engagement Project Competition 72

BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2017

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 Conference Product Strategy Strategy 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.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy Engagement eBook 40

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.

Innovation 45

Innovation Industry Technology Product Strategy 45

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.

Innovation 40

Innovation Product Development LEAN Engagement 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success. Feast of Stephen – Rainy Day Woman #12 and #35 12 Process Change Lessons – Step Back, Experiment, and Learn.

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Meeting Collaboration Creative Thinking Creativity 40

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

In many companies, the list of items on the SWOT analysis does not change all that much from one year to the next. Are you up for changing that? Go into your next strategy meeting with a different spin on this important, yet tired old strategic thinking exercise. Use a New SWOT Strategic Thinking Exercise Nobody Expects.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Analysis 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for an industrial company. 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.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Innovation Strategy 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

BrainZooming

JANUARY 22, 2016

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. Strategic Visioning Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way.

Exercises 40

Exercises Strategic Thinking Collaboration Creativity 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Disruptive Innovation, Change Management & Taking the NO Out of InNOvation. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success. Organizational Creative Thinking Challenges.

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Creativity Brainstorming Strategic Thinking 40

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. Help to me to productively contribute to identifying what we need to do and what it might mean for us. That’s no surprise.

Innovation 40

Innovation Strategy Strategy Engagement 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? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy Collaboration 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Here are their comments on opportunities and challenges, along with links to Brainzooming posts addressing the strategy and innovation situations they face: People and Organizational Issues. “Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto.

Innovation 40

Innovation Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 2, 2015

When a brand strategy change is planned, what happens first? An earlier “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence addressed this important brand strategy question about how changes are rolled out to the public. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy Engagement Collaboration 40

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

That is a huge change, and opens the door to some radically different future workshops. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy 40

BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

Have them share suggestions for things they would experiment with, change, or definitely keep as is. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

Engagement 40

Engagement Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Creative Thinking 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? Agency designers can create great visions that fail to be executed.

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Underperforming Technical Team Roadmap Software Review Design 94

BrainZooming

AUGUST 4, 2016

What do we need to change about the upcoming strategic planning process to make it more effective and efficient? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. How aggressively do we need to update them for this year?

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategy Strategy Product 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

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Instead of requiring people complete complex strategic planning templates unrelated to daily business, we use productive interactions to change the strategic planning process from completing complex forms into conversations, events, and experiences people engage in and learn from as they participate.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Strategy Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

What implementation steps are set, and which are still open to change? Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success. How much leeway is built into the implementation schedule?

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Project Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy 40

Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Experimentation: How to Setup and Execute A Good Experiment Experimentation is an important part of the product management process. Structured experiments are used to expose any weak points in the product strategy and identify knowledge gaps that need to be filled with evidence gathered from customer insights.

Underperforming Technical Team 80

Underperforming Technical Team How To Roadmap Tools 80

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

With those changes, we turned the previous work into a platform to both describe the new initiative and help brainstorm ideas for what new, future programs they could introduce to support it. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Exercises 40

Exercises Strategic Thinking Brainstorming Groups 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

With those changes, we turned the previous work into a platform to both describe the new initiative and help brainstorm ideas for what new, future programs they could introduce to support it. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Brainstorming Groups Engagement 40

Michael Roberto

JUNE 21, 2018

Here's an excerpt from Lublin's column: Technology industry veteran Puneet Goel says he wishes he had done greater due diligence a few years ago before taking charge of product management at a midsize tech company He never reached out to his immediate predecessor who no longer worked there. Be careful!

Technical Review 20

Technical Review Software Review Product Strategy Leadership 20

Your Ideas are Terrible

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

Ever been in a product strategy meeting and unable to answer this simple question: So who is our customer? You don’t need pretty designs and glossy diagrams – in fact, putting this much work into production will create resistance to future changes. So… just who is our customer anyway? Customers have different needs.

Innovation 61

Innovation Ideation LEAN Guidelines 61

Strategyn

JULY 12, 2016

Because we build customer need statements around the job the customers are doing rather than a product or service they’re using, they’re stable for many years. While products and services related to listening to music (for example) evolve and change, the job-to-be-done (listening to music) stays stable throughout.

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Underperforming Technical Team Innovation Processes Product Strategy Marketing 44