BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

While there’s more to come in the months ahead, here are highlights of a couple of innovation strategy presentations this week to very different groups. Innovation Strategy in Your Organization – An Innovative Workplace Culture. Encouraging and supporting organizational change.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Version control to track changes and revert to previous versions if necessary. To dive deeper into communication strategies for virtual teams, explore our article on virtual team communication tools. To further improve your team’s efficiency, consider implementing virtual team productivity strategies alongside these platforms.

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IdeaScale

JANUARY 22, 2020

Traditional approaches to creating innovation strategies are no longer providing effective solutions. Dr. Szajnfarber’s degree from MIT in aerospace engineering and experience working in the industry have changed the way she views problem-solving. Instead, companies are adopting a way of solving problems known as open innovation.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2016

mini-Book, we ask a question about the biggest strategy implementation opportunity or challenge the individual is facing in his or her organization. One reason for asking the question is to identify organizational change topics we can address here. Creating Organizational Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 11, 2019

I'm happy to say I've learned a lot about innovation in corporations, and also somewhat excited to say I'm still learning, because the pace and nature of innovation is changing so rapidly. But what many companies really need is not a "what" - things, products, services are easy to create. What they really need is a why and a how.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2016

I’ll be presenting a Brainzooming workshop on internal branding strategy at the Brand Strategy Conference in New York, April 6-8. The workshop, while drawing on material from my Fortune 500 work, springs from multiple conversations at the 2015 Brand Strategy Conference. Download Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook!

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We routinely ask those of you downloading Brainzooming strategy and innovation eBooks to share – if you are willing – the opportunities and challenges you are facing at the time. “Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

What leadership skills are necessary to successfully champion a collaborative strategy ? A client fully immersed in developing and implementing a collaborative strategy asked that question. When we leave after the plan is completed, however, we’re finding many leaders aren’t prepared to implement a collaborative strategy plan.

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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. Ask me to participate.

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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. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

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IdeaScale

OCTOBER 22, 2019

The Kanban system is a visualization strategy that helps you manage innovative development projects. Kanban can help you eliminate bottlenecks and pain points across your processes , which are likely limiting your team’s creative productivity. It allowed more accurate inventory tracking and much better reproduction strategies.

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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.

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Anaqua

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Client needs are ever-changing, which should be reflected in the evolution of their IP solution. It’s true, our clients are stewards of Anaqua’s strategic product development, helping to inform our long-term investments, determine our product roadmap priorities, and validate our highest-impact features and functions.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Someone downloaded a free Brainzooming strategy eBook, noting his biggest strategy challenge is “how to do a strategic planning process when you are new.” Secure copies of previous plans and strategy documents, and don’t settle for the first things people offer you. All the Strategy Roles You Need.

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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.

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Planview

JANUARY 31, 2022

A core part of this focus and commitment is serving ESOs as they work to streamline their product and customer strategy and adapt to meet the varying needs of their customers. Below we outline four critical challenges that ESOs are facing, and how to solve them: ESOs Must Serve Two Masters: Profits & Product Adoption.

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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.

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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.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Going into a strategy meeting today that is sure to be a snoozer ? Even if you are going into the meeting with the same old people , the same old topics, and the same old expectations to just get a strategy done and put into a notebook on a shelf so you can go back to doing what you’ve always been doing, there is hope! Mike Brown.

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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.

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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. Are we done yet?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 22, 2016

Strategic Planning – All the Strategy Roles You Need. Creating Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Disruptive Innovation, Change Management & Taking the NO Out of InNOvation. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

On Wednesday, I delivered the closing keynote at the Real Time Marketing Lab with a mini-workshop on using strategic thinking super models to help C-suite executives understand social networking and content marketing strategy. That is a huge change, and opens the door to some radically different future workshops.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 4, 2016

What do we need to change about the upcoming strategic planning process to make it more effective and efficient? 10 Keys to Involving Employees In Your Strategy. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategy that turns into results. Mike Brown.

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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? They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

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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.

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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. At a certain point, clients stop listening to the strategy—they just want to get to the pictures.

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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.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

What is the business strategy behind launching this new program? What implementation steps are set, and which are still open to change? In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach. Sometimes they proceed an in-person strategy planning meeting, but not always. They developed a sales strategy and associated messaging for the upcoming year. – Mike Brown.

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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. – Mike Brown.

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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.”. All previous Global Innovation 1000 studies are available online.).

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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. Let me ask a few questions: Does your organization have all the diversity it needs to uncover creativity and innovative strategies?

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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. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. And further divided the list into current and future activities.

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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. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. And further divided the list into current and future activities.

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