BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

What are all the change management strategy roles a change agent plays? We were working with an organization on its future vision while facilitating its strategic planning process. Despite the static language, strategic conversations with the team suggested they possessed a legitimate interest in pursuing innovative strategies.

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Strategy Strategy Change Management 93

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

It propels companies forward, allowing them to adapt in rapidly changing markets and to respond effectively to evolving customer needs. Recognizing these individuals early allows for targeted development, aligning leadership growth with the strategic imperative of fostering an innovation culture.

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Culture of Innovation Culture Leadership Innovation 113

CMOE

JULY 29, 2021

Being a great leader requires the ability to adapt to change. Unfortunately, not enough leaders are equipped with the right training or knowledge to effectively lead their team members through change; almost two-thirds of employers noted that a lack of change-management expertise was a problem during their recent initiatives.

Leadership 86

Leadership Change Management Underperforming Technical Team 86

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. 11 Things Running through a Facilitator’s Head.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Groups Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

We introduced the first Brainzooming strategic planning workshop resembling what we do today as The Brainzooming Group ten years ago, June 19-20, 2006. Here’s the story of how a request from a big supporter, then and still, instigated a major change in the Brainzooming methodology. Afterward, they had the strategic plan!

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

We were facilitating report outs at a strategy planning workshop after multiple teams tackled developing high-level plans to improve various employee challenges in a relatively high-performing company. Four of the five report outs in this strategy planning workshop were delivered by female leaders in the organization. Here Is Help!

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 9, 2016

What are your expectations from a creative thinking workshop? That is the first question I ask the audience at a Brainzooming creative thinking workshop. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. At that workshop, we concentrated on the “What’s It Like?”

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 8, 2018

Who should you invite to participate in an innovation strategy workshop ? We’ve written about three important strategic perspectives (general management, functional expertise, and people with creative energy) and three types of voices (traditional, challenger, and emerging) to include in any type of strategy workshop.

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Strategy Strategy Exercises eBook 69

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2015

We, however, routinely share how we do things via our methodology, tools, and learnings from Brainzooming strategic thinking workshops. Why Do We Give Away So Many Strategic Thinking Exercises? Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy. What to Blog About?

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Creative Thinking eBook 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We’re with a client today, delivering a strategic and creative thinking skills for sales workshop. 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. Structure and Creative Thinking Skills.

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Creativity Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team 40

CMOE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

From industry shifts to policy changes to personal triumphs, each experience provides valuable insights, and the agility of navigating these experiences and challenges shows both the need to adapt your strategy to account for these unexpected variables. How did you and your team adapt to unexpected changes? Plan for tomorrow today.

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Agile Strategic Thinking Policies Culture 64

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The week included: Large scale community collaboration workshops – Nearly eighty students from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale gathered Monday night and a comparable number of Carbondale, IL residents assembled on Tuesday for community collaboration workshops to imagine the community’s future with Gigabit Internet capabilities.

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Collaboration Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

Someone wondered about the range of topics included in the disruptive innovation strategy workshop we delivered recently. Even though the workshop spanned nearly ten hours over two days, we had to narrow the content significantly to achieve the client’s innovation objectives. The reason?

Strategy 88

Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Exercises 88

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company. Start with a clear opening session that sets expectations and objectives, followed by a mix of breakout groups, workshops, and plenary sessions.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Design Exercises 100

BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2018

We have a call with a client about an upcoming Brainzooming innovation workshop. One question (which we think MAY have been included by mistake on the list of topics they sent us) is what we do when energy is diminishing during a workshop. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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Exercises Creative Thinking Creativity Groups 81

BrainZooming

JUNE 5, 2018

It doesn’t start with getting everyone together in a room for a creative thinking workshop and expecting innovative ideas to happen spontaneously. Analysis, outreach, and design thinking combine to make in-person innovation productive and ROI-driven – after completing the pre-work. Workshop design capitalizes on findings.

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Analysis Strategic Thinking Survey Strategy 66

CMOE

OCTOBER 24, 2022

A manager requires long-term, big-picture skills such as: Strategic thinking: Strategic thinking involves leveraging one’s strengths and insights to ignite positive change and elevate a business’s competitive advantage. Contact our team for any questions.

Management 52

Management Strategic Thinking Training Leadership 52

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

A Wall Street Journal article on how the Buffalo Bills are changing their typical practice routine caught my eye. Not wasting time is a major part of why a Brainzooming strategy workshop is so focused on effective time management. All those moves make sense and easily translate into a strategy workshop design.

Strategy 40

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BrainZooming

APRIL 23, 2018

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for nearly two hundred members of a prominent, long-established brand’s marketing organization. The innovation strategy workshop covered a variety of topics related to disruptive innovation. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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BrainZooming

MAY 29, 2020

Dramatic changes in my activities throughout this pandemic took precedence. Formalizing the innovation lessons behind why some companies could change dramatically within days during the pandemic. Pushing ahead with change since the pandemic has removed many traditional innovation barriers. The short answer? Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 16, 2018

This is a new slide for a two-day innovation strategy workshop we’ll be presenting this week in Los Angeles. As another slide in the workshop states: Thinking about innovation isn’t easy, but it’s easier than doing something about it! Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Innovation 66

BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

How do you move from creative thinking into action? That was a persistent question during a recent Brainzooming strategic thinking workshop that also included a heavy dose of content on creative thinking. They also wanted a sense of when and why you should think creatively. I loved the questions.

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Creative Thinking Creativity Strategic Thinking eBook 61

BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2018

Salaried team members are also, in theory, being pulled away from productive activities more directly related to their jobs when they participate in innovation workshops. That reasoning changes the business decision. Starbucks closed its stores May 29, 2018 to hold workshops addressing racial biases among employees.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

” A participant shared that in an experience strategy workshop. . His comment got me thinking: How much of what we do is based around right now, when it REALLY should be oriented toward getting ready for whatever is next ? Depending on the answer, an Idea Magnet realizes you may need to make a big change to ever make progress.

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Strategic Thinking Creativity Creative Thinking Resources 60

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

This phase lays the groundwork for a successful meeting where strategic goals can be effectively developed and refined. It should be conducive to the creative and strategic thinking that you aim to foster among your executive team. The insights gained from a SWOT analysis will guide the next steps of your strategic planning.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Innovation in executive teams is not just about developing new products or services; it’s about fostering a culture of continuous improvement, strategic thinking, and adaptability. Adaptability : An ability to pivot and respond to changing market conditions and business needs.

Leadership 113

Leadership Innovation Collaboration Culture 113

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I delivered a Brainzooming workshop on “Budget-Extending Social Content Strategy” at the Social Media Strategies Summit this week. We had more than forty attendees, which is a lot for a three-hour, interactive workshop. Little did I suspect that covering career strategy would become an offshoot topic during the workshop.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 6, 2016

I am in New York today delivering a Brainzooming branding strategy workshop on Engaging Your Internal Brand Team. Our content addresses collaborative ways to strategically engage employees in creating and delivering the best brand experience. Here are links to fourteen articles integrated within the workshop. Mike Brown.

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Engagement Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

He changed jobs early in 2017 and re-subscribed to the blog with his new company’s email address. It changed a few times as he worked to sell-in the initiative. Here’s to a wonderful, productive, and beneficial workshop with our new client, and our hope that it leads to a long relationship.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 10, 2016

Who should participate in the innovation workshop? What do you think? If you’ve been a Brainzooming reader for any amount of time, you probably know we think “C” is the most important first innovation strategy question to ask. We call C the granddaddy of ALL strategic thinking questions.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2017

Often we are inherently resisting to exploring change as it becomes risky and far more demanding. You need to know what type of company ‘we are’ today and does it need to change: are you integrators, leader, laggards, or best in class, pioneers, or fast copiers. Innovation then has a really hard time to respond.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Engagement 204

BrainZooming

JUNE 6, 2016

And are the priorities you pick the same strategic priorities you said you’d emphasize when it was time earlier in the year for strategic thinking? Nearing last year’s close, I thought we knew specific changes in the make-up of The Brainzooming Group. Then things changed. Marianne Carr took another role.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Age of AI and Business Strategy Understanding AI-Driven Rapid Change In the current landscape, AI-driven technologies are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. Artificial Intelligence is not just a tool but a revolutionary force, catalyzing fundamental changes in how businesses operate, compete, and deliver value.

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Innovation 360 Group

JULY 10, 2018

Background: Senior leader with blend of strategic thinking and execution. Solution Selling Skills Development workshop by Links Development, UK. Power Based Selling workshop, India. Change Management and Advanced Decision Making. Strategic planning including financial skills, and business simulation.

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LEAN Leadership Strategic Thinking Training 40

CMOE

APRIL 21, 2023

These changes include: User increase on education platforms. Empathize with the experience from their perspective to direct the design of the experience and make the most impactful changes. Feedback can be through individual conversations or quick workshop evaluations and surveys. A 3,000% rise in virtual collaboration.

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Training Engagement How To LEAN 52

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future. By removing distractions and dedicating time solely to strategic thinking, you create an atmosphere where creativity and big-picture thinking can thrive.

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Roadmap Design Underperforming Technical Team How To 100

BrainZooming

MARCH 20, 2017

Short Story: With strategic thinking tools, you want dependable ones that deliver help to move forward in a smart fashion – no matter how unusual the tool may seem. The Brainzooming methodology continually emerges, refreshes, and grows from myriad sources and ongoing application with real-life clients and workshop participants.

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