ImagineNation

MAY 30, 2023

Most of us are aware that both the organisational leadership and cultural paradigms have shifted , due to the accelerating demands of the current global VUCA/BANI operating environment. Developing perspective-taking skills is fundamental to mastering the paradoxical nature of innovation leadership. What is a paradox?

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Leadership Technical Review Innovation Learning 59

BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

Short Story: Look for specifics and things that people can actually do or perform to move creative thinking into action. How do you move from creative thinking into action? Two of the client’s senior staff members said this was a question they expected us to answer during the strategic thinking workshop.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Instead, a more holistic approach to leadership intelligence is required—one that includes Experiential Intelligence (XQ). The Importance of Innovation in Executive Leadership Innovation is the lifeblood of any successful organization.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

They requested a follow-up innovation workshop to inspire bigger, further out thinking. We brought two specific inspirations to the innovation workshop: extreme and analogy-based creative thinking exercises. Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. A Remedy from our eBook, 321 GO!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2018

Idea Magnets display a creative leadership mindset that incorporates acting in ways that help others become high performers in their own tasks. Find out more about how you can better embody a creative leadership style that sets you and your team apart for collaboration, imagination, implementation, and success!

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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. How do you motivate others – and yourself – to engage in greater creative thinking?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. 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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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Advice for planning and facilitating successful corporate, executive, and leadership retreats. That’s where leadership retreats come in! This time can be spent training the leadership team’s natural abilities to support the organization and its goals. What is a leadership or executive retreat?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 17, 2024

Their influence extends beyond mere presentations, playing an integral part in fostering team-building and collaboration among members. Effective speakers can identify and address underlying issues that may be hindering team cohesion, thereby setting the stage for more effective collaboration post-event.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 6, 2016

We’re developing a strategic thinking webinar for a client on cultivating and sustaining creativity among its salesforce. Since the webinar is with the organization’s sales leadership, the focus is on creative thinking skills they can and should be embracing to help their salespeople see opportunities in new ways.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Role of Leadership in Strategy Development Leadership is at the heart of strategy development. You have the responsibility to foster an environment where strategic thinking flourishes. Encouraging Open Dialogue and Collaboration Open dialogue and collaboration are the bedrocks of strategic thinking.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Learning what participants in an upcoming big meeting know, think, and believe before they come together in a large group is one tactic to strengthen team collaboration. 14 Team Collaboration Benefits from Pre-Meeting Outreach. Gaining these team collaboration insights can come through various pre-meeting outreach formats.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 3, 2024

To delve further into the developmental aspects of organizational culture and how it can be shaped, explore our article on develop executive leadership to drive organizational culture change. For instance, if collaboration is a core value, open office spaces that encourage teamwork can be a powerful symbol.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

By sharing their expertise and experiences, a keynote speaker can challenge conventional thinking, encourage creative solutions, and stimulate a culture of innovation. They should have a proven track record of success in driving innovation within organizations or contributing to the field of innovation through thought leadership.

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Idea to Value

MARCH 7, 2022

I have also since seen a mounting amount of scientific research showing how women do not even get the same credit for their creativity or innovation work as if a man were to suggest the same idea. The main thing is to start with creativity- understand that creativity is the engine for innovation. Twitter: natwnixon.

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IdeaScale

MAY 28, 2019

An innovation strategy is a key business asset, and innovation leadership is no longer nice to have, but necessary. Innovation leadership can make the difference between an innovation strategy that actually produces results and one that languishes on paper. It requires more than just saying “Innovation is good.”

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Idea Champions

MARCH 22, 2021

If you are thinking about subscribing to The Year of Living Creatively , one question you are likely to ask is this: "Who created it -- and what are his credentials?". FREE THE GENIE BRAINSTORMING : Facilitated, online creative thinking sessions for individuals and small teams. In other words, I practice what I preach.

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Paul Hobcraft

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

For this ability to tap into the “dynamics of innovation,” most of any future success in the modern world demands a proactive approach through constant skill development and creative thinking. Providing a Range of Insights : Objectives : Foster a diverse and creative mindset to generate a variety of perspectives.

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ImagineNation

JULY 23, 2018

Whether you are a company that wants to attract top talent or an individual who is trying to land your dream job, or create a new business, it’s becoming clear that the future of work is both human and technology centred and involves the development of new leadership capabilities. Leadership as a way of life.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

These programs often provide startups with resources and mentorship, enhancing the potential for successful collaboration and integration of startup innovation into larger corporate frameworks. Competitive Advantage Gaining a leading edge in the market by leveraging startup agility and creativity.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

That doesn’t mean leadership should spell out everything. Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. 3 Meaningfully Engages and Involves Employees.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2018

I share this story because as we’ve been working on the manuscript for a new Brainzooming book on Idea Magnets and creative leadership , I’ve been thinking a lot about how leaders and followers encourage each another. .” I thanked him for showing up early to lead it.

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BrainZooming

JULY 13, 2016

When it comes to whether an organization demonstrates ample creativity and new ideas, you have to place a load of responsibility on the leadership. How the leaders encourage and cultivate new ideas (or don’t) will affect the volume and richness of creativity throughout the organization. Leaders Getting in the Way of Creativity.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 4, 2022

Design Thinking is the best approach to issues at the intersection of multiple sectors like society and business, emotions and logic, creative and rational thinking, addressing economic demands and needs, and systems and individuals. Design Thinking breaks us free from the older mold of doing things and gives us a fresh outlook.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 10, 2020

We need to find the determination to underpin the capacity for innovation, lying within us all, and that comes from knowledge and education through collaborative learning. Then applying, experimenting and learning from novel practices that provide growing confidence in creative thinking.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Suppose you’re going into a meeting and taking over leadership of a team or initiative where those you will be leading have been involved and active previously. The question in each of these cases is how you use your leadership skills so you can “fake it until you make it?”. 8 Ways to Fake It Until You Make It.

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Innovation Excellence

APRIL 14, 2020

These benefits are particularly important when it comes to ensuring success in creative thinking and innovation. To optimise creative sessions. The benefits listed above are essential for boosting creativity. Playing is a tool that lets you eliminate hierarchies and foster collaboration between very different profiles.

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Creative Thinking Training Innovation Innovation Processes 53

BrainZooming

JULY 18, 2018

Idea Magnets: 7 Strategies for Cultivating & Attracting Creative Business Leaders , my new Brainzooming book on daily innovation, is now available on Amazon.com. Using Idea Magnets strategies, you’ll be able to envision new creative paths that deliver powerful impact, attract new ideas and people, and strengthen your leadership.

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ImagineNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

The Generative Level – which most transformation and change initiatives ignore, because they fail to develop the critical and creative thinking, and problem sensing and solving skills that are required to GENERATE the crucial elastic thinking and human skills that result in change, and innovation.

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Change Technical Review Agile Creativity 52

BrainZooming

JULY 20, 2018

While I think there’s a Brainzooming blog post for this, it was almost faster to write a new, updated list of questions than to find the post. That’s why having a book of Brainzooming creative leadership ideas all in one place will be so handy! ). 21 Strategic Thinking Questions When You Have Nothing to Ask.

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Innovation Excellence

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Constraints create the need for questions, creative thinking, and experiments. GUEST POST from Robyn Bolton Innovation thrives within constraints. But as real as constraints are and as helpful as they can be, don’t simply accept them. Instead, question them, push on them, and explore around them.

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ImagineNation

AUGUST 4, 2019

Where people will maximize the use of all three modalities, our heads, hearts and hands to fill the interpersonal and creative roles that will be hardest of all to mechanize. The imagination age is a theoretical period beyond the information age where creativity and imagination will become the primary creators of economic value.

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Creativity Collaboration Leadership Groups 45

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Inappropriate meeting behavior that shuts down others, hosing collaborative work. Teams and work groups don’t know how to be collaborative. Hiring a professional facilitator can be a big help, but facilitative leadership is something that needs to be around 100% of the time.

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Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48

Innovation Excellence

JULY 3, 2020

According to Global Human Capital Trends 2015 pg 36, “Organizations that create a culture defined by meaningful work, deep employee engagement, job and organizational fit, and strong leadership are outperforming their peers and will likely beat their competition in attracting top talent.”. Employees who feel their voices are heard are 4.6x

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Wazoku

DECEMBER 20, 2018

There are six pillars which define culture within an organisation and one of the key things to remember is that it’s everyone’s responsibility, not just the leadership team. These spaces offer employees and related connections a creative space to work, knowing that the time and energy dedicated to innovation is valued. Collaboration.

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Culture Technical Review Software Review Innovation 85

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

Are you making sure women are in leadership positions where they can voice things that need to be said that male leaders are unwilling to say? And once they did, the men in the group jumped in to these powerful conversations. These questions are real.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2017

Tomorrow, I’ll be closing the Nature Explore and The Outdoor Classroom Project Leadership Institute with a comparable message. One theme for the Leadership Institute presentation is finding the blue sky – the open opportunities – even amid what seems to be an onslaught of constraints and limitations. Creativity.

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