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. It’s an opportunity for you and your executive team to step back, assess the business landscape, and align on the vision and direction of the company.

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ImagineNation

OCTOBER 7, 2023

This shift was powered by the defining trait of our species, our human creativity, which is at the heart of all creative problem-solving endeavors, where innovation is the engine of growth, no matter, what the context.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

We’ve certainly covered the heck out of how bad bosses , toxic cultures , and negative comments can crush creative thinking and creativity. What you might not consider, however, is how an uber-positive boss that is TOO OVER THE TOP when communicating how great early stage ideas are ALSO CRUSHES creative thinking.

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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. Setting the Stage for Creative Thinking Skills for Sales.

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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. For example, at one of our client creative thinking workshops there wasn’t any of diversity to spare.

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Idea to Value

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

What office environments make people more creative? The ‘perfect’ office environment for innovation and productivity. But the question remains as to what is the office layout and facilities which actually brings out the most innovative work in people? What office environments make people more creative?

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Idea Champions

JUNE 17, 2021

The word "innovate" can be traced all the way back to 1440. Exactly what innovations actually happened in 1440 (rounder oxcart wheels?) These days, the "innovation thing" is something of a no-brainer. Every company worth its low-salt lunch has identified innovation as a core competency needing to be developed.

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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. 27 Links to Energize Your Innovation Strategy.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 26, 2022

is the guiding question, and we develop solutions based upon our understanding of the answer. becomes the salient question, and discovering the likely answers determines the responses that will be developed. A Waterfall variant, ADDIE, is commonly used in course development and professional training. Core Elements of Waterfall.

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BrainZooming

MAY 1, 2017

The authors report four characteristics that set top CEOs apart, According to the article, “roughly half the strong candidates had distinguished themselves in more than one of the four essential behaviors, while only 5% of the weak candidates had.”. 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2018

“The more bad ideas the better. If you work really hard on coming up with bad ideas, sooner or later, some good ideas are going to slip through.” – Seth Godin (June 19, 2018). If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.” – Elon Musk (Sometime before June 19, 2018). Failure is an option here. The past few years?

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The Inovo Group

APRIL 27, 2020

Millions of office workers around the world were told to “stay in your homes…but keep on working and collaborating.” Big Tech’s offerings – Google Meet (Hangouts), Cisco Webex, Microsoft Teams – also experienced growth. Even WFH evangelist Matt Mullenweg asks his global teams to meet face-to-face several times per year.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

It seems ridiculous to help a company become better at strategic thinking and marketing without being allowed to tell them how to do it. While this constraint may seem (and actually be) ridiculous, it shaped how the Brainzooming method developed. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 3 Responses to New Ideas.

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Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

A poorly constructed campaign can be a huge waste of time and effort, and set back the cause of innovation. The idea box lacks transparency and offers no collaboration opportunity. Many innovations are two or more ideas brought together, rather than a new one. But it’s absolutely crucial in fostering an innovative culture.

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hackerearth

OCTOBER 17, 2017

What makes us follow, or even idolize, “innovative” leaders? The management consulting firm found that compared to noninnovative leaders, innovative leaders manage risk better, demonstrate more curiosity, lead courageously, seize opportunities better, and maintain a strategic business purpose. Think fast, move faster.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategic planning and then turn it into results. 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

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

For example, before a strategic planning workshop started the other day, an internal client leader held court with the project team. Speculation about strengths and weaknesses the organization faces. Specific innovative ideas the organization wants to pursue. They discussed a large process graphic we were about to address.

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BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

At the 2016 Brand Strategy Conference, Antonia Dean, Director – Marketing, Brand Development, & Strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies covered the strategic thinking ideas behind creating an entrepreneurial environment in a large company. Building the Team. Expect turnover in the team. Defining Success.

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Innovationship

MAY 30, 2018

9 BAD HABITS TO BREAK FOR BETTER IDEATION Time flies, seasons change, and before you know it, the annual barrage of articles trashing the validity of brainstorming is once again upon us. Just pick a method, book a conference room, invite some team members, and dive head first into your brainstorm, right?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

I was watching this all develop over the course of about eight years. VH: I can work with people for sponsorships or partnerships in really interesting and innovative ways. Boost Your Extreme Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. Photo: Harper Point Photography. So, everybody’s going big.

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