Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Thinking In the ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to anticipate changes and craft effective strategies is invaluable. Leaders with a strategic mindset can transcend day-to-day operational thinking and focus on long-term objectives.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Leadership 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Thinking In the ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to anticipate changes and craft effective strategies is invaluable. Leaders with a strategic mindset can transcend day-to-day operational thinking and focus on long-term objectives.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Leadership 100

Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 14, 2023

The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases In the modern business landscape, we often hear the argument that leaders should be hired from within the same industry to be effective. Proponents of this belief argue that familiarity with industry jargon, processes, and nuances is indispensable.

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Leadership Industry Design Thinking Design 118

Brunner

AUGUST 14, 2023

Dan Magdich’s career has been a fasten-your-seat-belt adventure from his first lessons as an ad agency intern to his current role leading the award-winning Creative team at Brunner. In July 2023, Brunner promoted Magdich from director of creative services to VP, executive creative director. And hey, congratulations, Dan!

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Importance of Strategic Thinking for Senior Executives Strategic thinking is an indispensable element for senior executives. As a senior leader, strategic thinking enables you to anticipate market trends, identify potential challenges, and devise plans that steer your organization towards sustained success.

Strategic Thinking 100

Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Training 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Importance of Strategic Thinking for Senior Executives Strategic thinking is an indispensable element for senior executives. As a senior leader, strategic thinking enables you to anticipate market trends, identify potential challenges, and devise plans that steer your organization towards sustained success.

Strategic Thinking 100

Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Training 100

Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 4, 2023

Collaborations form the essence of discovery, relationships, innovation and new knowledge exchange. Sharing in collaborative arrangements enables the potential for improved operational productivity, and shared application development, tapping into a wider ongoing customer engagement and skill enhancements for all involved to gain from.

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Collaboration Innovation Resources Industry 52

Ecosystems4Innovating

MAY 12, 2023

sector collaborations innovation ecosystem thinking. The four-part series on cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations emphasizes the importance of collaboration in tackling complex challenges. The post emphasizes that many of the challenges have become too complex to tackle alone or even in a single industry.

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Collaboration ChatGPT Innovation Tools 72

BrainZooming

JANUARY 10, 2018

Since The Brainzooming Group launched, we have developed many strategic thinking exercises and models applying our methodology to diverse clients and business situations. We are further along and can even more easily customize these strategic thinking exercises to your needs if you face comparable situations. The result?

Strategic Thinking 89

Strategic Thinking Exercises Strategy Strategy 89

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Introduction to Strategic Thinking in Business The Importance of Strategy in a Disruptive World In today’s business environment, disruption is the new norm. With technology advancing at breakneck speeds and market dynamics shifting unpredictably, it’s crucial for you as a business leader to embrace strategic thinking.

Underperforming Technical Team 100

Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

Ecosystems4Innovating

APRIL 7, 2023

This month I am completing a series on cross-sector innovation ecosystem collaborations. This is the second post that I am sharing here on my dedicated ecosystem thinking site and also through my paul4innovating posting site , which has different audiences to discuss this with.

Collaboration 59

Collaboration Software Tools Culture 59

BrainZooming

MAY 19, 2016

But given our unwillingness to settle for that easy answer, we created a rapid fire strategic thinking exercise to push for ideas. Our immediate need was to identify potential innovation case studies to discover how other companies and industries are innovating in relevant ways. Who are our strategic partners?

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Case Study Strategic Thinking Exercises Study 89

BrainZooming

JUNE 8, 2016

Last week, we presented a creative and strategic thinking workshop for a Brainzooming reader who leads the national sales division of a global industrial manufacturer. We integrated the Brainzooming strategic thinking workshop into their annual sales meeting. Benefit 3 – Ways to Generate Creative Ideas.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Creative Thinking Creativity Exercises 40

Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

As an executive leader, I’m often tasked with driving innovation within my team to ensure our company remains at the forefront of our industry. 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.

Leadership 113

Leadership Innovation Collaboration Culture 113

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

It is our ability to consistently capture, build and develop new ideas within organizations or in open collaborations with others that have a direct effect on revenue growth and the ability to provide future sustainability. Future collaborations will build on a network of relationships and an ecosystem of design and thinking.

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Innovation Programs Technical Review Innovation Policies 189

Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. Preparing for Success The foundation of a productive executive team offsite lies in meticulous preparation.

Strategy 130

Strategy Strategy Technical Review Groups 130

BrainZooming

JANUARY 11, 2016

Here’s an idea for a new strategic thinking exercise that can be a big help. 4 Ways to Examine Brand Performance as a Strategic Thinking Exercise. Best practices common in your industry. Best practices common in other industries that are relevant to your own. First though, a little background.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Creativity Engagement 40

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Developing an innovation culture within leadership requires a strategic approach, including implementing leadership development strategies that embed innovation as a core competency. This might involve rethinking traditional leadership hierarchies and fostering a more collaborative and inclusive approach to decision-making.

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Culture of Innovation Culture Leadership Innovation 113

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. It requires a shift in your strategic thinking, urging you to anticipate changes and react with precision.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Change Underperforming Technical Team 100

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

During in-person and online strategic planning workshops , we regularly use a strategic thinking exercise that helps leadership groups quickly identify a shared future vision statement. We turn that input into a collaborative vision statement. Pushing Back on a Strategic Thinking Exercise. So we pushed back.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Groups 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

It employs technology, focused creative teams, new manufacturing processes, and communications to remove time and waste when creating post-sporting event apparel featuring the winners and exciting story lines. We thought the list was intriguing, so we secured the go ahead to share the strategic thinking questions with you here.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Agile Disruption Strategy 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for an industrial company. From a facilitation standpoint, it was the most arduous couple of days of going through strategic thinking exercises I recall. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Groups Strategy 40

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight. Encouraging creativity and experimentation among your team members can lead to breakthroughs that keep your company on the cutting edge.

Disruption 100

Disruption Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 100

BrainZooming

MARCH 22, 2017

Short story: If you want big ideas, ask the big questions, which is what extreme creativity is all about ! Keeping with the eight theme, here are eight new questions from the Brainzooming R&D Lab to boost your creative thinking skills. What are the stupid unwritten rules in our industry we must upend right away?

Creative Thinking 67

Creative Thinking Creativity Strategic Thinking Exercises 67

Ecosystems4Innovating

OCTOBER 15, 2023

This framework was not just a combination of ideas but an inspiration for practitioners and researchers seeking to unlock the potential of innovation in various corners of the globe, in organizations and in collaborations of all those wanting to engage in change, growth and sustainability. I believe so.

Collaboration 75

Collaboration Innovation Design Competition 75

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. Ask them to provide concrete examples of when they devised creative solutions.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Company Culture 40

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Why Innovation is a Critical Theme for Keynotes Innovation is a driving force in today’s business landscape, making it an essential theme for keynotes across industries. An innovation keynote speaker brings a forward-thinking perspective and stimulates a culture of creativity and progressive ideas within organizations.

Technical Review 100

Technical Review Innovation Engagement Conference 100

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.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

We’re big proponents of the value of bringing together a diverse group of people with varied creative thinking skills for strategic planning workshops within organizations and communities. Often, however, executives jump too quickly to flying everyone into one place for a big strategic planning meeting.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Creative Thinking Exercises Groups 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

Vickie’s drive to strategize, revise, and improvise in the name of extreme creativity and productivity is as fierce and inspiring as ever, making her a natural choice for an interview on the Brainzooming blog. Now Streaming: Extreme Creativity and Vickie Howell. But some things remain constant. Time is ticking.

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Creativity Video Project Marketing 0

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.” ” That question relates to something we do all the time: walk into a new client in an unfamiliar industry to design and facilitate a strategic planning process.

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Resources Strategic Thinking Comparison Strategy 86

BrainZooming

JUNE 5, 2018

An efficient AND effective innovation strategy adapts to a company’s business objectives, strategic priorities, and team. It doesn’t start with getting everyone together in a room for a creative thinking workshop and expecting innovative ideas to happen spontaneously. Identifying innovation across industries.

Analysis 66

Analysis Strategic Thinking Survey Innovation 66

IdeaSpies

JULY 12, 2018

The Academy of Entrepreneurs launched a Corporate Challenge in collaboration with the Australian Trade and Investment Commission (Austrade) in response to the Australian Government Initiative to develop a stronger Nation Brand. The Academy of Entrepreneurs was founded by CEO Paula Mills with the aim of disrupting the education industry.

Entrepreneurship 57

Entrepreneurship Creativity Course Collaboration 57

BrainZooming

MAY 29, 2020

Since April, we’ve been developing and soft launching a new online collaboration experience called Blast! Zane wanted to develop and share content that addressed what business executives need to be thinking about in strategy, innovation, branding, and creative leadership. The short answer? Intrigued? Mike Brown.

Strategy 59

Strategy Strategy eBook Strategic Thinking 59

BrainZooming

JANUARY 3, 2018

First and foremost, it was clear from our discussions that you need something that is on target strategically and not just interesting creatively. If there’s an organization that can come to the table and do strategy and tactics with previous experience in your industry, and do it all for the same price, that’s great.

Strategy 96

Strategy Strategy Exercises Strategic Thinking 96

Innovation 360 Group

MAY 21, 2020

Are you confident in your strategic thinking, and your organization’s internal innovation competencies and skills? Welcome to PESTLED360, the world’s first collaborative, data and artificial intelligence-driven methodology for collecting, analyzing, and nailing down what you need to know about your organization now and in the future.

Radical Innovation 69

Radical Innovation Artificial Inteligence Data Analysis 69

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Last week, The Brainzooming Group was in San Francisco for the Social Media Strategies Summit , where Mike presented a content marketing strategy workshop and a talk on collaborative engagement. This is true even if you’re an industrial brand, as Mike pointed out: Well, okay, you might be thinking, But there’s nothing cool about our brand.

Strategic Thinking 63

Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy Collaboration 63