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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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2017

Someone searched and came to the Brainzooming.com website looking for strategic thinking in the office examples. While we have a post on doing thinking strategically without leaving the office , we don’t have anything on how the physical surroundings of an office can boost strategic thinking.

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Strategic Thinking eBook Exercises Video 95

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Matt Britton, a millennial generation expert , spoke about the anticipating the Class of 2025 as the keynote speaker on the closing day of the October 2017 Social Media Strategies Summit in New York. A Future-Looking Strategic Thinking Experiment. They are developing collaborative projects online in grade school.

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Strategic Thinking Technical Review Internet of things Marketing 90

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.

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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 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. Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future.

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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. 27 Links to Energize Your Innovation Strategy. If you’re interested in reviewing some of the innovation strategy content we shared during the workshop , here are links within three major focus areas: Imagine.

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Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Exercises 88

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

We have been working with a client that had done a lot of strategic thinking about a new initiative. The challenge with using the big list of ideas they had created was they simply documented the list in the order in which each idea was identified. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 29, 2017

Their processes turned out to be lax and inconsistent, which resulted in their customer experience strategy being the same. They asked what they could do to better document strong processes. 3 Steps to Developing Consistent Customer Experience Strategy Processes. Step 1: Select 10 to 15 very successful engagements.

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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. Getting to What Is Strategic.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2017

We worked with a client to facilitate an information technology strategy vision. From before the engagement’s launch until near the completion, we asked for strategy documents spelling out corporate priorities, objectives, and expectations. Despite repeated requests, no one ever surfaced this type of strategy document.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Often, however, executives jump too quickly to flying everyone into one place for a big strategic planning meeting. When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach. 3 Ways Online Collaboration Works to Deliver Big Benefits.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Trait IQ EQ Nature Cognitive Emotional Focus Problem-solving Interpersonal skills Stability Relatively static Can be developed Leaders with high IQ may excel in strategic thinking and technical skills, but those with high EQ are often better at inspiring, motivating, and connecting with their teams.

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Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Training Exercises 100

BrainZooming

MAY 24, 2017

The business strategy focus revolved around how an executive can maintain confidences while employing confidential information to best benefit his or her organization. It is a topic relevant to any senior executive immersed in business strategy. How should you go about handling confidential information within your business strategy?

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

We’d do these sessions as part of strategic planning. The common denominator was we’d help internal teams generate ideas, document and categorize them, and deliver a long organized list. We’d then turn to preparing a strategic plan. Afterward, they had the strategic plan! Find New Resources to Innovate !

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BrainZooming

MARCH 3, 2017

Yesterday, we identified the six types of strategic planning process activities we use to design a client’s strategic thinking workshop. To facilitate you going deeper into thinking about how these activities function within a strategic planning process workshop, here are articles in each of the six areas.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team eBook 40

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

JANUARY 12, 2017

This week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence looked at how you focus a distracted organization on an implementation strategy to align and focus activities. Here is a recommendation to make it happen through taking on three different strategic roles. . Not an easy task.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 19, 2018

What leadership strategy should you employ to succeed while dealing with this type of pernicious corporate antagonist ? An Unconventional Leadership Strategy with a Corporate Antagonist. Participating in everything, he will be part of a lot of strategy setting, review points, and decisions. The advice surprised him.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 8, 2017

It’s avoidable if you do the right types of planning for planning and then eagerly, actively, and honestly engage all the appropriate parts of your organization in contributing to the strategies you develop. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Vision Statement Impact. What Are We Trying to Say?

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 17, 2016

I’m at the Social Media Strategies Summit in Dallas today, delivering a two-hour workshop on developing a branded content marketing strategy. We recently conducted a dedicated content marketing strategy workshop for a client on this very topic. The next step is documenting all the topics on a content calendar.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 28, 2016

In an edited excerpt, here is what they shared in their Inside the Executive Suite column about streamlining strategic planning. 5 Keys to Streamlining Strategic Planning. Most executives can’t write a strategy plan, so don’t make them. Executives that SHOULD know how to develop and write a strategic plan struggled.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Here are four different approaches The Brainzooming Group employs with clients: Instead of using complex strategic exercises that aren’t beneficial outside planning, we use strategic thinking questions that fit how people think and work on a daily basis. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Engagement Strategy 40

BrainZooming

MAY 13, 2016

We routinely present strategic thinking workshops on the exercises and tools The Brainzooming Group uses to develop and implement innovative ideas. This innovation workshop differed in that we taught the insights development techniques we use to prepare for a successful innovation strategy initiative. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 5, 2016

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence shared, via their “Inside the Executive Suite” feature , a number of ideas to improve the effectiveness of rolling out your strategic planning document for the upcoming year. Making an Impact with this Year’s Strategic Planning Document. Don’t be ridiculous.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

The challenge with using the big list of ideas they had created was they simply documented the list in the order in which each idea was identified. The thing is, they had done the hard strategic thinking and already had all the raw material they needed. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

They also assume the things they work on every day must not be part of the strategic planning process. Put all those things together, and if left unchecked, you wind up with a strategic plan disconnected from the organization’s daily activities and reading like a document foreign to the organization.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Our priest asked during a recent homily at daily mass if we see the same type of miracles today that are documented in the Gospels. For organizational innovation success, contact The Brainzooming Group to help your team be more successful by rapidly expanding strategic options and creating innovative growth strategies.

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