BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2019

From the start, we have emphasized making strategic planning simple, engaging, and fun. They want to collaborate now and in the future. They now include: A variety of free eBooks. The Idea Magnets book on creative leadership. The new online course on simple strategic planning. That’s what this is all about!

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BrainZooming

JUNE 22, 2017

How can you get the most mileage from the free strategic planning eBooks we regularly offer as downloads? Yet when we create new eBooks, our main goal is ensuring the content is heavy on ideas and tools you can apply to improve strategic thinking and implementation in your organization. Plus, we share it ALL THE TIME! – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 9, 2017

I dropped a variation of the question into an online collaboration workshop for a client’s strategic planning process. The organization is going through a major leadership transition. During a break in the conversation, I returned to the online collaboration results and copied the elephant issues on a big easel pad.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

That doesn’t mean leadership should spell out everything. 3 Meaningfully Engages and Involves Employees. 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto. 5 Employee Engagement Ideas When Turnover Is High. We have free Brainzooming eBooks for you to help navigate barriers and boost innovation!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 23, 2017

The best way to make it happen using our collaborative process. What they need to achieve: They need to deliver a plan with the framework their leadership has approved, but still make sure it’s collaborative and engaging in a way their strategic planning process never has been previously. What they need to achieve.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2017

From before the engagement’s launch until near the completion, we asked for strategy documents spelling out corporate priorities, objectives, and expectations. This situation prompted sketching two strategic planning process approaches (narrow or broad collaboration) and alternatives for how an organization communicates its strategy.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

A couple of online collaboration Zoomference workshop s (to engage the leadership team without them having to travel). A day-long, in-person leadership team visioneering workshop (to develop the main inputs into the strategic plan). In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! ,

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The title is from a leadership presentation that I do. Create the Vision to Align and Engage Your Team! Our free “Big Strategy Statements” eBook lays out an approach to collaboratively develop smart, strategic directions that improve results! 9 Ways to Understand the Political Fray and Stay the Hell Out of It.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 1, 2021

The anonymity of online collaboration where people type their comments and ideas reveals another dimension of what’s happening. In fact, when the dynamics change, even participants in senior leadership meetings report a surprising freedom to engage. The Beneficial Impacts of Anonymity. Openness to ideas from every participant.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Our primary contact saw me speak in 2014 at Compete Through Service Symposium produced by the Arizona State University Center for Services Leadership and subscribed to the Brainzooming blog email. The only client contact for nearly three years was the blog email and an eBook download.

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BrainZooming

MAY 23, 2017

One way to instill the mindset that a functional department also needs to take on a leadership role in the organization during strategic planning (and afterward) is asking and answering these two strategic thinking questions: Within our strategic plan…. Create the Vision to Align and Engage Your Team! Our department will drive _?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 15, 2017

After every idea is placed, the group engages in a strategic conversation about each idea’s placement. This involves working with the organization’s leadership team to identify important factors shaping strategic decisions. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions.

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Exercises Strategic Thinking eBook Groups 77

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The occasion was presenting our first strategic market plan at Yellow Transportation (whose name was Yellow but whose color was orange) to the senior leadership team. Create the Vision to Align and Engage Your Team! Current Orange Socks. The presentation took place at Arrowhead Stadium, where the Kansas City Chiefs play.

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Inceodia

JANUARY 27, 2019

In the fourth industrial revolution, the skills in highest demand are understanding, collaborating and communicating with the humans we interact with, the people our business serves. And beyond the desire for business growth, employees who are encouraged to innovate and problem solve are more engaged and happier with their work.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Reading responses about the strategic planning challenges faced by executives downloading our eBooks suggests a variety of strong blog topics. Leadership sponsoring strategy planning. Are there opportunities to create greater engagement ? This necessitates looking for new and better approaches. This is not a unique situation.

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Inceodia

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Finally, they need to be great collaborators, because above all else, innovation is a team sport. A good collaborative exercise is to create a gallery of empathy interviews to bring your team and leadership through to immerse them in your customer’s world. Download the Human Centered Innovation eBook.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

I long ago learned an important lesson about corporate branding decisions : no matter how many intriguing, mentally-engaging brand strategy conversations you have among senior executives, those conversations NEVER lead to final decisions. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! ,

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BrainZooming

JUNE 7, 2017

We’ve used this technique to allow a leadership team the flexibility to talk in an open format, while capturing their strategic insights and organizing them in a way they can productively use. Create the Vision to Align and Engage Your Team! Big strategy statements shaping your organization needn’t be complicated.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 9, 2016

On a personal basis, certain strategic leadership basics are a good place to start adjusting your attitude and growth as a strategic leader. How do you motivate others – and yourself – to engage in greater creative thinking? We have free Brainzooming eBooks for you to help navigate barriers and boost innovation!

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Innovationship

MAY 30, 2018

I help companies create new and better experiences for their customers by leading teams to grow their creative confidence and collaborative output. We were fully engaged in exploration and pushing the envelope. Here are some important points to consider: Leadership is key. This isn’t one of them. Timing is critical.

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