Innov8rs

APRIL 17, 2024

In his recent talk for Innov8rs Learning Labs, Mattia explored the different ways the organization collaborates with external partners, and how its flagship external innovation program - the Zurich Innovation Championship - is essential to harnessing the power of startups for the corporate world.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 11, 2016

It received enough attention that we decided to share an additional strategic thinking exercise that puts a twist on the typical SWOT analysis. To add depth and breadth to the strategic thinking exercise, however, we add four probes to each area of the SWOT analysis. Creating engagement with our employees ? Mike Brown.

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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.

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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. This approach encourages a more collaborative and innovative team dynamic, which is essential for business growth and success.

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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. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results. 11 Things Running through a Facilitator’s Head.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

What leadership skills are necessary to successfully champion a collaborative strategy ? A client fully immersed in developing and implementing a collaborative strategy asked that question. When we leave after the plan is completed, however, we’re finding many leaders aren’t prepared to implement a collaborative strategy plan.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 4, 2024

Combining Elements: AI can propose unique combinations of features or design elements by drawing from diverse industries or disciplines. Streamlining Collaboration and Communication AI-Facilitated Team Collaboration In the realm of design thinking, collaboration is a cornerstone. Optimizes team performance.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach. We’re increasingly incorporating online collaboration workshops ( which we call Zoomferences ) to do more of the work typically done through in-person visioning workshops.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Last week was diverse in the Brainzooming world, as we were engaged in serving clients across many different aspects of what we do. Thursday included working with a local non-profit to develop the strategic foundation for an important initiative, along with developing initial themes from the Carbondale community collaboration workshops.

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The Human Factor

APRIL 14, 2021

In a survey conducted of more than 3,000 employees from a wide range of firms and industries, only about 24% reported feeling curious in their jobs on a regular basis, and about 70% said they face barriers to asking more questions at work. We get consumed with being busy, engaging in activity vs. using our brains well.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 5, 2018

Here’s an example from a Brainzooming engagement to help a client’s finance team lead an innovation strategy initiative. Identifying innovation across industries. Brainzooming identified relevant best practices and innovative strategies across industries. Online input and collaboration for greater access.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 3, 2018

He was a client team member on a customer experience strategy engagement several years ago. 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. A potential client reached out to us.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

” 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. 10 Lessons to Engage Employees and Drive Improved Results. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success. via Shutterstock.

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CMOE

AUGUST 11, 2022

In the latest 2021 Training Industry Report , conducted by Training Magazine, results indicated that U.S. Provide an engaging core learning experience that helps participants believe they can utilize the skills and knowledge they’ve gained—and that they know how to do it. Collaboration Channel/App. billion in 2020-2021.

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Planview

AUGUST 7, 2023

Executives express to us that their organizations are exercising long-unused decision-making muscles. Their engagement and satisfaction go up when the line of sight to value is cleared. A pressing topic facing all executives right now is how to approach decision making in this era of growing financial constraints.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Strategic dimensions are areas where an organization has the opportunity to make major decisions or where industry players are creating competitive advantage. Create the Vision to Align and Engage Your Team! Here are five ideas The Brainzooming Group uses to help clients when turning a vision statement into strategy. Competitor focus.

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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.

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Wazoku

MARCH 20, 2018

The path to creation is through collaboration. Major social challenges need inter-generational, inter-industry collaboration. Perhaps internal marginal gains are what you need to free up resource, improve operational excellence etc, and you want input from partners to look at the bigger shifts you can make in industry.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Unfortunately, many organizations fall prey to the theatrics of innovation, which often amount to nothing more than an exercise in futility with little or no value generated for the business or society. If you want to make innovation the collaborative work of everyone in your organization, then a CoE for Innovation is your answer.

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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. For our purposes, “your people” comprises customers, colleagues, higher-ups, partners, collaborators, and, if possible, competitors.

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mjvinnovation

JUNE 23, 2020

We will be bringing up a series of reflection points that can be used in the construction of the present and a much more desirable future, based on community engagement and well-being. But not only that but they aren’t just a bunch of scattered collaborators. Involving employees Enabling a collaborative culture.

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Innov8rs

MARCH 6, 2023

They incentivized employees through a profit-sharing program and stock-ownership plan, they forged new partnerships and consolidated existing ones, and maybe the most unconventional decision in their industry, they bought an oil refinery which down the line, decreased the fuel costs for the company. Obviously, this is easier said than done.

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Stephen Shapiro

APRIL 21, 2020

So now is the time to rethink the way we collaborate. The conference industry is based around events. Some speeches have interactivity to keep people engaged, others are more like a show. Find ways to engage people. These are the lowest level of engagement. Innovate the experience rather than simply automate it.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network is one of fifteen AHSNs in England which lead collaboration between academia, industry and the National Health Service (NHS) - England’s publicly funded health system - across the West Midlands region. TH: Engaging audiences has been one of the main challenges.

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Qmarkets

MAY 11, 2017

The West Midlands Academic Health Science Network is one of fifteen AHSNs in England which lead collaboration between academia, industry and the National Health Service (NHS) - England’s publicly funded health system - across the West Midlands region. TH: Engaging audiences has been one of the main challenges.

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Planview

JULY 6, 2017

Our clients in the construction business tell me that the industry enjoys flush times, once again. How might we engage and tap into the collective intelligence of our employees such that engagement, along with the outcomes from their contributions, increases the likelihood they remain with the firm? Leaders of the firms ask….

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Planview

JULY 6, 2017

Our clients in the construction business tell me that the industry enjoys flush times, once again. How might we engage and tap into the collective intelligence of our employees such that engagement, along with the outcomes from their contributions, increases the likelihood they remain with the firm? Leaders of the firms ask….

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Values Centered Innovation

MAY 7, 2020

It’s a space where we can go back and forth from constrictive fear and frustration to collaborative compassion and enthusiasm. He wanted his executive team to experience what it means to “manage” the risks it took to maintain industry leadership. Unify the capabilities for innovative collaboration and versatility across boundaries.

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Planview

OCTOBER 4, 2017

They’re now a major innovator in the healthcare industry. Its program provides tools and applied exercises based on design thinking, and makes it clear that everyone can—and should—contribute creative ideas for improvement in business processes, customer experiences, and product offerings.”. Provide innovation training.

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Inceodia

MARCH 18, 2019

But somehow the project doesn’t go as smoothly as the exercises and cases studies you read through. The people you need to collaborate with have to be convinced or the customers you need to talk to aren’t as readily accessible or you need to procure software to create a prototype and that will take a long time.

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Cris Beswick

DECEMBER 21, 2022

That means we must create cultures where people want to come to work, where they are excited to come to work, where they are completely aligned and engaged with the company’s purpose and where they can contribute to the things that matter to them, especially innovation and solving problems for customers. Measure what matters….

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KindlingApp

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Innovation is not our full time job, but sometimes it feels like to keep people engaged in innovation, we need to commit a good deal of our time. This is a question we hear a lot, from organizations large and small, and across a variety of industries. Do you have any tips for finding time to make innovation successful?

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

Long-term, Walmart hopes to create a retail industry certification as another leadership training benefit for employees. An exercise to estimate employee lifetime value is beneficial for any brand. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2020

Or studying key documents our clients send us in order to understand their current reality, industry, business challenges, organizational constraints, and hoped for outcomes. People who are energized, curious, confident, fascinated, creative, focused, adaptive, collaborative, and committed. Or online polls. But not just any "people."

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Strategos

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Innovation labs, corporate incubators, startup collaboration, radical or breakthrough, open innovation, lean startup, co-creation, crowd funding etc. The outcome of this exercise provides the foundation and should be revisited periodically to assess if it is still valid.

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Innovation Architecture

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

For many organizations, describing what they do, and how they do it, proves a tortuous exercise the first time. How do you deploy these priorities and opportunities to work group and functional-level operations; and when appropriate, to your suppliers, partners, and collaborators to ensure organizational alignment?

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Daniel Burrus

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Users quickly grew tired of working with the familiar but increasingly dated office tools, and when the tech guys failed to lead the way, they found their own solution to collaborate and share documents in real time leading to a reduction in emails and inefficient and often pointless meetings. Virtual Reality Gets Real.

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