BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

7 Strategic Thinking Questions When Things Aren’t Working. When things took an unexpected turn the other day, I mentally flew through various strategic thinking questions trying to comes up with ideas to adjust what we were doing. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

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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 20, 2016

I asked them to engage in some strategic thinking about innovation opportunities for the company. They used that as a justification for opting out of strategic thinking. I disabused them of the idea, however, that their narrow job descriptions were synonymous with narrow strategic thinking roles.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2018

See previous Brainzooming article on the damaging lack of diversity in strategic planning workshops. ). 7 Ways Groups Can Collaborate on Fun Strategic Planning. Perform a skills, knowledge, and interests inventory of all your strategic planners, then pair people who complement each other based on the assessment.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Beginning with clarity of purpose and the selection of an environment that fosters collaboration and creativity, you can set the stage for a successful strategic planning session. Structuring Your Offsite Effectively structuring your executive team offsite is a critical step in ensuring the event’s success.

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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.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 30, 2016

I mentioned upcoming business collaboration opportunities for Brainzooming yesterday , including co-presentations, creating content, and developing new workshop and training offerings. What to look for in a business collaboration? The collaborator brings something different (and complementary) to what we do and offer.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Success factors in strategic planning and creating collaborative strategy were the central topics we tackled on an edition of Smart Companies Radio, hosted by Kelly Scanlon, the owner of Thinking Bigger Business Media, Inc., Creating Strategic Impact mini-book. 10 Keys to Collaborative Strategy and Strategic Planning.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

This phase lays the groundwork for a successful meeting where strategic goals can be effectively developed and refined. It should be conducive to the creative and strategic thinking that you aim to foster among your executive team. Facilitate a session where your team can collaboratively identify each of these elements.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 30, 2016

I mentioned in an earlier article how the Gas Can event on June 24, 2016 was “half empty” at best. After the event, I posted on Facebook about how difficult it is, once you’ve produced events, to sit in the audience and not re-produce an event with major production problems. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MAY 1, 2017

For each characteristic, here are related Brainzooming articles with exercises and tips to improve your own performance creating strategic impact. Strategic Thinking Exercise – Simply Making Big Decisions. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Quick Decision Making.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 31, 2020

Facing a complete business shutdown, our team used a combination of strategic thinking and real-time course correction to stay engaged with and attempt to re-win the customers we couldn’t currently serve. 6 through 10 and a Brainzooming Facebook Live Event. If you want to go even deeper, we’ll be back Friday afternoon at 2 p.m.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

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

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BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2017

Download: FREE Innovation Strategic Thinking Fake Book. This new ebook features sixteen strategic thinking exercises to help you ideate, prioritize, and develop your best innovative growth ideas. Learn and rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

We target the greatest relevance for strategists and innovators inside organizations that are excited about the opportunities that collaborative strategy offers in the way of culture transformation and results. Fun Strategic Planning Exercises – 6 Last-Minute Creative Ideas. Free Strategic Planning Exercises – 5 Warnings.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 10, 2018

Strategic Thinking Exercises – 8 Ideas for Brand Innovation. 12 Triggers for Finding Strategic Connections. 4 Steps to Plan for Unplanned Events. Black Swan Events in Your Plan. Strategic Thinking – What Kind of Perfection Are You Looking For? Strategic Thinking Lessons – Keeping Your Company Fresh.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

In that type of situation, we recommend using strong strategic thinking questions and frameworks to quickly understand the situation, the players, and the opportunities. Getting to What Is Strategic. Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand. What Is Strategic and What Isn’t?

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 8, 2017

We previously shared ice breaker questions created for various client events. We helped plan a full day event focused on disruptive innovation. The good news here is that looking back through the list, most of these ice breaker questions will work even IF your event isn’t solely tied to disruptive innovation and uncertainty.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 6, 2016

The event is the Brand Strategy Conference. Our content addresses collaborative ways to strategically engage employees in creating and delivering the best brand experience. Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Vision Statement Impact.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 17, 2017

Here are five secrets: By creating an event focused on strategic planning , we earn the attention and time commitment of people that might not typically devote attention to strategic thinking. We create strategic thinking exercises to fit the participants.

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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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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

If you are responsible for leading the strategic planning process at your organization, dive in and tweak your process to improve its efficiency and effectiveness. 113 Ideas for Strategic Planning Process Improvement. 12 Questions to Jump Start Your Strategic Planning Process. 5 Ideas for Simplified Strategic Planning.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2019

On the other hand, this was its inception, and all too often, first-time events don’t go as expected. You can employ the strategic thinking exercises in Accelerate to : Facilitate a collaborative approach to identifying innovation resources. On the one hand, it sounded amazing.

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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? Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

And the asterisk on fun acknowledges we’re stretching the definition of fun to cover things nerdy strategic planners think are fun such as “mental stimulation,” “highly collaborative groups,” and “people that want to be involved in strategic planning the next time it happens.”. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

The challenge in a client meeting was developing the strategy for a later meeting intended to build support for a biennial community event. The tricky balance was articulating an initial direction the group couldn’t derail while providing room for them to contribute ideas and time to make the event successful.

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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.

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CMOE

MAY 28, 2021

This can foster a collaborative team that works together to make decisions. Fostering a work culture that values collaboration, competence, and transparency can help build a team of attentive and critical thinkers. Strategic Thinking. How to Encourage Long-Term Strategic Thinking. Attention to detail.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 10, 2019

It’s Ongoing, Not an Event. Even though you may have a big launch event to signal that there is a different direction for doing things, real change doesn’t happen at a point in time. Facts may get people’s brains engaged, but these initiatives are as much about the heart as they are about the mind. #3.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Making Every Occasion an Event. Fun Strategic Planning Activities – Do you like doing an ice breaker exercise? 11 Examples of Strategic Thinking without an Offsite Meeting. Strategic Thinking – 12 Ways Project Teams Can Stay out of the Weeds. What’s Your Hourly Rate? What You Can’t See – A Mini Rant.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2018

Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media. Mike Brown Founder of The Brainzooming Group, and an expert on strategy, creativity, and innovation. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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CMOE

APRIL 21, 2023

A 3,000% rise in virtual collaboration. Rather than attending training events in the office, training center, or hotel, team members are instead getting their learning and training experiences virtually. Our courses cover many business topics, from Coaching to Strategic thinking. Contact CMOE today to learn more!

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BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2018

What a moonshot project yields, ideally, are near-term benefits through collaboration and smaller discoveries and innovations along the way. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media. While ultimate success would be beneficial, it’s not essential.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2016

To complement the in-person workshop content, The Brainzooming Group collaborated with Breanna Jacobs at GSMI, the Brand Strategy Conference producer, to publish a new free branding strategy eBook called, “Engaging Employees as an Internal Brand Team: 3 Actionable Strategies.”.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 21, 2017

It could be a surprise competitive move , an unanticipated external event, or a new type of internal crisis demanding attention. These can be arranged and executed in multiple combinations based on how the current set of events is unfolding. Preparing Mini-Plans as Part of Your Strategic Planning Activities.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 22, 2019

Influence: A person who places emphasis on influencing or persuading others, likes to collaborate, is optimistic. With this information, you can better collaborate and innovate with others and build more effective team relationships by playing to everyone’s strengths. The Big Five. Executing: how do you make things happen?

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Think about implementing a major initiative implementation as an event. Using an event framework is helpful because successful event planners must move continually back and forth between a strategic perspective and tactical implementation. Embrace Moving Back and Forth between Strategy and Details.

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