BrainZooming

JUNE 26, 2018

I participated in the City Partnership Workshop yesterday at the 2018 Gigabit City Summit. Talking with one city’s representatives about strategies to sell-in a broadband recommendation with voters, they asked whether it is okay to engage its citizens after city leadership develops a recommendation. – Mike Brown.

Collaboration 59

Collaboration Engagement Strategic Thinking Leadership 59

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

I’m scheduled for a background interview today on creating a thought leadership strategy. The interview is an outgrowth of an eBook on thought leadership. The eBook came from a workshop someone did at a conference I’ve spoken at many times. What to Say about a Thought Leadership Strategy?

Leadership 40

Leadership Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 40

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. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Groups 40

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

These could include: percentage of staff trained in innovation, leadership time spent on innovation vs. regular operations and percentage of budget that is invested in innovation projects. Hold creativity workshops or hackathons, run a rapid prototyping exercise, or introduce a “creativity moment” into your staff meetings.

Survey 40

Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

These could include: percentage of staff trained in innovation, leadership time spent on innovation vs. regular operations and percentage of budget that is invested in innovation projects. Hold creativity workshops or hackathons, run a rapid prototyping exercise, or introduce a “creativity moment” into your staff meetings.

Survey 40

Survey Innovation Crowdsourcing Idea Management 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 11, 2016

But for current and future clients, don’t be surprised if some form of it starts cropping up in your strategy planning workshops! – Mike Brown. Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Creativity Engagement 40