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The Mega-Simple Way to Generate Tons of Innovative Ideas

BrainZooming

Get a magazine with lots of big headlines, great photos, and cool ads. Flip through each page of the magazine asking, “What innovative ideas for my opportunity does this page suggest?” For me right now, Domino magazine is a particularly productive magazine for new ideas, as is apparent! Sticky notes +.

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A Vital Change Management Strategy Role: Sharing an Innovation Vocabulary

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As we worked on strategic thinking exercises to explore the company’s future vision and user experience, the change management strategy vocabulary the group used was conventional, unemotional, and lacking innovative thinking.

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The Universality of Leadership: Challenging Industry-Specific Biases

Tullio Siragusa

Vision and Strategic Thinking The Universal Need for Direction: Regardless of the industry, every organization seeks a brighter future. Their strategic thinking ensures that actions taken today align with a brighter tomorrow. Brown’s impact is a testament to the universality of Design Thinking principles.

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Creative Quickies – What Innovation Strategy Superpower Do You Wield?

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If you invest the time to collect and use the ones that work for you, you can bring your innovation strategy superpower to life via all the creativity questions and strategic thinking exercises on the Brainzooming blog! See that superpower DOESN’T have to be fictional at all! – Mike Brown. Find New Resources to Innovate !

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Strategic Planning Workshop Ideas – The Brainzooming Process Is 10 Years Old!

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Keith Prather of Armada Corporate Intelligence , our strategic partner, and I sat down to figure it out. magazine about a consultant selling two-day business planning , we saw a possibility. Using a few basic posters, we described the strategic thinking exercises, using easel pads and sticky notes to capture ideas.

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15 Creative Thinking Skills to Turn Junk Ideas into Treasures

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I also push my creative thinking skills and look through newspaper or magazine articles to inspire ideas. It followed her as she pursued junk at a rural South Dakota hoarders house to look for ideas to fit into her twice-yearly magazine, “Flea Market Style,” and annual “Junk Bonanza flea market festival.”.

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Leadership Skills – 15 Ideas for Innovative Leadership in 2017

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Last week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence picked out highlights on leadership skills from Fast Company magazine. He will then ask for two or three more examples so candidates are forced to think on their feet during interviews. They found these items particularly relevant for the year ahead.