BrainZooming

MAY 19, 2016

I’ve lost count of how many times I have heard business people say and then try to explain why their particular companies are unique. By this, they typically mean there is no possibility any other company faces the same types of challenges and operational issues they deal with daily. What other companies serve the same customers we do?

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Idea Champions

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. The following ten "ideation process best practices" are clues for you. You're busy. You know it.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 10, 2024

These speakers cover a range of topics, from the innovation process to the creation of a culture that nurtures creativity and collaboration. These strategies underscore the importance of a proactive approach to innovation, one that integrates it into the company’s DNA.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2017

Imagine what you think a “creative person” looks like, and what they behave like. You might see a trend developing here, and you would be doing the same thing that the vast majority of people do… … most people think that more extroverted, outgoing people are the most creative ones.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Frustrations with boring strategy sessions are probably why so many people visit our website looking for creative ideas on fun strategic planning exercises. We’ve previously published some fun strategic planning exercises. Strategic Planning Exercises Can Be Fun. Rearrange working groups. Plan If You Can.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 10, 2019

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs of this blog post and will now cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or not understood by the members of your team. Well, this phenomenon also applies to a company's ideation process.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Why Do We Give Away So Many Strategic Thinking Exercises? This is why we run compilation articles frequently to help you find a comprehensive set of resources, exercises, and tools. And by the way, here are the most frequently referenced compilations: Strategic Thinking Exercises – More than 200 Strategic Planning Questions.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Checking our Brainzooming web analytics, “free strategic planning exercises” is a frequent search bringing people to the Brainzooming website. We share all kinds of free strategic planning exercises, such as these , these , and these. Those strategic planning exercises simply scratch the surface. That is no surprise.

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Planview

JANUARY 15, 2018

Defining goals is critical to running successful ideation challenges. I’ve been working with several ideation program managers recently to launch their first crowdsourcing challenge and noticed that many try to bypass the step of defining goals. Others have a hard time articulating a quantifiable success measure and want to give up.

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Idea Champions

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Which is why I just deleted the first four compelling, context-setting paragraphs to this blog post and will now simply cut to the chase: Your company's "ideation process" is either non-existent, seriously flawed, or a joke. How would you frame the question you want your creative team noodling on this week? You're busy.

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Taivara

JULY 23, 2018

Ideation: Anatomy of a New Product Idea. Many companies have a method to solicit ideas, but they go to a central repository and never get acted upon and the submitter never gets any feedback – good, bad or indifferent. Are we, as a company, able to provide the solution? Taivara Blog Post by Kevin Dwinnell. Feasibility.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 13, 2015

We haven’t talked about stealing (or copying) ideas as a creative strategy for some time. Translated into a creative strategy formula, it’s an example of “Lead, Copy (1 and 2), Swerve, Integrate, Go.” Here’s how this creative strategy formula plays out between two well-known consumer brands. BTW, A Word about Personalization.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

Create and choose the right name to define your idea, company, brand, product or service with a naming workshop. Lastly, this exercise can serve as a teambuilding activity itself. This serves to bring team members together in the process and structure the ideation itself. What’s in a name? It turns out, a lot!

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Idea Champions

JUNE 30, 2016

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes?

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

In today’s episode of the Idea to Value podcast , we speak again with author Todd Henry about his new book Daily Creative. Today we talk about what it takes to make creativity a daily exercise and how to make it more actionable and productive. Daily Creative book: [link]. You learn in the midst of doing.

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Idea Champions

APRIL 23, 2017

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes?

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Idea Champions

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Let's assume for a moment that you and your company value BIG IDEAS -- the kind of ideas that have the potential to change the game, differentiate you from the competition, and spark some major business growth. The countless ways in which your company's "ideation process" routinely springs leaks. What ARE the holes?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 13, 2017

I was talking with an engineer at a company that primarily employs engineers. The company focuses on materials testing. I suggested looking at a version of one of our extreme creativity questions : How can we innovate our processes to test things faster than all our competitors? The reason why?

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Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Local economic development leaders could do this same exercise, listing local assets on one side, and new technology (or trends) on the other. Deliberate combinations, aka concept blends, can be done by individuals, companies, non-profits, or governments. Every innovation process has an ideation step.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2017

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. Download this free, concise ebook to: Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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hackerearth

MAY 4, 2017

“Building a startup is an exercise in institution building; thus, it necessarily involves management.”- Why should creativity and innovation be given such a high position in the hierarchy, to an extent that it should be reserved for a select few? Shouldn’t creativity and innovation be for all? Eric Ries, Lean Startup.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Here are a few ideation challenge questions that we have seen from Spigit customers recently that elicited higher than average rates of contribution and that customers felt generated actionable, valuable ideas. Ideation in this context is presented as a considered and managed process, designed to achieve a specific measurable outcome.

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Planview

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Here are a few ideation challenge questions that we have seen from Spigit customers recently that elicited higher than average rates of contribution and that customers felt generated actionable, valuable ideas. Ideation in this context is presented as a considered and managed process, designed to achieve a specific measurable outcome.

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Innovation Excellence

JULY 18, 2019

I recently ran a workshop for a group of CEOs of small companies from different sectors and industries. We ran the following exercise. Each person started with a blank sheet of paper on which they answered the following questions about their organization. What are your main products or services? List three or four. What are.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Corporations assign teams without skills or experience, rapidly conduct "brainstorming" exercises based primarily on current opinion or past experience and move as quickly as possible to present a small handful of ideas to a wary executive team. Innovation rarely has the preparation, commitment or effort applied to it to really succeed.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

The idea may describe a problem really well, alluding to operational costs, that if addressed, could save the company money or an idea submitter may describe a new program that is designed to improve the health of a community. The goal is to gather important financial details without stymying your crowd’s ideation. Introduction to ROI.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 12, 2022

In this blog, we highlight eight techniques for idea generation in business that will help your idea management participants to reach their creative potential. Your manager has asked you to come up with a few quick wins and, under pressure, your creative well has suddenly run dry. We’ve all been there.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 16, 2019

Gaining popularity in the 1990s, systems thinking is one way that creative problem solvers look at how parts interact with the whole. Systems Thinking Tools, Techniques & Exercises. This includes the Double-Q (QQ) Diagram, or cause-and-effect diagram, as well as ways to use computer-based models for ideation.

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Planview

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Large companies have a harder time creating a culture of innovation than startups – how many times have you heard this? billion dollar company with more than 3,800 employees – bucks conventional thinking. They were named one of the most innovative healthcare companies in the world by Fortune Magazine.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2016

I fielded a request for a few ideas on social engagement for an upcoming eBook an online company is creating. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2016

The individual deals were originally characterized for each company as an important part of its growth and innovation strategy. This extends to the classically-oriented pieces he finds more creatively intriguing. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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Be-novative

MAY 27, 2021

Building a better Culture of Collaboration can be a challenging topic, especially when you are a consultant, hired to work with the leadership team of a company. So the challenge is: How to empower leaders to build a better Culture of Collaboration in the online space within their company? LET THEM DESIGN THE WORST POSSIBLE WORKSHOP.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 13, 2018

This would happen irrespective of whether it was a brand from the same industry or a hotel, investment firm, or catalog company that wasn’t competing directly. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 11, 2022

In this blog, we highlight eight techniques for idea generation in business that will help your idea management participants to reach their creative potential. Your manager has asked you to come up with a few quick wins and, under pressure, your creative well has suddenly run dry. We’ve all been there.

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Idea to Value

NOVEMBER 27, 2019

The image here is the list of exactly which capabilities your company needs to succeed at innovation. Almost every business leader will tell you that they value innovation and that it is a positive & important factor for their company. Now, I’m going to outline step by step what enables a company to deliver those ideas.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Companies are realizing that all their personnel can help contribute to the ideation process – not just a designated few. Other companies are going even further afield and turning to their customers or the general public to help them solve problems and create new products. . You will be surprised by the response.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Companies are realizing that all their personnel can help contribute to the ideation process – not just a designated few. Other companies are going even further afield and turning to their customers or the general public to help them solve problems and create new products. . You will be surprised by the response.

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