Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 14, 2023

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. When he took the reins at Ford in 2006, the company was facing dire financial straits.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company. They present an opportunity for you to reassess the company’s direction, realign with the core values, and ensure that every leader is committed to a shared vision.

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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. 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.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Promote a culture of active listening, where participants are encouraged to listen to understand, not just to respond. For example, if your team is heavy on big-picture thinkers, include activities that focus on detailed action planning to complement their strategic visions.

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CMOE

JULY 27, 2022

40 percent of Fortune 500 companies use LMS extensively to remain competitive. Applied Strategic Thinking®. Find a balance between meeting today’s expectations and requirements and reaching for tomorrow’s possibilities by thinking and acting in a strategic way. It’s no wonder that.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 10, 2018

Accelerate will help you think about potential resources in dramatically new ways. Other ways to quicken innovation include setting clear objectives, fine tuning the culture, speeding up insights and managing risk, better anticipating the future, and implementing for impact. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 8 Ideas for Brand 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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Setting the Stage for Success Strategic planning offsites can be pivotal moments for your company, shaping the trajectory of your business and setting the tone for future growth. By removing distractions and dedicating time solely to strategic thinking, you create an atmosphere where creativity and big-picture thinking can thrive.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 26, 2021

In addition, there is organizational inertia to contend with and culture reinforces the way things are done, so change is almost always viewed as a threat to current operations and efficiency. Similarly, companies need to have a theory of the case about their business. This is the strategic through line. Whom does it serve?

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 16, 2015

Prior to using free strategic thinking exercises, consider the participants, organizational culture, and layout of the room. Keep free strategic planning exercises out of the reach of untrained, unpracticed facilitators. If you want help in using any of our questions and strategic thinking exercises, let us know.

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CMOE

MAY 28, 2021

In addition, there are for-profit and not-for-profit insurance companies, which pose another set of challenges to sort through. Work with them to strategize ways to overcome obstacles. This can foster trust and sensitivity around cultural and social differences. Strategic Thinking. Communication.

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Paul Hobcraft

MARCH 10, 2017

We innovators certainly need a new model of change , for at least eight important reasons I can think of: 1. As innovators we aren’t simply responding to external change, we are creating change, both for customers and for our companies and markets. There are different traits, actions and activities to think through.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

It seems as if everyone we talk to in companies of any size complains about the death by meeting syndrome where it’s impossible to get any work done for all the business meetings they have to attend. 11 Examples of Strategic Thinking without an Offsite Meeting. Are you experiencing death by meeting syndrome at work?

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Planview

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Once this has been established, companies have to make sure the product has excellent customer service and support. First and foremost, critical thinking and analysis. There is also a need for strategic thinking and being able to execute those plans. What are the important skill sets needed for your role?

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CMOE

APRIL 21, 2023

Staff training is integral to fueling growth and purpose among members of the workforce, and eighty-one percent of training and development departments embrace a people-centric culture. Companies with engaged team members outperform their counterparts by 147% in earnings per share. Contact CMOE today to learn more!

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The Human Factor

AUGUST 17, 2019

Being able to interpret shifting customer needs, changes in the macroenvironment and the moves of your competitors and adapt your product or service in response is what sets a great company apart. In order to do this, fluid thinking is essential. Enshrining innovation is a cultural shift that needs to come from the top down.

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CMOE

JUNE 22, 2022

This new era has enabled those with in-demand skills to be more selective in terms of the companies and organizations they are willing to join. However, many public entities are being challenged by companies that are improving salaries and benefits across the board, including offering the option to work from home.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

It is so often just promising growth by liberally applying this, and not recognizing this requires fundamental changes in business design, resources and strategic thinking. Companies fight for the best partners, technologies, and networks in a business ecosystem to create, build and defend added value.

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Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Attracting the most skilled talent has already become a strategic focus for future-forward companies. But how do you hire for creativity, innovation and strategic thinking, and create the right culture to support and develop it? How do companies find innovative employees, both inside and outside the organization?

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2016

The story recounts typical post-acquisition issues (integration takes longer than planned, cultures and business styles don’t match up, risks are more significant than expected) to explain while Dollar General is stronger for not making a major acquisition. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

companies that do what we do is one of the most important ways The Brainzooming Group provides tremendous value for the right organizations and C-level executives. I am taking over an organization and want to engage our employees more directly in culture change and moving forward. That key difference relative to most (maybe nearly all?)

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

Since we’re involved at the heart of driving the process to develop a collaborative strategy, we navigate our way through the development process based on an organization’s specific culture enablers and quirks. It’s the foundation of the leadership style. There’s more to say on collaborative strategy leaders.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

We were facilitating report outs at a strategy planning workshop after multiple teams tackled developing high-level plans to improve various employee challenges in a relatively high-performing company. If you’re in charge of a company or a significant business unit or department, are you actively managing gender diversity ?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight. Encouraging creativity and experimentation among your team members can lead to breakthroughs that keep your company on the cutting edge.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

To become really innovative, your company needs a special culture, a new mindset across all levels, disciplines, and functions. But, to reach this point, you will have to go through a challenging transformation phase, which is expected to have a significant impact on your company. Team Responsibilities. Team Responsibilities.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 21, 2017

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence offered an internal branding strategy take on the United Airlines woes, offering strategic thinking questions you can ask and answer to improve your brand’s resiliency and avoid brand crises. Anticipating Flexibility in a Rules-Oriented Culture. Via Armada Corporate Intelligence.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I attended a presentation on cultivating a creative culture delivered by Michael Perman, formerly of Gap, at The Marketing Conference last week in San Francisco. ndspark was to provide creative stimulation, pave the way for cultivating a more creative culture, and to address business opportunities and challenges. The objective for M!ndspark

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The Human Factor

JULY 14, 2016

Companies need to innovate on a consistent basis in order to win. Second, innovation often requires a cultural makeover, which happens to be one of the more difficult tasks a business leader can undertake. They need to know where the company’s next big threat will come from. Using Questions to Prompt Strategic Thinking.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 17, 2015

This experiment allows people to establish human connections and cultural appreciation. We must unite above and beyond the boundaries we allow cultural difference to build between us. The library even has “bestsellers”- the most popular volunteer storytellers who tell stories of tolerance and understanding.

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KindlingApp

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Dear Sima, we want to be a more innovative company but find that the biggest roadblock to that is time. Innovation takes time, and building an innovative culture doesn’t happen overnight. Spend ten minutes encouraging your colleagues and you’ll not only contribute to a more innovative culture, you may even make a new friend at work!

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A recently-opened production operation that included multiple natural breakdown points: Two companies partnering in a long-term provider-customer manufacturing operation. A production facility located outside the US with language and culture barriers. The innovation opportunity in this example?

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

It requires a shift in your strategic thinking, urging you to anticipate changes and react with precision. For guidance on fostering strategic thinking within your leadership team, refer to 10 ways to get your leadership team thinking strategically and building the best business strategies.

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BrainZooming

JULY 5, 2017

The size and scale of opportunities you pursue, even in a company that was not always all that innovative, oriented me to think a big team and significant dollars are vital for real innovation. I’ll admit it: my views on innovation strategy have been dramatically shaped by working in a Fortune 500 corporation.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

Highlights: Companies make continuous bets on their future. Effective futuring that includes the ability to gain insights into long-term futures with inevitable disruptions and discontinuities needs to be a key component of a company’s strategy and innovation efforts. Bill Gates. But it was already too late.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Think about the writer hoping to write a novel that takes a full-time writing and marketing job at a company. Try a “Fair Trade” Speech Strategy Instead Protecting Your Creativity in a Culture that Doesn’t Value It. You may just love it more when you get to do it outside work hours.

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CMOE

JULY 19, 2022

77% feel there is a leadership gap at their company. Innovative and strategic thinking. Leadership development helps both companies and individuals: Companies see a 25 percent improvement in organizational results. Organizations have spent nearly $160 billion on training and education. Communication. Adaptability.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 10, 2017

The article highlighted innovation strategy options that drug companies are using to instill and support risk-taking behaviors. These companies are trying to motivate researchers facing daunting odds for bringing a drug successfully to market. They encourage temporary names that are inside jokes or reflect pop culture interests.

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