BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

While leading strategy development in a new company poses challenges (including needing to learn a tremendous amount as you go), it has a comparable number of advantages (Including not laboring under preconceived ideas about how the organization does things). What you see as strategic may not be what others think is strategic.

Resources 86

Resources Strategic Thinking Comparison Strategy 86

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

With this view, the natural reaction is to avoid the strategic planning process or hope it goes away soon, so someone can return to daily activities full time and get work done. What a waste for the employees and the companies using strategic planning exercises in ways that cultivate this experience!

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Engagement Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JUNE 28, 2016

Since strategy planning is an infrequent activity, it is difficult for executives to master it. We learned that if we asked executives a series of questions leading to the information needed to complete a strategy plan, they became productive strategy planners. Creative thinking exercises generate ideas, not facts.

Exercises 65

Exercises Strategy Strategy Collaboration 65

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

After documenting the tactics, we used a Zoomference so the primary project team could efficiently and collaboratively identify timing for the six-hundred tactics in less than four hours – all online. We created a fast-paced half-day in-person workshop for a small group of sales and marketing leaders at an animal pharma company.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Creative Thinking Exercises Groups 40

BrainZooming

APRIL 25, 2016

From what she described, her company’s leadership had rushed to develop big strategy statements (such as a core purpose, vision statement, or mission statement), but was now rethinking its direction. She saw documenting as many vision statement examples as possible as a huge help to getting it right this next time.

Examples 40

Examples Strategy Strategy Conference 40