BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Here is a way you can turn a typical strategic thinking exercise into something new and fun that both adds variety to your strategy meeting AND could trigger some new ideas to get our strategy out of a rut! In many companies, the list of items on the SWOT analysis does not change all that much from one year to the next.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 15, 2016

Interestingly, the most challenging situation for Brainzooming strategic thinking workshop success is when it includes TOO MANY individuals viewing themselves as creative. Talking with someone about the most difficult Brainzooming strategic thinking workshop EVER inspired the blurb below. Yes, you read that right.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The 2018 Fast Company Most Innovative Companies issue arrived Saturday. It’s always a wonderful inspiration for strategic and creative thinking questions (plus it’s exciting that we have a current client among the companies recognized). 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for an industrial company. The company wants to make significant changes to a major production process. From a facilitation standpoint, it was the most arduous couple of days of going through strategic thinking exercises I recall. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

Along with the recap, Inside the Executive Suite offered sixteen strategic thinking questions inspired by the Fanatics case study that you can use to explore agile strategy options within your own organization. We thought the list was intriguing, so we secured the go ahead to share the strategic thinking questions with you here.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2015

We, however, routinely share how we do things via our methodology, tools, and learnings from Brainzooming strategic thinking workshops. Why Do We Give Away So Many Strategic Thinking Exercises? Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy. What to Blog About?

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BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2017

Download: FREE Innovation Strategic Thinking Fake Book. This new ebook features sixteen strategic thinking exercises to help you ideate, prioritize, and develop your best innovative growth ideas. Download this free, concise ebook to: Identify your organization’s innovation profile. Enjoy this article?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 7, 2018

While the organization has extensive insights into its intermediaries, we oriented many of the innovation strategy exercises toward the ways the people using their product experience (or don’t) what the company manufactures. Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation strategy profile.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Many executives visiting the Brainzooming website for the first time review dozens of pages of articles and downloads. Fun Strategic Planning Exercises – 6 Last-Minute Creative Ideas. Free Strategic Planning Exercises – 5 Warnings. Strategic Thinking Exercises – Strategic Planning for a Troubled Company.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 16, 2017

Conventional wisdom is especially prized by executives with tenure and experience in one industry, company, and/or discipline. Strategic Planning Questions that Create Surprise. That’s where unusual strategic thinking questions provide an element of surprise when developing strategy.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 10, 2018

Resources are a common barrier to innovation, download the Brainzooming innovation eBook, 16 Keys for Finding Resources to Accelerate Your Innovation Strategy. Accelerate will help you think about potential resources in dramatically new ways. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 8 Ideas for Brand Innovation. Case Studies.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Someone downloaded a free Brainzooming strategy eBook, noting his biggest strategy challenge is “how to do a strategic planning process when you are new.” ” That question relates to something we do all the time: walk into a new client in an unfamiliar industry to design and facilitate a strategic planning process.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

People still ask if I miss working for a Fortune 500 company. At the company he was at, there was no opportunity to work with us. He changed jobs early in 2017 and re-subscribed to the blog with his new company’s email address. The only client contact for nearly three years was the blog email and an eBook download.

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2017

Talking with a B2B company about a day-long customer program, I suggested they invite employees to fill various roles at the event. These duties would give customers exposure to smart, strategic, and dynamic team members they might never typically know. Busy is about doing what the company does.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 14, 2016

I was talking with an executive charged with implementing an innovation strategy for a new company initiative. The company pulled the funding because of a soft business environment and quarterly earnings pressure. Download Accelerate today. FREE Download: 16 Keys for Finding Resources to Accelerate Your Innovation Strategy.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Your Vision Statement Impact . Blog Topic Ideas – Social Media Content Strategy for a Large B2B Company . Strategic Thinking Exercises – Where Does Your Brand Live? . How to Brand a Company – 7 Types of Brand Language You Should Use .

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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. He told me how the company had its annual meeting at the same venue two years in a row. Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile. The reason why?

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Too often, budget meetings aren’t strategic. From personal experience, these twelve reasons all contribute to the disconnect: The meetings are adversarial , as if the people inside the company are trying to rip off the company by requesting money to run it. 3 Ways to Fix Budget Meetings.

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BrainZooming

MAY 11, 2017

The point these individuals (who are usually innovation experts that comment on other companies’ content without ever generating any innovation strategy content of their own) make is that a whole variety of factors contribute to disruptive innovation. 13 Exercises for Disruptive Innovation Strategy: Disrupting Thinking eBook.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

In May 2006, Dave Kramer, a Senior Sales and Marketing VP at one of our transportation subsidiaries asked us to help one of their company president’s come up with a strategic plan – quickly. Using a few basic posters, we described the strategic thinking exercises, using easel pads and sticky notes to capture ideas.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

I debuted a presentation on “Results – Creating Strategic Impact,” our mini-book on employee engagement ideas to boost an organization’s strategic thinking. 10 Employee Engagement Ideas to Improve Strategic Results. FREE Download: “Results!!! And who knows. – Mike Brown.

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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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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2017

What types of strategic planning activities are in a strategic thinking workshop ? That this is taking place during a period when many companies are IMPLEMENTING strategies suggests you understand the importance of strategy even beyond initial planning. 6 Potential Strategic Planning Activities for a Workshop.

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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! – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Success factors in strategic planning and creating collaborative strategy were the central topics we tackled on an edition of Smart Companies Radio, hosted by Kelly Scanlon, the owner of Thinking Bigger Business Media, Inc., Strategic Planning – All the Strategy Roles You Need. Creating Strategic Impact – How to Start?

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BrainZooming

APRIL 6, 2016

Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Vision Statement Impact. Strategic Thinking Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way. Strategic Thinking Exercises – Group Collaboration the Right Way. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Since the release of Idea Magnets, we’ve delivered unique creative thinking workshops for companies such as Farmers Insurance , Cerner Corporation , and Amsted Industries. Your Go-To Resource for High-Impact Creative Thinking! Want your own ready-to-go supply of creative thinking questions?

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2016

It means leadership has not made a credible case for WHY employees will benefit from going beyond the bare minimum to justify going all in to make company initiatives successful. If you want to go deeper on a viable strategy to improve employee engagement, download our Results eBook. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2017

You need to know what type of company ‘we are’ today and does it need to change: are you integrators, leader, laggards, or best in class, pioneers, or fast copiers. Here is a download to its cascading effect approach: Cascading Choices for Greater Alignment (a PDF file). Innovation needs alignment- Resources to refer too.

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BrainZooming

JULY 20, 2017

As a customer and someone helping companies develop attractive customer experience strategy plans, this strategy is horrendous. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Choosing a Horrendous Strategy.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 28, 2017

For many business people, it’s intimidating to walk into an unfamiliar situation (whether that’s a new company, client, team, initiative, or project) knowing you are expected to contribute new business ideas right away. In place of only recycling ideas, try these nine strategic thinking questions and creative thinking paths.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

You probably can’t stop, research different strategic thinking exercises, and incorporate them into your strategy session. What can you do right away to turn deadly strategic thinking exercises into fun strategic planning exercises? Strategic Planning Exercises Can Be Fun.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 6, 2018

Our approach isn’t tailored for every company. ” She emailed back within minutes, wanting to clarify if I REALLY meant to write that our approach ISN’T for every company. Yes, your strategic planning process can be fun. Related posts How Much Do You Love Free, Fun Strategic Planning Advice?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

10 Questions to Identify Innovative Thinking in Salespeople. Thinking about innovative sales people I have known, how we teach strategic and creative thinking skills to sales teams, and strategic thinking questions we use to spur new thinking, here are ten questions to identify innovative thinking in salespeople.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Honesty–with yourself and with everyone in the department and the company. Being above reproach in dealings with all parties within and outside of the company-how you conduct yourself reflects on you, your co-workers, the department, and the company. Today is the day to download your copy of 321 GO!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 15, 2017

Short Story: Instead of voting on strategic priorities, use exercises incorporating individual perspectives and strategic conversations to make fact-based decisions on where to focus your company’s attention. How do you approach prioritizing strategic opportunities ?

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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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