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. It’s a free Brainzooming eBook! I suspect this isn’t the only such case out there like this right now.

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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

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

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.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

Some companies move seamlessly from ideas to strategies to execution. So far, we have released new strategy implementation eBooks on moving forward during uncertain times and five ways to implement better and faster. How solid is the strategy implementation process at your organization? Which type of organization is yours?

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 20, 2016

We are confident they probably do based on how many of you are searching our website at this time of year for fun strategic planning activities to introduce to your companies. Download Our FREE eBook – 11 Fun Ideas for Strategic Planning. You will learn ideas for: Handling the not-fun parts of strategic planning.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Reviewing the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies issue suggested fourteen potential innovation themes based on the strategies the magazine reported. Based on this list, think ahead: What you would do NOW to prepare if 2020 were going to be the year of. Selecting Your Organization’s Innovation Theme.

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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

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

AUGUST 10, 2018

As with lots of innovation questions, my quick response was we have an eBook for that. 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.

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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

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

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

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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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

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

FEBRUARY 21, 2018

Fun Strategic Planning Exercises – 6 Last-Minute Creative Ideas. Free Strategic Planning Exercises – 5 Warnings. Strategic Thinking Exercises – Strategic Planning for a Troubled Company. Strategic Thinking Exercise – Black Swan Events in Your Plan. Brainzooming – First Questions.

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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

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

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

MAY 29, 2020

I also created and delivered a 6-part webinar series addressing The New Important for businesses trying to innovate and restart during the pandemic; the webinar series involved a 2 ½ hour combination of existing and new frameworks plus creating six eBooks in five weeks. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 8, 2017

What will be commonplace first – Amazon uses drones for delivery on a widespread basis or a private company puts a person on the Moon or Mars? What do you think is the bigger threat to humanity – a weird computer virus or an easily-spread human virus? What is one task in your life that you would NEVER trust a robot to do?

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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

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

MARCH 27, 2018

One meeting participant said this type of strategic thinking was a breakthrough for them. Our free “Big Strategy Statements” eBook lays out an approach to collaboratively develop smart, strategic directions that improve results! Try these 6 Steps 16 Strategic Thinking Exercises Ready to Go for You Right Now!

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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

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? Attract Opposites.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 23, 2018

One person asked him what would keep him up at night if he were a leader at their company. I handed the paper to my Brainzooming co-facilitator, Emma Alvarez Gibson: If I were at the company, except would keep me up at night. That’s where except appears to mess things up in strategic ways. EVERY night. The reason?

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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

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

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 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

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

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. If you’re intrigued by the possibilities, download our FREE eBook, “11 Fun Ideas for Strategic Planning.”

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

He’s developing a short list of potential candidates for a new market research initiative at his company. Download our FREE eBook: Reimagining the SWOT Analysis. Whether you are just starting your strategy or think you are well down the path, you can use this eBook to: Engage your team. Stimulate fresh thinking.

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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 ? 5 Ways to Start Implementing Faster and Better!

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