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Powering Up Your Strategy: Success Factors for Executive Team Offsites

Leapfrogging

For example, if your team is heavy on big-picture thinkers, include activities that focus on detailed action planning to complement their strategic visions. Conversely, if your team excels in operational details, encourage activities that stretch their strategic thinking.

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Eliminating innovation unknowns - definitions

Jeffrey Phillips

Note that I don't believe it's appropriate for each executive to provide exactly the same definition of innovation. Circumstances, budgets and competitive realities are different across firms and industries, so the definitions will vary. I hope you'll read these definitions, because they are instructive in several ways.

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Creating Roadmaps for Success: How to Design and Run a Strategic Planning Offsite

Leapfrogging

Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future. 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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Innovation Strategy – Pat McGauley and a New Beer in Town

BrainZooming

He reported that packaging innovation was more difficult to develop than liquid innovation. Based on comments he made regarding working with retailers on in-store shelving, product innovation may have been easier because it might lead to a fight for shelf space.

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Capabilities and Leadership Close the Skills Gap in Manufacturing

Innovation 360 Group

Global manufacturing executives rank “skilled talent” as their #1 competitive differentiator. When it comes to innovation, building capabilities and applying the right leadership style give top performing manufacturers the edge over skills-focused peers. These are not just competitive advantages. They are survival skills.