BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

I used to think creative inspiration came from inside. As a result, the pressure for inspiration and creative thinking was always dependent on me. What did I need to do to trigger creative thinking? At some point, God provided the grace to realize my creative inspiration was from outside, not inside.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 6, 2016

We’re developing a strategic thinking webinar for a client on cultivating and sustaining creativity among its salesforce. Since the webinar is with the organization’s sales leadership, the focus is on creative thinking skills they can and should be embracing to help their salespeople see opportunities in new ways.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 22, 2016

Delivering a creative thinking workshop , I was eavesdropping on conversations at five tables full of attendees. One group was starting to use one of our creative thinking exercises. When this takes happens, creative thinking exercises becomes just that many more boxes to shut down ideas that are off the beaten path.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We’re with a client today, delivering a strategic and creative thinking skills for sales workshop. As an outgrowth of the workshop, here is a strategic and creative thinking skills compilation comprised of articles that support the Brainzooming workshop we’re delivering. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 14, 2015

I’ll be presenting on social media super models , followed by a VERY QUICK creative thinking exercises for sales presentation. The creative thinking exercises for sales content is a different take on both familiar and some new creative thinking topics. Force Yourself to Self-Evaluate.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

We’ve certainly covered the heck out of how bad bosses , toxic cultures , and negative comments can crush creative thinking and creativity. What you might not consider, however, is how an uber-positive boss that is TOO OVER THE TOP when communicating how great early stage ideas are ALSO CRUSHES creative thinking.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Today’s creative thinking post is all about music. That’s why these music videos are the centerpiece of today’s creative thinking post. Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. While I don’t write about it all that often, I love music. The first is seasonal. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 19, 2015

What’s a “pizza meeting,” and what does it have to do with creative thinking? Back in the Fortune 500 days, we facilitated so many strategic planning workshop sessions we gave up renting creativity-oriented offsite locations. To do SOMETHING to make the space a little creative, we’d arrange the tables and chairs every which way.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 3, 2018

Stronger creative leadership to identify productive tactics, make better (and faster) decisions, and successfully implement with a major impact. The Answer to Boosting Creative Leadership within Your Team! This Brainzooming book demonstrates the value of stronger creativity. Your Go-To Resource for High-Impact Creative Thinking!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 29, 2016

Creative Thinking Skills – Some Working, Some Not Working. Amid the odd times, it’s no surprise my creative thinking skills have varied widely the past few months. Getting a few hours of sleep and starting fresh in the morning (even if it’s REALLY EARLY) has been creatively productive.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 6, 2017

From a day-to-day perspective in the corporate world, we didn’t necessarily use objective metrics about creative ideas. After talking with a friend, I think the percent of time you are told to pull back your creative ideas because they are too big and bold may be a good way to assess how your creativity is faring in an organization.

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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. During his keynote, Perman discussed twenty-plus three-day creativity sessions he organized while at Gap. What mix of creative diversity will drive implementation?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 17, 2017

Short Story: When it comes to creativity, start with and return to the underlying strategy ; that’s the most important piece of creative advice I have to offer. I’ve been trying to let go of some creative reins on the Brainzooming brand. 8 Pieces of Creative Advice from a Great and Horrible Client.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 11, 2015

I had a Twitter question from Charles Westscott about creativity and how to make money from your passion. Brainzooming how to get paid as a creative is my struggle. From there, the creative thinking question involved the moves someone can make to move toward the upper right (using more of your creative passion for more pay).

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BrainZooming

JULY 13, 2016

When it comes to whether an organization demonstrates ample creativity and new ideas, you have to place a load of responsibility on the leadership. How the leaders encourage and cultivate new ideas (or don’t) will affect the volume and richness of creativity throughout the organization. Leaders Supporting Creativity and New Ideas.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Strategic Thinking Perspectives – Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. Creative Thinking – The Math of Brainstorming and New Ideas. #3 4 Encourages Change. Mike Brown.

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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. Whenever you have too many “creatives” in the room, it can devolve into each one trying to outshine the others in extreme creativity.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 5, 2015

If you do even the most exciting things too much, you can lose the sense of surprise as creative boredom sets in. If you find yourself beset by creative boredom, what can you do? You can: Try a new creative perspective on the situation. Start changing the creative variables at your disposal.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2016

In any event, as we’ve done in past years, we are sharing a creativity prayer I wrote a number of years ago as a reminder to also seek out new creative inspirations from the reflection and quiet in the coming weeks. A Creativity Prayer. Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 10, 2016

Here’s a brief video produced by SEMA, the Specialty Equipment Market Association, where I talk about four easy ways for companies to boost creativity in the workplace without taking a lot of time to do it. My favorite expression of creativity at SEMA! 4 Tips to Efficiently Boost Creativity in the Workplace. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

Vickie’s drive to strategize, revise, and improvise in the name of extreme creativity and productivity is as fierce and inspiring as ever, making her a natural choice for an interview on the Brainzooming blog. Now Streaming: Extreme Creativity and Vickie Howell. Boost Your Extreme Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Ten Stages of Creativity – Love Sandwich. The question of what creativity is and how it works will perhaps remain humanity’s most unanswerable — but that hasn’t stopped us from trying.” – Maria Popova, Brainpickings. Bookmark this article on the stages of creativity and refer to it again, and again, and again.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Learning what participants in an upcoming big meeting know, think, and believe before they come together in a large group is one tactic to strengthen team collaboration. Gain a sense of what people already think. Learn what insights the participants already have and don’t have.

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BrainZooming

JULY 31, 2017

Michael won the creative kit door prize I gave away. Boost Your Extreme Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help generate extreme creativity and boost your creative thinking skills! Why do I call it my Lee Harvey Oswald presentation?

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

We’re developing a workshop on creative thinking techniques for a B2B salesforce in a few weeks. Reviewing the attendees’ pre-workshop surveys on their expectations, personal learning objectives, and needs for creative thinking development, they mentioned “thinking outside the box” and “how to get out of my comfort zone” frequently.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We routinely ask those of you downloading Brainzooming strategy and innovation eBooks to share – if you are willing – the opportunities and challenges you are facing at the time. Creative Thinking Skills – 5 People Vital to Critical Thinking, Literally. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , Innovation.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Creative Love. Creative Thinking – 6 Challenges Before Loving Your New Idea Too Much. Managing Clients Who Love Their Creative Ideas. People can love their own thinking too much. Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. We hope you love it! Give it some time to grow into it. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2019

Topics ranged from entrepreneurship to leading creative teams, from being cognizant of one’s news sources and information suppliers to the factors that make up a creative mindset. Even cynical types were openly surprised at the insights and learnings. The hard part, honestly, was deciding which sessions to pick.

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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

OCTOBER 2, 2015

Today I am focusing on LinkedIn inspirations for creative clicks; I get inspiration there every day. As always with creative clicks, click on the headlines in these LinkedIn Inspirations to link to the original article. Being a HUGE egghead, it inspires me to get a dose of the science behind creative thinking exercises.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2017

It’s all about getting kids outside to experience nature, interact, and learn. That took me to the idea of abundance thinking, one of the fundamental strategies of idea magnets. These creative leaders recognize constraints but turn their attention to the available resources that are plentiful and can always be grown. Creativity.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 9, 2017

So please, please, please: learn how to use technology, already. Stop finding clever ways to avoid doing tech-related things because you don’t want people to think you’re too old. Avoid the mental calisthenics: admit what you don’t know, and then learn what you should know. You have the relationships.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 15, 2015

While having a daily deadline has become less stimulating creatively over the years, I shudder to think of how much experience and the number of strategic thinking exercises that would have come and gone without any documentation if not for the Brainzooming blog. Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Boost Your Extreme Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help generate extreme creativity and boost your creative thinking skills! If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog e mail updates.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 31, 2016

Boost Your Creativity with “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help generate extreme creativity and ideas! Contact us at info@brainzooming.com or call us at 816-509-5320 to learn how we can deliver these benefits for you. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

Chuck’s creativity techniques and helped us generate tons of ideas. Since we were learning as we went, some sessions worked better than others. After that, whenever we designed a strategic planning workshop, we made deliberate design decisions on the right balance of creative thinking and focused plan building.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Need help guiding your team’s creative thinking for innovative product ideas? With the right combination of perspectives from outside your organization and productive strategic thinking exercises, you can ideate, prioritize, and develop your best innovative growth ideas.

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