BrainZooming

MAY 1, 2017

The authors report four characteristics that set top CEOs apart, According to the article, “roughly half the strong candidates had distinguished themselves in more than one of the four essential behaviors, while only 5% of the weak candidates had.”. 4 Critical Factors for Successful Executives in Creating Strategic Impact.

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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

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

During in-person and online strategic planning workshops , we regularly use a strategic thinking exercise that helps leadership groups quickly identify a shared future vision statement. The descriptions are purposely neither good nor bad; they simply represent ways an organization could pursue the strategy.

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BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

At the 2016 Brand Strategy Conference, Antonia Dean, Director – Marketing, Brand Development, & Strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies covered the strategic thinking ideas behind creating an entrepreneurial environment in a large company. Building the Team.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2018

“The more bad ideas the better. If you work really hard on coming up with bad ideas, sooner or later, some good ideas are going to slip through.” – Seth Godin (June 19, 2018). Who wouldn’t want to have explicit permission, even encouragement, to routinely make mistakes with your innovation strategy? Failure is an option here.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

For as much as we share about the Brainzooming approach to strategy, creativity, and innovation, I still frequently get the question, “What is it The Brainzooming group does?”. “I’m an executive that needs a new strategy. Need Fresh Insights to Drive Your Strategy? Can you help?” Mike Brown.

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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. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 6, 2017

It may be time to make sure your bold creative ideas are clearly and understandably rooted in strategy. Alternatively, you may be in a place that is thinking way too small; you should get out as soon as you can. If no one ever says your ideas are too bold, that is also bad. Does your CPR vary by client or team?

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Here’s an alternative approach we use all the time during strategic conversations: listen for specific types of comments and organize them as you go (or after the fact) into strategic deliverables. For example, before a strategic planning workshop started the other day, an internal client leader held court with the project team.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Suppose you’re going into a meeting and taking over leadership of a team or initiative where those you will be leading have been involved and active previously. Develop a basic agenda for the meeting with the participants doing most of the talking, as you listen and summarize ideas. Solicit each participant’s ideas in advance.

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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

Effective futuring that includes the ability to gain insights into long-term futures with inevitable disruptions and discontinuities needs to be a key component of a company’s strategy and innovation efforts. RIM’s strategy depended on corporate IT adoption with centralized management, control and security of the devices.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

I was watching this all develop over the course of about eight years. If I know you there’s a long, long, long-term strategy. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help generate extreme creativity and boost your creative thinking skills! Photo: Harper Point Photography. VH: There is.

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