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. “Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto.

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BrainZooming

JULY 17, 2018

You can use this eBook to enliven strategy meetings through a focus on important business issues, productive strategy exercises, and enough fun to keep EVERYONE engaged in creating a plan that creates success and all those other things that more $$$$$$$$$$s create. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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BrainZooming

APRIL 20, 2016

Job Descriptions Don’t Define Innovation Potential. I asked them to engage in some strategic thinking about innovation opportunities for the company. A description of a job role isn’t identical to the description of how an individual or group can contribute to solid, dynamic, and innovative strategic thinking.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

You know, this week doesn’t have to be as unproductive as last week, what with business meetings going nowhere along with wasting time, positive energy, and any hope of creativity. The thing is, there’s a different way to structure business meetings to help a group come together and collaborate in an innovative, productive way.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 30, 2016

10 Keys to Engaging Employees to Improve Strategic Results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. – Mike Brown. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

All the Strategy Roles You Need. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Innovative Ideas from Experts. 6 Strategies – Innovative Business Ideas to Stay Ahead of Customer Needs. 10 Lessons to Engage Employees and Drive Improved Results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2016

Creating Organizational Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Whatever the hesitancy to innovate has been, unfreezing a team involves identifying and launching the steps (even the small steps) to make progress. New Business Ideas and a Creative Block in Your Organization.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

We’re big proponents of the value of bringing together a diverse group of people with varied creative thinking skills for strategic planning workshops within organizations and communities. When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach.

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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. During the innovation strategy discussions, we addressed the production process changes from five different perspectives. Are we done yet?

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Last week was diverse in the Brainzooming world, as we were engaged in serving clients across many different aspects of what we do. Friday’s priority involved finalizing a new product innovation workshop we’re developing in collaboration with a market research company for one of its clients.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Designing strategic thinking questions leading to engaging conversation among familiar and new participants. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Strategic Results. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategy and then turn it into results.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Have a strong grounding in business, creative, innovation, and strategic principles. Want to have someone outside your company make your strategic planning work for you in a creative, mentally stimulating and result-oriented way? 10 Keys to Involving Employees In Your Strategy. Have adequate time to prepare to facilitate.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2016

Whenever possible, we try to help clients select a mix of people to participate in group strategy exercises. We review the importance of including front-line decision makers, functional experts, and individuals with creative perspectives. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Strategic Results. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

10 Lessons for Engaging Your Employees to Create Stronger Results. Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

And if it’s bad, use other strategic thinking exercises to gently bring the ideas back to something smarter and more productive. – Mike Brown. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Strategic Results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

The open-ended questions in a PMIRQ allow participants to share invaluable reactions and ideas; we use them directly to shape what we do in future innovation workshops. It’s often a challenge to describe what Brainzooming is to people that haven’t participated directly in collaborative strategy or innovation workshops.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

What are Wild and creative ideas our competitors or other relevant companies are doing that we need to consider? Creating Strategic Impact” The Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” highlights ten proven lessons leaders can use to develop collaborative strategy and results for next year.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. – Mike Brown. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategy and then turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

Ask them to provide concrete examples of when they devised creative solutions. 10 Keys to Engaging Employees to Improve Strategic Results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Here are some key benefits: Increased Productivity : Teams that collaborate effectively often see a significant boost in productivity, as streamlined communication minimizes downtime and maximizes efficiency. Innovation : Diverse perspectives are the fuel for innovation.

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Planview

JANUARY 22, 2024

As we welcome the new year, we asked our team of product innovation experts and thought leaders to identify trends they’re seeing across the industry and within our customer implementations. Trend #1: Greater Financial Scrutiny on New Product Development Balanced Against Innovation Opportunity While the U.S.

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Taivara

JULY 23, 2018

In the broadest sense, we’re talking about open innovation. As product managers or entrepreneurs, curiosity will ensure we always have a plan B. It continues the conversation and creates a dialogue for greater understanding – vitally important when planning for our product and engaging with its potential customers.

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CorporateIntel

AUGUST 6, 2017

We talk about a lot of things: leadership talent, product quality, business model. We talk about creativity and innovation, passion for excellence, dedication to the customer experience. Process involves day-to-day workplace routines that reinforce or strip away employee engagement. You certainly can fix engagement.

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Acuvate

JANUARY 31, 2023

Bill Franks Director, Center for Data Science & Analytics Kennesaw State University Ian Beacraft CEO and Chief Futurist AI Correspondent Creative Generalists become armies of one… Millions have experienced the incredible capabilities of tools like ChatGPT and Dall-E but we haven’t seen anything yet. This new paradigm is powered by AI.

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