BrainZooming

JANUARY 31, 2023

Figuring out how to be creative when your creativity is blocked can depend on simply choosing appropriate creative thinking techniques to boost your creative inspiration.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

It seems ridiculous to help a company become better at strategic thinking and marketing without being allowed to tell them how to do it. While this constraint may seem (and actually be) ridiculous, it shaped how the Brainzooming method developed. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 3 Responses to New Ideas.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

Articulating Your Strategic Innovation Direction in an Understandable Way. Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand. Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Benefits of Facilitating Strategic Planning Offsites Facilitating strategic planning offsites offers a multitude of benefits, from enhancing team cohesion to driving organizational alignment. Improved Focus : With day-to-day distractions left behind, your team can concentrate fully on strategic issues and high-level thinking.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. Preparing for Success The foundation of a productive executive team offsite lies in meticulous preparation.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

I was talking with someone who was wondering aloud about how to boost the creative thinking skills of a group made up primarily of fact- and logic-driven individuals. Think accountants, engineers, compliance officers, and others in right-wrong answer professions. What a great (and challenging) question. via Shutterstock.

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BrainZooming

MAY 20, 2016

There are soooooooooooooo many ways to generate creative ideas. Since the idea worked, however, we’re running with the concept and resurrecting a feature name we haven’t used for quite some time: Creative Quickies. These features will include photos and strategic thinking questions or innovation prompts.

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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. Ask them to provide concrete examples of when they devised creative solutions.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2017

Short Story: Look for specifics and things that people can actually do or perform to move creative thinking into action. How do you move from creative thinking into action? Two of the client’s senior staff members said this was a question they expected us to answer during the strategic thinking workshop.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company. The value of such gatherings lies in their capacity to refresh perspectives, encourage strategic thinking, and address complex challenges without the distractions of the office environment.

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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Design Exercises 100

BrainZooming

MARCH 22, 2017

Short story: If you want big ideas, ask the big questions, which is what extreme creativity is all about ! Keeping with the eight theme, here are eight new questions from the Brainzooming R&D Lab to boost your creative thinking skills. How will we solve everything that has seemed impossible for us to do previously?

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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

MAY 27, 2016

Or maybe a competitor HAS figured out how to deliver the brand promise, but it can’t do it profitably, efficiently, or consistently. One competitive response is to try to explain to customers why they don’t really need what they think they need. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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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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CMOE

APRIL 21, 2023

Knowing how to make virtual training more engaging is crucial to meet the needs of the workforce. With virtual training front and center, business leaders must find strategic ways to spark community and engagement in their learning programs. How to Execute Simplicity and Consistency To start, consider focusing on two primary tools.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Sometimes creative thinking challenges come from inside your own head. In many organizations, however, substantial creative thinking challenges come from leaders and cultures that may say they want new thinking, but seem to do everything they can to scuttle creativity. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 9, 2016

What are your expectations from a creative thinking workshop? That is the first question I ask the audience at a Brainzooming creative thinking workshop. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. 7 Expectations from Creative Thinking Workshop Training. Ideas are a numbers game.

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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

MAY 3, 2016

We were working with a client and sharing the value of our extreme creativity strategic exercises to boost creative thinking skills. Another reason to embrace extreme creativity questions is they provide a more beautiful, amazing mental landscape to inspire creative thinking skills.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Identifying High Potential Leaders To cultivate a thriving atmosphere that embraces innovation, it’s crucial to identify and nurture high potential leaders who can drive change and inspire creativity within an organization. Promotes the use of creative thinking and experimentation to find novel solutions.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

A high XQ in executive teams equates to an in-depth understanding of how to apply knowledge in a variety of contexts, particularly in unpredictable environments. XQ is not merely about what we know, but how we apply that knowledge effectively. The integration of XQ into executive functions is a potent tool for driving innovation.

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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. But some things remain constant. Anybody can post videos.

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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. 5 Ideas for How to Make Money from Your Passion and Creativity. Move B – Applying your creative passion in a different type of career.

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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

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Chuck has been an incredible influence on my career, especially as it comes to creative thinking skills. Chuck was the first person I heard deliver an in-depth presentation on creative thinking skills. Creative Thinking Skills and Place with Chuck Dymer. That was definitely true. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MAY 1, 2017

For each characteristic, here are related Brainzooming articles with exercises and tips to improve your own performance creating strategic impact. Strategic Thinking Exercise – Simply Making Big Decisions. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives. Quick Decision Making.

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CMOE

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Now, more than ever, leaders and individual contributors alike must be able to look beyond short-term needs, gain a strategic perspective, and act on that perspective. What is Strategic Thinking? Strategic Thinking is the ability to anticipate, prepare, and get positioned for the future.

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CMOE

OCTOBER 3, 2023

How have these changes affected your ability to meet your strategic objectives? Use this guide to revisit and revise the strategy you created at the beginning of the year and decide how to move forward to achieve your goals and finish the year strong. Review how your strategic initiatives are going.

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BrainZooming

MAY 24, 2017

Last week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” from Armada Corporate Intelligence featured ideas for how to handle confidential information. The business strategy focus revolved around how an executive can maintain confidences while employing confidential information to best benefit his or her organization.

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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

OCTOBER 13, 2015

We haven’t talked about stealing (or copying) ideas as a creative strategy for some time. Translated into a creative strategy formula, it’s an example of “Lead, Copy (1 and 2), Swerve, Integrate, Go.” Here’s how this creative strategy formula plays out between two well-known consumer brands.

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hackerearth

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

The ‘innovation team’ needs to define what innovation is in the context of your company, and how to ‘get there’. You need strategic thinking to plan the innovation transformation journey. The post How to setup an ‘innovation team’ appeared first on HackerEarth Blog. Strategists.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

What is your brand’s big story, and how does EVERY message you send link in some way to your big story? How can you give customers all kinds of clues to how to use your product once they buy it so that they will use and enjoy it more? Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2017

What types of strategic planning activities are in a strategic thinking workshop ? As we collaborate with a client to design strategic planning activities for a strategic thinking workshop , we explore various possibilities. 6 Potential Strategic Planning Activities for a Workshop.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2016

We review the importance of including front-line decision makers, functional experts, and individuals with creative perspectives. We are also proponents for reaching beyond familiar people that are always involved strategic planning meetings and drive the outcomes of group strategy exercises.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 28, 2017

In place of only recycling ideas, try these nine strategic thinking questions and creative thinking paths. The formula is to ask a specific question, LISTEN for responses from others, and follow a related creating thinking direction to generate ideas more quickly: Ask: What’s been tried before? Extreme Creativity.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 10, 2018

Strategic Thinking Exercises – 8 Ideas for Brand Innovation. Strategic Thinking – What Kind of Perfection Are You Looking For? Strategic Thinking Lessons – Keeping Your Company Fresh. Still looking for more on how to accelerate your innovation strategy? Make Sure the Culture Is Working for Innovation.

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