The BMI Lab Blog

JULY 1, 2020

Train-the-trainer program A company’s success is defined by its culture. Peter Drucker's famous, “culture eats strategy for breakfast” is no less true for business model innovation. The latter is the approach that works best, as recruiting an external facilitator brings the same kind of challenges as when building an internal team.

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Idea Management Innovation Project Training 64

Gregg Fraley

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Design of the session should include introvert-friendly tools (see #9). Collaboration to solve problems is all about culture, incentives, team building, leadership, and more. The session should include a variety of brainstorming tools (see #8). There is a great deal to say about the 10 Commandments listed above.

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Brainstorming Idea Generation Guidelines Study 111

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 12, 2021

A Fractional CINO addresses these missing skill sets: The MisFortune 10,000 Tend to Lack These Innovation Skills: Process and Innovation Project Management Skills — including: team building, culture leadership, innovation project roadmapping, and more.

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Innovation Trends Roadmap Product Development 59

KindlingApp

JUNE 1, 2015

I instantly knew that the book contained the foundation of the culture I would hope to build in MidAmerica—my only question was whether the MidAmerica team was ready for it. Prior to my arrival the team had gone through two years of coaching, training, and team building to establish a foundation of trust.

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Software Review Technical Review Innovation Programs Culture 40

Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

Training the teams, having a skilled facilitator in-house, and frequent practice of divergent thinking are essential to effective idea generation sessions. When you have trained teams and leaders, you’ve got the basics in place for creating a broad and systemic organizational innovation culture.

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Training Idea Generation Innovation Creative Thinking 48