BrainZooming

JANUARY 13, 2016

Louis arch, however, it suggests multiple strategic thinking questions you can ask for your brand’s success. 7 Strategic Thinking Questions on the Way to Your Brand? These seven strategic thinking questions focus on what happens to your customers on the way to your brand. Using the St.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 17, 2017

I stopped by the grocery store to use the ATM the other morning before leaving for New York to deliver a content marketing strategy workshop today at the Social Media Strategies Summit. Finding nothing even remotely appealing, I headed for the door, not expecting to witness a solid customer experience strategy lesson.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 16, 2018

I explained to them that no matter who we bring into an in-person Brainzooming workshop, we design the questions and exercises so that EVERYONE will be successful participating. Brainzooming as the blues scale of strategy, innovation, and branding? Download our FREE eBook: The 600 Most Powerful Strategic Planning Questions.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2016

I fielded a request for a few ideas on social engagement for an upcoming eBook an online company is creating. One of the questions related to how brands can set themselves apart through a customer experience strategy and outstanding customer engagement. Innovation Strategy to Grow Your Business? Brainzooming Has an Answer!

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2017

What types of strategic planning activities are in a strategic thinking workshop ? That this is taking place during a period when many companies are IMPLEMENTING strategies suggests you understand the importance of strategy even beyond initial planning. 6 Potential Strategic Planning Activities for a Workshop.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

And fun was an important expectation since they found us by Googling “strategic planning fun” and downloading our eBook on the topic of fun strategic planning. We have been preparing the strategic planning process design for this workshop over the last month. 11 Ideas to Make Planning Strategy More Fun!

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BrainZooming

MAY 24, 2017

The business strategy focus revolved around how an executive can maintain confidences while employing confidential information to best benefit his or her organization. It is a topic relevant to any senior executive immersed in business strategy. How should you go about handling confidential information within your business strategy?

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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? Stimulate fresh thinking. Can you help?”

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BrainZooming

MARCH 3, 2017

Yesterday, we identified the six types of strategic planning process activities we use to design a client’s strategic thinking workshop. To facilitate you going deeper into thinking about how these activities function within a strategic planning process workshop, here are articles in each of the six areas.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Someone downloaded a free Brainzooming strategy eBook, noting his biggest strategy challenge is “how to do a strategic planning process when you are new.” Secure copies of previous plans and strategy documents, and don’t settle for the first things people offer you. Getting to What Is Strategic.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 1, 2018

Sometimes, we get to design a creative thinking exercise that seems like so much fun during its development that it causes me to continually smile and giggle. This design came about specifically for this client. Interested in disrupting thinking in your organization to boost innovation? All that in the poster shown here.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 8, 2017

11 Ways to Speed Up Your Strategic Planning Process. Here are eleven things we do differently to speed up developing strategy: We design the strategic planning process to fit your organization and team – not the other way around. We’ll use highly productive strategic and creative thinking exercises.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 8, 2015

The “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence profiled an intriguing innovation strategy example within a regulated industry. The Armada article highlights six ways to formulate innovation strategy in a regulated environment, including the approach JetBlue is taking. A shadow innovation strategy.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

Check out these quotes about Reid’s sources for innovative ideas: “He set up an R&D unit for offensive football, scouring film and tinkering with new play designs. Mike Brown Founder of The Brainzooming Group, and an expert on strategy, creativity, and innovation. Where does Andy Reid find innovative ideas?

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 15, 2016

If you’re developing an innovation strategy initiative inside your company, is your primary focus on bringing executives together in a creative way to imagine new ideas? But convening executives for a creativity session is the right step ONLY AFTER you’ve done a lot of decidedly non-sexy innovation strategy work.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

Using a few basic posters, we described the strategic thinking exercises, using easel pads and sticky notes to capture ideas. By facilitating the strategic conversations in a targeted, productive way, even potentially off-topic chatter contributed to completing the strategic planning template we designed.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 27, 2016

What’s the story on the innovation strategy for beer? Rather than playback the various innovation strategy stories Pat McGauley shared, here is a sampling of quotes and points he made that stood out as great thought starters: Not all innovation strategy inside a company is created equal. Pat formed two innovation teams.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

They are taking time to design something they will likely never implement. The real market research design will only take shape after the client selects a vendor and meaningful exploration takes place. Need Fresh Insights to Drive Your Strategy? Download our FREE eBook: Reimagining the SWOT Analysis.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

This week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” from the Armada Executive Intelligence Brief newsletter highlighted two Wall Street Journal articles examining leadership strategy in light of how involved a teacher or coach should be in the details of teaching and learning. . Provide ample room to disagree and interpret your input.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2019

While it was primarily enforced via the honor system (and an email/text area had been designated in one of the buildings), most attendees successfully disconnected. NEW FREE Download: 16 Keys for Finding Resources to Accelerate Your Innovation Strategy. Identify alternative internal strategies to secure support.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While we are whole-hearted proponents of fun strategic planning activities , that doesn’t mean every strategic planning workshop we design and facilitate has exactly the same type of fun. And we all know that toys are a universal signal that a strategy workshop is supposed to be fun. Yes, developing strategy can be fun.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Not wasting time is a major part of why a Brainzooming strategy workshop is so focused on effective time management. We’re continually trying to be as productive as possible, generating business strategies in as little time as possible. All those moves make sense and easily translate into a strategy workshop design.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

The relationship between them was integral to the design and layout of the Idealoft. Enjoy the video and Chuck’s insights and expertise on how place influences creative thinking skills! Looking for Ideas to Make Strategy Planning More Fun? Yes, developing strategy can be fun. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 12, 2017

Occasionally, someone participating in a strategy workshop filled with innovative ideas will complain that a lot, or maybe all (REALLY? Over time, I realized that we were really working with a client to develop winning business strategies. We have free Brainzooming eBooks for you to help navigate barriers and boost innovation!

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 1, 2016

Collaborative planning implies a process that goes beyond the board room to include individuals throughout the organization in meaningful ways to provide insights and input to shape organizational strategy. A large group really makes collaborative strategy planning work. 10 Keys to Engaging Employees to Improve Strategic Results.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

While we work aggressively to ensure a strongly diverse group that understands the issues we’re addressing , we’ll had this new question to our creative thinking workshop design process. Ultimately, business creativity is about creating strategic impact. Mike Brown. Scarce resources ? An overly-internal focus ?

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 19, 2015

The certain way, however, was a way completely of their own design. Other than having pride of design, there was nobody else with any expectation of the certain way the project had to be. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help you generate extreme creativity and ideas! What are my pizza meetings?

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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. Get the strategy down before you move to creative ideas. Return to the brand strategy and the creative strategy frequently. Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

I long ago learned an important lesson about corporate branding decisions : no matter how many intriguing, mentally-engaging brand strategy conversations you have among senior executives, those conversations NEVER lead to final decisions. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! ,

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BrainZooming

JUNE 7, 2017

“Inside the Executive Suite” from Armada Corporate Intelligence featured ideas keeping executives focused on strategic priorities during strategic planning meetings. An executive reported a real-time challenge: keeping the senior team at her company focused on strategic priorities. Identify Where Everyone Stands Up Front.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2017

The audience for the presentation consists of educators, landscape designers, government officials, and others involved with creating outdoor classrooms for children. That took me to the idea of abundance thinking, one of the fundamental strategies of idea magnets. What’s Your Implementation Strategy for Uncertain Times?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 19, 2017

I don’t think we even asked if anyone had participated in an escape room before and had lessons to share. Without a designed project leader , the person that just found a clue or more boldly advanced an idea assumed leadership. We didn’t select a project leader. We didn’t assign any other specific roles, either.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

Vickie Howell is a broadcast personality, producer, author, designer, and instructor in the DIY world. If I know you there’s a long, long, long-term strategy. Ultimately, I would like to produce DIY programming in all different craft realms so that I can help other designers and hosts rise. EAG: Where are you now in the process?

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BrainZooming

JUNE 22, 2017

How can you get the most mileage from the free strategic planning eBooks we regularly offer as downloads? We do not pretend to be able to imagine EVERY single situation where you might apply our strategic thinking exercises. Using Our Own Strategic Planning Exercises. Less than five minutes.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 2, 2017

Is there such a thing as a quick check to determine whether a strategic plan is on the right track or not ? While reviewing mini-strategic plans attendees developed at a recent logistics company customer event we facilitated, I relied on one that works well. How faithfully the steps carry out the stated strategy.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 27, 2016

Today, here are three valuable creative thinking skills ideas no matter where your creative community is located. Stefan Mumaw, Director of Creative Strategy at Hint , shared a creative thinking exercise in a morning break segment. Boost Your Creative Thinking Skills by “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation”.

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