BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2016

It may be an old and tired story, but it still illustrates an important point about engagement and the willingness (or unwillingness) of employees to go all in with a new business initiative. The thing is, unsuccessful employee engagement strategies are not an employee problem. – Mike Brown. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 29, 2017

Step 1: Select 10 to 15 very successful engagements. Also, select 10 to 15 unsuccessful (or less successful) engagements. What talents, perspectives, energy, engagement, and activities did each person and group contribute to the process? too much oversight or not enough engagement)? comparable engagements)?

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

As we worked on strategic thinking exercises to explore the company’s future vision and user experience, the change management strategy vocabulary the group used was conventional, unemotional, and lacking innovative thinking. Lesson learned. Want to learn more about that process?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 23, 2018

Create expanded roles to ensure partners can contribute their expertise and strategic thinking early. I learned that lesson when I was on the client side and first put competitive marketing agencies together on project teams. It becomes clear quickly if a partner isn’t engaging with the best intentions.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Your Vision Statement Impact . Listening to & Learning from Customers. Strategic Thinking Exercises – Where Does Your Brand Live? . Download the Brainzooming eBook on social-first content strategy. Creating a Compelling Brand Promise.

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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.” ” That question relates to something we do all the time: walk into a new client in an unfamiliar industry to design and facilitate a strategic planning process.

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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

APRIL 11, 2017

From before the engagement’s launch until near the completion, we asked for strategy documents spelling out corporate priorities, objectives, and expectations. We wanted a strategic target to align IT strategy and innovation initiatives to support the organization in realizing its overall vision.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 15, 2017

After every idea is placed, the group engages in a strategic conversation about each idea’s placement. With more time, we frequently develop a decision support tool for a client to use in prioritizing strategic opportunities. – Mike Brown. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! ,

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2019

Even cynical types were openly surprised at the insights and learnings. It was what I’d imagined, as a child, that college would be like: a big group of friendly people who are genuinely excited about learning and doing good in the world. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A search on the Brainzooming blog to track down content for an updated strategic thinking presentation uncovered it. You’ll help others and learn a lot. Create the Vision to Align and Engage Your Team! It was written back in my corporate days during the blog’s first year (June 27, 2008). Honestly, I’d forgotten about it.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 15, 2015

While having a daily deadline has become less stimulating creatively over the years, I shudder to think of how much experience and the number of strategic thinking exercises that would have come and gone without any documentation if not for the Brainzooming blog. Yes, you can do too much of a good thing.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

Chuck facilitated multiple engaging, high-energy strategic innovation sessions for us at Yellow Corporation. We’d do these sessions as part of strategic planning. Since we were learning as we went, some sessions worked better than others. Chuck’s creativity techniques and helped us generate tons of ideas.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 18, 2017

Reflecting on it the next morning, something struck me: this is the first time I’ve participated in someone else’s strategic planning process in over a decade. That means it’s perfect for: Learning new approaches. 5 Reactions to Someone Else’s Strategic Planning Process. Yes, strategic planning can be fun.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 1, 2016

While the individual steps may seem to go in varied and unexpected directions, they’re all pointing toward the end result of a highly-actionable strategic plan. They may work on different strategic thinking exercises and questions based on their perspectives and areas of expertise. The same for all participants.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 28, 2016

D ownload Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook! Are you looking for new, more effective ways to engage your employees in shaping and successfully carrying out your brand strategy? You need to download this FREE Brainzooming eBook, published with the Global Strategic Management Institute.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 8, 2016

Thinking further about the leadership qualities it takes to successfully engage an innovation strategy in disguise reminded me of a litany of humility I read frequently. Increase our skills in innovating through trial and error, real-time learning, and integrating our tough lessons into future success. Mike Brown.

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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

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

All this time spent in church during the heart of my business career has profoundly shaped my perspective and learning. There are many temptations out there to cut corners, take the easy but questionable way, or engage in behaviors that seem okay in secret but are clearly not okay when exposed in the light of day.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

The motivation for the Buffalo Bills changing the practice routine is a response to new NFL restrictions (only one practice allowed per day and only fourteen practices with pads during the season) and the short attention spans and need for ongoing engagement among today’s younger players.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 24, 2017

Amazingly, the advice for couples falling into dreadful patterns with the same boring conversations and daily routines was easily adaptable to changing how senior executives engage in strategic planning. Want to learn the keys to putting the sizzle back into your senior teams strategic planning?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 10, 2017

The innovation strategy options include cultivating company culture, celebrating failures with parties and awards, and making sure they are failing as fast as possible with sufficient learnings. Ironwood Pharmaceuticals is targeting both learning and emotion to prompt engagement and risk taking among its nearly 700 employees.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 27, 2016

Joe Cox, Engagement Director at Barkley , shared a creative thinking exercise comparable to Julie Cottineau’s Brand Twist exercise where you take two brands, put them together, and imagine new possibilities. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help generate extreme creativity and ideas!

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