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Strategic Thinking Exercise – A SWOT Analysis to Push Thinking

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It received enough attention that we decided to share an additional strategic thinking exercise that puts a twist on the typical SWOT analysis. To add depth and breadth to the strategic thinking exercise, however, we add four probes to each area of the SWOT analysis. Creating engagement with our employees ?

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Strategic Thinking Exercises – 11 Things Running through a Facilitator’s Head

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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. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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Strategic Thinking Exercise – An Alternative Vision Statement Approach

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During in-person and online strategic planning workshops , we regularly use a strategic thinking exercise that helps leadership groups quickly identify a shared future vision statement. The descriptions are purposely neither good nor bad; they simply represent ways an organization could pursue the strategy. What are the downsides?

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12 Resources to Lead a Strategic Planning Process When You’re New

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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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Answering Reader Questions on Strategy and Innovation Challenges

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Here are their comments on opportunities and challenges, along with links to Brainzooming posts addressing the strategy and innovation situations they face: People and Organizational Issues. “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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Strategic Planning – 3 Surprising Ways Online Collaboration Works

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When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach. Afterward, we used a Zoomference to introduce strategies to its top-performing sales people. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Strategic Results.

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4 Vital Characteristics of Collaborative Strategy Leaders

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They are out there; we’ve worked with them across industries. 4 Vital Characteristics of Collaborative Strategy Leaders. Here are four vital characteristics of collaborative strategy leaders: #1 – They actively seek out the energy of the organization. 10 Keys to Engaging Employees to Improve Strategic Results.