Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Trait IQ EQ Nature Cognitive Emotional Focus Problem-solving Interpersonal skills Stability Relatively static Can be developed Leaders with high IQ may excel in strategic thinking and technical skills, but those with high EQ are often better at inspiring, motivating, and connecting with their teams.

Leadership 100

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Training Exercises 100

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.

Resources 86

Resources Strategic Thinking Comparison Strategy 86

BrainZooming

JUNE 5, 2018

Here’s an example from a Brainzooming engagement to help a client’s finance team lead an innovation strategy initiative. Identifying innovation across industries. Brainzooming identified relevant best practices and innovative strategies across industries. Engaging atypical stakeholders and experts for input.

Analysis 66

Analysis Strategic Thinking Survey Innovation 66

Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

As an executive leader, I’m often tasked with driving innovation within my team to ensure our company remains at the forefront of our industry. Innovation in executive teams is not just about developing new products or services; it’s about fostering a culture of continuous improvement, strategic thinking, and adaptability.

Leadership 113

Leadership Innovation Collaboration Culture 113

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

“Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto. Engaging Employees in High Turnover Situations. Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy. Innovation. Implementation.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy eBook Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 3, 2018

He was a client team member on a customer experience strategy engagement several years ago. If there’s an organization that can come to the table and do strategy and tactics with previous experience in your industry, and do it all for the same price, that’s great. A potential client reached out to us.

Strategy 96

Strategy Strategy Exercises Strategic Thinking 96

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Decompose the vision into strategic dimensions. Strategic dimensions are areas where an organization has the opportunity to make major decisions or where industry players are creating competitive advantage. Create the Vision to Align and Engage Your Team! Examples include: Business models. Market areas served.

Strategy 81

Strategy Strategy Exercises Strategic Thinking 81

BrainZooming

AUGUST 13, 2018

This would happen irrespective of whether it was a brand from the same industry or a hotel, investment firm, or catalog company that wasn’t competing directly. You might say that passengers forgetting how to use cabs because of rideshare brands is all in the same industry. Granted, it’s all about getting from one place to another.

Disruption 45

Disruption Strategic Thinking Survey eBook 45

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The blog started on the Blogger platform in November 2007 after seeing Jessica Myers (who was at Garmin Industries at the time) speak at a conference about being able to start a blog for free in just ten minutes. Today, based on the post counter in WordPress, is our two thousandth blog. MM, 2K, 2000. Yes, you can do too much of a good thing.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises eBook Guidelines 40

BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

They are out there; we’ve worked with them across industries. 10 Keys to Engaging Employees to Improve Strategic Results. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders need high-impact ways to develop employees that can provide input into strategic planning and then turn it into results. – Mike Brown.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Last week was diverse in the Brainzooming world, as we were engaged in serving clients across many different aspects of what we do. Thursday included working with a local non-profit to develop the strategic foundation for an important initiative, along with developing initial themes from the Carbondale community collaboration workshops.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach. They provided input on the biggest impact ideas and how to enrich other strategies through additional creative thinking exercises. – Mike Brown.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Creative Thinking Exercises Groups 40

IdeaSpies

JULY 12, 2018

The Nation Brand initiative is one that resonates with our own industry and citizens of course but perhaps more importantly, one that needs to be heard across the world by potential investors and talent to convince them Australia is the place to come to realise their dreams.

Entrepreneurship 57

Entrepreneurship Creativity Course Collaboration 57

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Last week, The Brainzooming Group was in San Francisco for the Social Media Strategies Summit , where Mike presented a content marketing strategy workshop and a talk on collaborative engagement. This is true even if you’re an industrial brand, as Mike pointed out: Well, okay, you might be thinking, But there’s nothing cool about our brand.

Strategic Thinking 63

Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy Collaboration 63

BrainZooming

JUNE 27, 2019

They also share fundamentals behind the model: Scan – Be on the lookout for new market patterns, emerging customer preferences, unfamiliar competitors, and pattern-breakers changing your industry. Another productive exercise: list the customer benefits (not features) that your brand delivers.

Disruption 89

Disruption Underperforming Technical Team How To Big Data 89

KindlingApp

FEBRUARY 28, 2016

Innovation is not our full time job, but sometimes it feels like to keep people engaged in innovation, we need to commit a good deal of our time. This is a question we hear a lot, from organizations large and small, and across a variety of industries. Do you have any tips for finding time to make innovation successful?

Innovation Programs 40

Innovation Programs Innovation Technical Review Exercises 40