BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

I suggested they invite potential market research partners to come in and present their credentials, experience, and initial thinking on helping the client explore what types of market research they will really need. A Request for Presentation will likely be a more fruitful RFP process than once focused on a Request for Proposal.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2018

Seeing the question about how to boost an audience’s energy level ahead of time (and knowing they’ll want specifics), prompted this list of thirty things I’ve done during my career of designing and delivering interactive presentations and workshops. Be very silent (uncomfortably silent) until the audience notices and re-engages.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Last year, I brought one attendee up with me on the stage and had the entire group help come up with ideas for the retail store she represented. During this year’s presentations, I’ll be covering both brand strategy (Thursday) and social-first stories (Friday). Strategic Thinking Exercises – Where Does Your Brand Live? .

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2016

I’ll be presenting a Brainzooming workshop on internal branding strategy at the Brand Strategy Conference in New York, April 6-8. I was horrified by this viewpoint coming from senior executives because it is so strategically misguided. 3 Keys to Engaging Your Internal Brand Team.

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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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

This phase lays the groundwork for a successful meeting where strategic goals can be effectively developed and refined. It should be conducive to the creative and strategic thinking that you aim to foster among your executive team. This can be done through surveys, one-on-one interviews, or group discussions.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 6, 2018

I responded to her question: “Our approach to fun strategic planning ISN’T tailored for every organization. We wanted to be highly-engaged with our outside strategy partners. Yet, many executives have been beating their heads against the wall trying to more actively engage their employees and customers to shape strategy.

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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.

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BrainZooming

MAY 13, 2016

The latest confirmation took place this week as we created and presented a new Brainzooming innovation workshop on how to develop insights to fuel innovation. We’re several engagements into a relationship with a client implementing a sweeping innovation initiative across its organization. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 10, 2019

Brainzooming participated in a new business presentation with a group of other companies. As our in-person presentation drew to a close, the review team asked about each of our experiences with comparable culture changes. We were proposing a change initiative for a multi-agency department within a city government.

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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

JANUARY 24, 2019

Speakers and presenters included professionals from around the globe; educators, actors, consultants, special-effects supervisors, directors, musicians, and others. 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.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Yet, since The Brainzooming Group works with many major corporations, it’s not like I don’t retain a sense of the upsides and challenges of working in the corporate world. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation. I tell them the only times I do are on the 15th and 31st of the month.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Many people visit the Brainzooming website looking for ideas on making strategic planning fun. I’m a strategic planning guy, and even I don’t enjoy strategic planning the way it is typically handled for groups. Part of making strategic planning fun involves fun exercises , which we continue to create and share here.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

The tricky balance was articulating an initial direction the group couldn’t derail while providing room for them to contribute ideas and time to make the event successful. Remember that although these creative thinking skills are presented sequentially, they may be used in any order. – Mike Brown.

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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. What’s definitely necessary is to have the feedback of multiple representatives from each group. What words come up most often?

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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 27, 2016

While there were a few presentations and ideas to stimulate our creative thinking skills, there were far too few for an all-day event. 3 Creative Thinking Skills Ideas from Gas Can 2016. Creative Thinking Skills Idea: There’s an early Brainzooming blog post on forcing decisions between one thing or another.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

Small unknown group collaboration”. Group work”. I was thinking I may not be as included since I’m not from or otherwise generally associated with (the community).”. Collaboration was so easy with the group that I was with.”. One of best group brainstorming sessions in a long time.”. The team interaction”.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The occasion was presenting our first strategic market plan at Yellow Transportation (whose name was Yellow but whose color was orange) to the senior leadership team. The presentation took place at Arrowhead Stadium, where the Kansas City Chiefs play. Create the Vision to Align and Engage Your Team! Current Orange Socks.

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BrainZooming

JULY 19, 2016

From our experience at The Brainzooming Group and ongoing research, there are ten common innovation barriers blocking new idea and implementation across organizations. We group innovation barriers based on their ties to strategy, process, and people issues. Understanding which challenges you’re facing is vital. Strategy Barriers.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 17, 2016

It entered the workshop with five profiles of target audience members that The Brainzooming Group helped them develop. Small groups prepared the personas in advance by brainstorming answers to ten questions on each audience member. Within each phase, the small groups identified questions audience members might ask.

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Moves the Needle

MAY 24, 2019

“A city is not gauged by its length and width, but by the broadness of its vision and the height of its dreams.” - Herb Caen Those who carry this vision forward and empower these dreams are the past, present, and future city leadership and employees. The vision is embodied by the residents of the city.

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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. As an innovation leader, pursuing an innovation strategy in disguise requires a different perspective. Mike Brown. Here’s Your Innovation Answer!

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