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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.

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Strategic Thinking Exercise – 4 Ways to Examine Brand Performance

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Here’s an idea for a new strategic thinking exercise that can be a big help. 4 Ways to Examine Brand Performance as a Strategic Thinking Exercise. Best practices common in your industry. Best practices common in other industries that are relevant to your own. First though, a little background.

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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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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.

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Answering Reader Questions on Strategy and Innovation Challenges

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Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy. “Simplifying (strategy) process and engaging people to implement” 3 Ways to Invite Productive Strategy Input. “Out-of-the-box thinking to create disruption in the industry” 12 Permissions to Disrupt New .

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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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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. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.