BrainZooming

JULY 12, 2016

Reviewing the innovation strategy challenges business executives identified when downloading Brainzooming eBooks , they frequently mention gaining “buy-in” for significant change initiatives. Here are five keys we’ve found for successfully engaging employees in innovation strategy. That’s no surprise.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Too often, employees see strategic planning exercises as separate from and unrelated to what they need to do to run a business. What a waste for the employees and the companies using strategic planning exercises in ways that cultivate this experience! 4 Ways to Make a Strategic Planning Process Productive.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 28, 2016

Since strategy planning is an infrequent activity, it is difficult for executives to master it. We learned that if we asked executives a series of questions leading to the information needed to complete a strategy plan, they became productive strategy planners. Creative thinking exercises generate ideas, not facts.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In nearly every Brainzooming community collaboration workshop, we conclude with a Plus-Minus-Interesting-Recommendation-Question exercise (a PMIRQ for short). The open-ended questions in a PMIRQ allow participants to share invaluable reactions and ideas; we use them directly to shape what we do in future innovation workshops.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Part of making strategic planning fun involves fun exercises , which we continue to create and share here. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. As I always say, those searches are no surprise.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Based on all The Brainzooming Group experience in helping clients generate new ideas and innovative strategies, diversity is vital to successful creative thinking activities. Let me ask a few questions: Does your organization have all the diversity it needs to uncover creativity and innovative strategies?

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

All the Strategy Roles You Need. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Innovative Ideas from Experts. 6 Strategies – Innovative Business Ideas to Stay Ahead of Customer Needs. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Tracking Down the Expertise You Need.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Creative Thinking Skills: 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Disruptive Innovation, Change Management & Taking the NO Out of InNOvation. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

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Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Once upon a time innovation was a technique practiced by lone inventors.

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Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Once upon a time innovation was a technique practiced by lone inventors.

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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. Afterward, we used a Zoomference to introduce strategies to its top-performing sales people. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 29, 2016

My suspicion is the business unit president didn’t think he had strategic objectives because nothing addressed growth, innovation, or things that would only come to fruition years in the future. This new situation suggested a three-question exercise to identify likely strategic initiatives and objectives. 3 Helpful Questions.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Friday’s priority involved finalizing a new product innovation workshop we’re developing in collaboration with a market research company for one of its clients. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

I think we just stumbled over our newest brand experience exercise! – Mike Brown. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. It gets pretty dizzying in a hurry! FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

An exercise to estimate employee lifetime value is beneficial for any brand. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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Taivara

JULY 23, 2018

In the broadest sense, we’re talking about open innovation. As product managers or entrepreneurs, curiosity will ensure we always have a plan B. The exercises above do provide better understanding of what the idea is and often proves helpful to scoring, but some companies simply kick out unclear ideas for further refinement.

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Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Problems Product Managers Face According to recent research conducted by Christian Bonilla from Mind the Product , the biggest challenge facing product managers is being able to conduct proper market research to validate whether the market truly needs what they’re building.

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