Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Setting the Stage for Success To set the stage for a successful strategic planning offsite, several key steps should be taken: Define Clear Objectives : Be clear about what you want to achieve during the offsite. Choose an Appropriate Venue : The location should be conducive to strategic thinking and free from interruptions.

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BrainZooming

JULY 23, 2018

As part of the launch activities, you’re invited to a Facebook Live presentation I’m deliver on the seven Idea Magnets creative leadership strategies during the Leadership Institute conference. You can watch the presentation at 11:00 am Central Daylight time in the US (4 pm UCT). Embodying Servant Leadership.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Instead, a more holistic approach to leadership intelligence is required—one that includes Experiential Intelligence (XQ). The Importance of Innovation in Executive Leadership Innovation is the lifeblood of any successful organization. The integration of XQ into executive functions is a potent tool for driving innovation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

It requires a shift in your strategic thinking, urging you to anticipate changes and react with precision. To foster a strategic mindset among your leadership team, consider the insights from 10 ways to get your leadership team thinking strategically and building the best business strategies.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 24, 2023

Leadership is at the center of every successful organization. Leaders who can think beyond today and set a vision for their organization are more successful in shaping its future. Visionary thinking involves thinking beyond the present and asking yourself what the future could look like. Steve Jobs (Apple Inc.):

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2022

I was recently working through a set of older presentation files and came across this extract concerning innovation again and thought I must share this. It’s about leadership, organizational structure, knowledge management, corporate purpose and values, norms regarding collaboration, and strategic foresight processes.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking. These gatherings are critical for aligning leadership on company vision, strengthening interpersonal relationships, and making decisions that will steer the company’s future.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

A speaker specializing in innovation can also highlight trends, emerging technologies, and industry disruptions, providing valuable context for future strategic planning. Publications and Thought Leadership : Authoring books, articles, or maintaining an active blog on innovation topics can demonstrate thought leadership.

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Focused Momentum

AUGUST 12, 2020

This article is part of our Strategic Thinking During a Pandemic series. Resources are limited, and it is natural to prioritize the support of our community's efforts to fight the spread of the coronavirus and to help those most vulnerable to the physical and economic threats it presents.

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BrainZooming

JULY 18, 2018

Using Idea Magnets strategies, you’ll be able to envision new creative paths that deliver powerful impact, attract new ideas and people, and strengthen your leadership. We’ll be officially celebrating the book’s launch on Monday, July 23 with a live presentation at 11:00 am Central Daylight Time (US).

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

A search on the Brainzooming blog to track down content for an updated strategic thinking presentation uncovered it. The title is from a leadership presentation that I do. It was written back in my corporate days during the blog’s first year (June 27, 2008). Honestly, I’d forgotten about it. Via Shutterstock.

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Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2017

Clearly one critical part of this present frustration is a seemingly lack of alignment between the organizations strategic goals and its mission and how innovation is expected to contribute, so as to fuel the growth and deliver many of the essential parts of the strategic need. Frustrations abound up and down the Organization.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Our primary contact saw me speak in 2014 at Compete Through Service Symposium produced by the Arizona State University Center for Services Leadership and subscribed to the Brainzooming blog email. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation.

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2018

He was wrestling with a common challenge executives face when thinking about engaging an hourly workforce: How can I pull people off the line, shop floor, phones, or wherever else they are producing or serving customers to participate in this non-productive activity? Whether that concern surfaces immediately or later, it is always present.

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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. In a business setting, though, you need senior leadership to be on board with a changing culture.

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Jeffrey Phillips

APRIL 26, 2021

We can more easily control costs and operations if we assume the present and near future will look a lot like the recent past. When you lack a theory or through line, you pursue any path at any point in time that seems to promise revenue and profits, abandoning any strategic thinking or purpose, pursuing any promising lead or opportunity.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Strategic Planning Process. “Helping train my team to be strategic thinkers and not just executors” Creative Thinking Skills for Sales – A Workshop Approach. Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy. 5 Keys to Streamlining Strategic Planning. Innovation.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

We’re losing sight of the importance of soft skills–like communication, empathy, mindfulness, creativity, collaboration, and leadership. Similar problems apply at the leadership level, too, where often everyone from the manager to the senior level fails to understand the impact of these fundamental human skills.

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Faisal Hoque

DECEMBER 10, 2020

We’re losing sight of the importance of soft skills–like communication, empathy, mindfulness, creativity, collaboration, and leadership. Similar problems apply at the leadership level, too, where often everyone from the manager to the senior level fails to understand the impact of these fundamental human skills.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2017

We instead used previous exposure, strategic thinking exercises with the IT team and others, and strategic business sense to describe what it seemed a corporate target would encompass. Take on leadership and responsibility for decisions. Despite repeated requests, no one ever surfaced this type of strategy document.

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BrainZooming

JULY 19, 2016

We use a diagnostic with senior leadership teams that ties to the ten innovation barriers. The first step in the brief strategic thinking exercise has individual leaders assess the presence of the organization’s roadblocks. Not motivating the team to take risks and innovate. Tackling Innovation Barriers.

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2017

Chuck Dymer and I presented to a group of logistics managers in Chicago last week. Tomorrow, I’ll be closing the Nature Explore and The Outdoor Classroom Project Leadership Institute with a comparable message. The closing presentation will be about staying strong as an idea magnet even you are uncertain of what is ahead.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 1, 2023

As a discipline, EA seeks to create a holistic, strategic view of an organization’s technology landscape, enabling better alignment between business objectives and IT capabilities. Conclusion The circular economy presents an opportunity for businesses to embrace a more sustainable and resilient model for growth.

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CMOE

APRIL 21, 2023

Interactive presentation software rather than static PowerPoint presentations. Our courses cover many business topics, from Coaching to Strategic thinking. This feature is a convenient way for those who may not feel comfortable speaking to still be involved with the discussion and activity.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 16, 2015

Your innovation expertise could also be in training, executing of innovation Strategy and Models, project management, and leadership. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Marianne Carr.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 18, 2016

Programs where leadership is solidly on-board. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation. Slam dunks.

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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. On October 22, 1997, I wore orange socks for the first time.

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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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The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

Our collective failure of imagination is caused by five related factors: Momentum of legacy – A company’s past and present are a powerful anchor that can blind a company’s leadership to alternative futures, especially when these futures challenge conventional wisdom or threaten knowledge authorities.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 25, 2016

At a Brainzooming internal branding strategy workshop I was presenting , one attendee remarked about wanting more vision statement examples. From what she described, her company’s leadership had rushed to develop big strategy statements (such as a core purpose, vision statement, or mission statement), but was now rethinking its direction.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Social Networking, Personal Relationships & 7 Content Strategy Questions Is a Smart Presenter Always Better? Leadership Skills – 8 Ways to Fake It Until You Make It Creative Ideas – 5 Authors’ Perspectives for Defeating “Enemies of Invention”. Related posts Could You Get on the Same Page?

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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. For a quick innovation strategy inspiration along these lines, this video is an example of doing something that doesn’t fit, but making it seems as if it does.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

One conference presenter this summer shared the sizable list of Amazon innovation failures. If your leadership team hasn’t explored this possibility, it makes sense to do so periodically: What core competencies allow us to deliver the best product or service we can?

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Boxes and Arrows

JULY 10, 2008

Part two will address whether a person has the right ‘hard’ skills and ‘soft’ qualities like communication style, creativity and leadership ability to fit your particular organizational context. Outies need to have political and sales savvy to navigate varied organizations and present value.

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