BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2015

We, however, routinely share how we do things via our methodology, tools, and learnings from Brainzooming strategic thinking workshops. Why Do We Give Away So Many Strategic Thinking Exercises? Strategic Thinking – Exercises and Tools for Creative Thinking and Strategy.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

We have been working with a client that had done a lot of strategic thinking about a new initiative. Those are six starting places to use when you are doing strategic thinking about big lists. The thing is, they had done the hard strategic thinking and already had all the raw material they needed.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 6, 2017

5 Quick Tips on Extreme Creativity and Creative Thinking Skills. What other tips have we learned about how extreme creativity questions boost creative thinking skills? They start filling the extra space big questions create with ideas of ALL sizes. Here are five of them: 1.

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BrainZooming

MAY 23, 2016

One of my favorite things is when clients, blog readers, and Brainzooming workshop attendees use our strategic thinking exercises to explore new ideas. Imagine my surprise when Diane’s drawing turned out to be a representation of an innovation strategy formula we shared on the Brainzooming blog a year earlier.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 19, 2017

I delivered a Brainzooming workshop on “Budget-Extending Social Content Strategy” at the Social Media Strategies Summit this week. During the time together, we worked through various Brainzooming tools to develop and implement social content strategy that is smart online and drives results for a brand.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

By stepping away from the day-to-day operations and fostering a focused environment, your leadership team can craft innovative strategies and strengthen collaboration. Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Importance of Choosing the Right Tools Selecting the most suitable online collaboration tools is a strategic decision that can have a profound impact on your team’s effectiveness. Be user-friendly to encourage widespread adoption and minimize the learning curve. Integrate seamlessly with other tools and systems already in use.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 8, 2015

The “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence profiled an intriguing innovation strategy example within a regulated industry. The Armada article highlights six ways to formulate innovation strategy in a regulated environment, including the approach JetBlue is taking. A shadow innovation strategy.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 30, 2016

Instead, how about a list of 14 event marketing strategy questions you can use the next time you or your organization plan an event? 14 Event Marketing Strategy Questions You NEED to Ask Early. Yes, you need to be able to answer “Yes” to all these event marketing strategy questions. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Fun Strategic Planning Activities – Do you like doing an ice breaker exercise? A Strategy for Bringing Customers Into Every Meeting. Musical Chairs – A Seating Strategy. 7 Tips to Improve Conference Call Presentations. 1 Simple Strategy for Improving Time Management. 1 Simple Strategy for Improving Time Management.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 22, 2016

Even though creative thinking exercises and strategy questions are intended to help people approach familiar situations in new ways, they can easily become new boundaries to constrain thinking. When this takes happens, creative thinking exercises becomes just that many more boxes to shut down ideas that are off the beaten path.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

Because of this, the list was worthless for doing what I suspect everyone hoped it would do: provide a starting point for the strategic thinking needed to back into a definition of and explanation for what the new initiative would turn out to be. 6 Ways to Organize Ideas from Strategic Planning Exercises.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 1, 2016

Collaborative planning implies a process that goes beyond the board room to include individuals throughout the organization in meaningful ways to provide insights and input to shape organizational strategy. A large group really makes collaborative strategy planning work. 10 Keys to Engaging Employees to Improve Strategic Results.

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BrainZooming

MAY 3, 2016

We were working with a client and sharing the value of our extreme creativity strategic exercises to boost creative thinking skills. For organizational innovation success, contact The Brainzooming Group to help your team be more successful by rapidly expanding strategic options and creating innovative growth strategies.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Successfully going from strategy to implementation, however, is critical to business success. Creating a strong, innovative plan is only part of the strategy equation. Built for Discomfort – An Alternative Prioritization Strategy for Innovation. Creating Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. This new Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons for senior executives to increase strategic collaboration, employee engagement, and grow revenues for their organizations.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 6, 2017

Her learned reluctance to push bold creative ideas now creeps into other situations where she does have tremendous latitude to introduce bold ideas. It may be time to make sure your bold creative ideas are clearly and understandably rooted in strategy. There is a disconnect.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Amanda Sibley recommends making sure you have at least one DRI for each significant activity in lead generation projects (which was the topic of her presentation at the Social Media Strategies Summit). Email us at info@brainzooming.com or call us at 816-509-5320 to learn how we can deliver these benefits for you.

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Matthew May

AUGUST 28, 2015

I started developing a visual tool for team facilitation of strategy development over two years ago, after I learned the Playing to Win framework from Roger Martin. It is designed to be at once a visual tool, a creative device, a standard operating procedure, and an artifact of a team’s strategic thinking.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2017

These tips for leadership skills help clarify ways to make collaboration work effectively as a leadership practice. A leader should create strategy with a team. Ashley McCollum (General Manager, Tasty at BuzzFeed) advocates for leaders collaborating with their teams to create business strategy. The reason?

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