Paul Hobcraft

JUNE 27, 2017

Most organizations are seeking solutions to the necessary connections between Strategy and Innovation. Often it is within the strategies that should be outlined, lies the potential new spaces to play for innovation’s design. Innovation needs a much stronger alignment to strategy, they need connecting far better.

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BrainZooming

JULY 31, 2017

Ten years ago, last week, I gave what I’ve always considered my worst presentation ever. I call it my “Lee Harvey Oswald presentation.”. Somehow, though, none of things saved the presentation! Public Speaking Skills and My Worst Presentation Ever. The arrangement was clearly going to present a problem.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 11, 2017

I jotted down the questions since I saw them as a strong strategic thinking exercise. A Strategic Thinking Exercise for Determining Trustworthiness. Applying this Strategic Thinking Exercise Broadly. This is a great example of a simple strategic thinking exercise to speed and sharpen decision making.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

Someone wondered about the range of topics included in the disruptive innovation strategy workshop we delivered recently. 27 Links to Energize Your Innovation Strategy. If you’re interested in reviewing some of the innovation strategy content we shared during the workshop , here are links within three major focus areas: Imagine.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

If you have the right people present , and they are in a chatty mood, how can you morph the gathering into a strategic conversation? One way is by introducing strategic thinking questions that steer meandering conversations into strategic conversations. What will we need to get started? – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 8, 2016

It’s always incredible to work directly with Brainzooming blog readers in supporting their companies’ innovation strategy objectives. Last week, we presented a creative and strategic thinking workshop for a Brainzooming reader who leads the national sales division of a global industrial manufacturer.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

During this year’s presentations, I’ll be covering both brand strategy (Thursday) and social-first stories (Friday). 9 Areas to Tune-Up Your Brand Strategy for Peak Performance. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Your Vision Statement Impact . Creating a Compelling Brand Promise.

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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. “ Strategy is useless without innovation; innovation is directionless without strategy” Below is an extract from “Reinventing Innovation” by John J Kao.

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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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BrainZooming

APRIL 16, 2018

This is a new slide for a two-day innovation strategy workshop we’ll be presenting this week in Los Angeles. While the slide is new, the appearance of all of these excuses (and more) for not advancing with an innovation strategy are anything but new. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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CMOE

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Maybe your strategy was successful, and perhaps it didn’t pan out, but you certainly faced unexpected challenges and victories that you didn’t plan for. Learning from the Year Reflecting on the past year helps set the foundation for setting goals and adapting strategies in the coming year.

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BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2018

The general manager at an industrial manufacturer wondered about how to effectively engage the hourly workforce as innovation strategy participants ? Whether that concern surfaces immediately or later, it is always present. What about the financial hurdle of engaging hourly employees in innovation strategy? via Shutterstock.

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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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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company. The value of such gatherings lies in their capacity to refresh perspectives, encourage strategic thinking, and address complex challenges without the distractions of the office environment.

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BrainZooming

JULY 20, 2017

A Bait and Avoid Customer Experience Strategy. Think about the customer experience strategy implications of this bait and avoid policy. Stop again and consider whether this bait and avoid customer experience strategy is smart. I presented my loyalty card when we ordered a food combination qualifying for the daily special.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 16, 2017

Is accelerating your innovation strategy high on your organization’s priority list for this year? Identify and develop innovation strategies with a customer perspective. 5 Innovation Strategy eBooks from Brainzooming. 5 Innovation Strategy eBooks from Brainzooming. Outside-In Innovation Strategic Thinking Tools.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 14, 2016

I was talking with an executive charged with implementing an innovation strategy for a new company initiative. While the business objectives and expectations are lofty, the budget available to fund the innovation strategy has disappeared. 16 Keys for Finding Resources to Accelerate Your Innovation Strategy.

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BrainZooming

JULY 23, 2018

Today, Monday, July 23, we’re launching the new Brainzooming book, Idea Magnets: 7 Strategies for Cultivating & Attracting Creative Business Leaders. You can watch the presentation at 11:00 am Central Daylight time in the US (4 pm UCT). Creative Thinking Skills – 10 Ideas for Stimulating Extreme Team Creativity.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 19, 2024

By embracing the next generation ai-powered innovation phases and gates processes , companies are not only improving their current innovation management strategies but are also setting the stage for future advancements. It involves using advanced algorithms to analyze past and present data to make predictions about future outcomes.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We routinely ask those of you downloading Brainzooming strategy and innovation eBooks to share – if you are willing – the opportunities and challenges you are facing at the time. “Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto. .

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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. Meeting planners should consider: The size and scope of events where the speaker has presented. The relevance of past topics to the theme of innovation.

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BrainZooming

JULY 20, 2016

Facing a major goal when seems you have is too few resources CAN BE an incredible inspiration for your organization’s innovation strategy. Because of this, he saw difficult and resource-scarce times as the BEST opportunity for creativity and moving ahead with a bold innovation strategy. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

The challenge in a client meeting was developing the strategy for a later meeting intended to build support for a biennial community event. The team leader asked, “How is it possible to listen to us talk and turn it into a strategy so quickly?”. 9 Creative Thinking Skills to Turn Talk into Strategy. – Mike Brown.

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Phil McKinney

AUGUST 24, 2023

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. As a leader, I've witnessed the transformative power of visionary thinking.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 21, 2017

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence offered an internal branding strategy take on the United Airlines woes, offering strategic thinking questions you can ask and answer to improve your brand’s resiliency and avoid brand crises. 3 Ways Your Internal Branding Strategy Can Be Smarter than United Airlines.

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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. Is the stage lit properly so the audience can see (and photograph for social sharing) both the presenter and the slides.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 8, 2017

What do you think will be commonplace first – a car with NO ONE behind the wheel on the highway or no more cell phone calls where you must tell someone to repeat something because they dropped out? Which will disappear first – boring PowerPoint presentations or the K-Mart brand? Things aren’t getting saner and more calm.

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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. The workshop, while drawing on material from my Fortune 500 work, springs from multiple conversations at the 2015 Brand Strategy Conference. 3 Keys to Engaging Your Internal Brand Team.

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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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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

Innovation in executive teams is not just about developing new products or services; it’s about fostering a culture of continuous improvement, strategic thinking, and adaptability. Implementing Reflective Practices and Feedback Loops Reflective practices and feedback loops are instrumental in refining processes and strategies.

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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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BrainZooming

AUGUST 25, 2016

Right after that article, The Brainzooming Group facilitated a small innovation strategy workshop with a client. We discussed the approach for the client’s upcoming thirty-person new process innovation strategy workshop. The question emerged of how much prior thinking to share with the newly involved participants. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

Inspired by an article in The Wall Street Journal by professor Scott Galloway, they lay out five strategic imperatives Amazon uses to disrupt markets and grow. The Amazon Strategy DNA. Working from Galloway’s analysis, let’s look at how to incorporate a strain of the Amazon strategic success DNA into your own strategy development.

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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. Present while walking throughout the room / audience.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

That sentiment all revolves around our content marketing strategy. The client we’re onsite with today working on an innovation strategy comes with an intriguing history. By mid-year, he completed a Contact Us form on the website, wanting to discuss his brand’s innovation strategy.

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Tullio Siragusa

MAY 1, 2023

The Role of Enterprise Architecture in the Circular Economy Enterprise architecture (EA) refers to the practice of designing, planning, and implementing IT infrastructure and systems to support an organization’s goals and strategy. Organizations must be agile and responsive to these changes to stay competitive.

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Tullio Siragusa

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Consistency: Strong emphasis on strategies that deliver consistent outcomes. Flexibility: Adaptive decision-making with strategies evolving based on human feedback. Enter Design Thinking — a holistic, user-centered approach that promises to bridge the perceived chasm between quantifiable metrics and human-centric leadership.

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