BrainZooming

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Here’s the strategic thinking question I saw in that moment: Where are your mirrors? Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. What’s your mirror?

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Strategic Thinking Engagement Strategy Strategy 40

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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Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Design Exercises 100

CMOE

MARCH 31, 2022

Strategic thinking has become one of the most valued skills in managers, and many organizations know that strategic thinking is integral to their success. Unfortunately, managers often run into challenges that prevent them from engaging in strategic thought and action with consistency and regularity.

Management 98

Management Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy 98

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

We were facilitating report outs at a strategy planning workshop after multiple teams tackled developing high-level plans to improve various employee challenges in a relatively high-performing company. Why were these report outs different than others we’d done previously? These questions are real.

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Strategy Strategy Brainstorming eBook 98

BrainZooming

MAY 1, 2017

In “What Sets Successful CEOs Apart,” authors Elena Lytkina Botelho, Kim Rosenkoetter Powell, Stephen Kincaid, and Dina Wang reported their analysis of several thousand CEOs. 4 Critical Factors for Successful Executives in Creating Strategic Impact. Strategic Thinking Exercise – Simply Making Big Decisions.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategic Thinking Exercises eBook 87

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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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 72

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Reviewing the Fast Company World’s Most Innovative Companies issue suggested fourteen potential innovation themes based on the strategies the magazine reported. Based on this list, think ahead: What you would do NOW to prepare if 2020 were going to be the year of. Selecting Your Organization’s Innovation Theme.

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eBook Strategic Thinking Technical Review Strategy 99

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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Roadmap Design Underperforming Technical Team How To 100

BrainZooming

MAY 2, 2017

Does your organization excel at its strategy implementation process ? Do you execute new strategies quickly, effectively, and successfully? A few clients we talk with mention a strong strategy execution process. We address their experiences in our collaborative strategy implementation approach.

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eBook Strategy Strategy Tips 71

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

That group should possess a deep understanding of the existing organization’s strategy, business models, operations and culture and a wider appreciation of the innovation landscape, the “fields of opportunity” and the emerging practices of innovation management.

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Innovation Programs Technical Review Innovation Policies 189

BrainZooming

JANUARY 4, 2016

They reported the team’s defensive coordinator, Bob Sutton, told them that when planning competitive strategy , “I want to stay out of ‘never’ and ‘always.’”. What fantastic competitive strategy advice to incorporate this time of year as you implement new strategies. Who Sees Predictable Competitive Strategy Moves?

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Competition Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 12, 2017

This week’s “Inside the Executive Suite” article from Armada Corporate Intelligence looked at how you focus a distracted organization on an implementation strategy to align and focus activities. Here is a recommendation to make it happen through taking on three different strategic roles. . Role one involves being a reporter.

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Strategy Strategy eBook Report 40

Tullio Siragusa

AUGUST 14, 2023

Vision and Strategic Thinking The Universal Need for Direction: Regardless of the industry, every organization seeks a brighter future. Their strategic thinking ensures that actions taken today align with a brighter tomorrow. By 2012, Ford reported a $5.7

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Leadership Industry Design Thinking Design 118

Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Developing an innovation culture within leadership requires a strategic approach, including implementing leadership development strategies that embed innovation as a core competency. By identifying these traits, organizations can pinpoint the individuals most likely to succeed in roles that require innovative thinking and leadership.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Is it a good or bad career strategy if you do not have a job description ? Quite honestly, my initial career strategy advice was to avoid a formal job description for as long as possible. Since this executive was expected to devise a job description, we created a straightforward career strategy-oriented exercise to start.

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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Strategic Thinking 40

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

For insights on staying ahead of the curve, consider exploring creating business strategy in a world of AI-driven rapid change. To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight.

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Disruption Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 100

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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Leadership Innovation Collaboration Culture 113

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

An article in The Wall Street Journal by Paul Ziobro shares an report on how toy manufacturers, including Mattel and Hasbro, are accelerating their new product innovation processes. Beyond these possibilities, what else can your brand explore to expand its repertoire of market listening strategies? Directly Observing Customers.

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Development Team Review Strategic Thinking eBook Trends 68

BrainZooming

JANUARY 27, 2016

What’s the story on the innovation strategy for beer? Rather than playback the various innovation strategy stories Pat McGauley shared, here is a sampling of quotes and points he made that stood out as great thought starters: Not all innovation strategy inside a company is created equal. Pat formed two innovation teams.

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Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Innovation 40

BrainZooming

APRIL 10, 2017

Ensure you have all the strategic thinking perspective and voices we always recommend. Additionally, for these strategic planning vision exercises, make sure you include external participants with expertise and perspectives not burdened by the organization’s current, status quo vision.

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Exercises Strategic Thinking eBook Trends 91

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

The Age of AI and Business Strategy Understanding AI-Driven Rapid Change In the current landscape, AI-driven technologies are reshaping industries at an unprecedented pace. For insights on building robust business strategies in this disruptive environment, explore our guide on building business strategies for a disruptive world.

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Strategy Strategy Change Underperforming Technical Team 100

BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

I debuted a presentation on “Results – Creating Strategic Impact,” our mini-book on employee engagement ideas to boost an organization’s strategic thinking. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Engagement Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Exercises 40

BrainZooming

JUNE 24, 2016

An attendee at the Curacao Social Media and Content Marketing Strategy Workshop raised a new (for me) and pertinent question: What are ideas to go live with brand impact? Nevertheless, thinking of content marketing strategy analogies , brands doing live video strikes me as very similar to “destination TV.”

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Marketing Strategy Strategy Video 56

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Absolute integrity in using and reporting information. In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , we share common situations standing in the way of successfully implementing your most important strategies. Honesty–with yourself and with everyone in the department and the company. Solving problems if they arise.

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Leadership Strategic Thinking eBook Guidelines 69

BrainZooming

JANUARY 19, 2016

I’ve just signed on to speak at the 2016 Social Media Strategy Summit in Las Vegas. The topic will be an update to the “Staying Sane as a Solo Social Media Professional” workshops I’ve delivered at previous Social Media Strategy Summit events (and elsewhere). 2 Ways to Decide When to Write What with Your Content Marketing Strategy.

Marketing 40

Marketing Strategy Strategy Tips 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

10 Questions to Identify Innovative Thinking in Salespeople. Thinking about innovative sales people I have known, how we teach strategic and creative thinking skills to sales teams, and strategic thinking questions we use to spur new thinking, here are ten questions to identify innovative thinking in salespeople.

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eBook Strategic Thinking Creative Thinking Innovation 40

BrainZooming

AUGUST 13, 2018

You should be able to find far-flung examples of many features, including online or app access to services or information, responsiveness, timeliness, status or exception reporting, and accuracy, among others. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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Disruption Strategic Thinking Survey eBook 45

BrainZooming

JANUARY 29, 2016

We are working with a client to develop a content marketing strategy for multiple business units in the organization. The first step was for our client to talk with the presidents of the various business units to understand their strategic objectives. During the discussion, he apologized for not having any strategic objectives.

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Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy Exercises 40

BrainZooming

JULY 4, 2017

These are some of the things we suggested to honor the team’s request for faithfully reporting their comments: Ask questions that allow individuals to express their own thinking instead of having to conform their language to how the strategic planner describes things.

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Report Strategy Strategy Resources 61

CMOE

JUNE 22, 2022

Many leaders from municipalities across the United States and Canada feel that the most effective strategy they have to attract and retain talent is to nurture the development of great people leaders within their organizations. It improves both the employee experience and retention of individual contributors and other leaders.

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Leadership Learning Course Strategic Thinking 59

BrainZooming

JUNE 7, 2017

“Inside the Executive Suite” from Armada Corporate Intelligence featured ideas keeping executives focused on strategic priorities during strategic planning meetings. An executive reported a real-time challenge: keeping the senior team at her company focused on strategic priorities.

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Underperforming Technical Team Meeting Groups Strategy 71

BrainZooming

JANUARY 31, 2018

For each group of questions, we provide an idea on how to adapt your business metrics strategy. He suggests broader extend through evaluating metrics as they are populated and reported. During strategic planning , we always discuss the options of starting or finishing with identifying metrics. Idea 2: Plan Early for Metrics.

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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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Project Management Tips Creativity 40

Innovation 360 Group

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

Attracting the most skilled talent has already become a strategic focus for future-forward companies. But how do you hire for creativity, innovation and strategic thinking, and create the right culture to support and develop it? Figure 1: Innovation tops the list (Source: World Economic Forum).

Leadership 40

Leadership Artificial Inteligence Technology Culture 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 10, 2017

The article highlighted innovation strategy options that drug companies are using to instill and support risk-taking behaviors. The innovation strategy options include cultivating company culture, celebrating failures with parties and awards, and making sure they are failing as fast as possible with sufficient learnings.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Idea Generation 88

The Inovo Group

MAY 14, 2018

Effective futuring that includes the ability to gain insights into long-term futures with inevitable disruptions and discontinuities needs to be a key component of a company’s strategy and innovation efforts. RIM’s strategy depended on corporate IT adoption with centralized management, control and security of the devices.

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Technical Review Trends Underperforming Technical Team Disruption 45

Cris Beswick

JUNE 23, 2020

With an abundance of global reports and surveys outlining the continued challenges faced by organisations in their quest to innovate, the single biggest issue we still see leaders make is not creating absolute clarity on strategy. The post Building bold strategies, one hypothesis at a time! appeared first on Cris Beswick.

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