Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Importance of Strategic Thinking for Senior Executives Strategic thinking is an indispensable element for senior executives. As a senior leader, strategic thinking enables you to anticipate market trends, identify potential challenges, and devise plans that steer your organization towards sustained success.

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APRIL 29, 2024

Importance of Strategic Thinking for Senior Executives Strategic thinking is an indispensable element for senior executives. As a senior leader, strategic thinking enables you to anticipate market trends, identify potential challenges, and devise plans that steer your organization towards sustained success.

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BrainZooming

JULY 24, 2017

That’s when having the strategic thinking skills to extract the great ideas from everything else is so vital to them seeing the light of day and getting the consideration they deserve. 9 Strategic Thinking Skills to Create Clarity for Great Ideas. Do you stand out at these strategic thinking skills?

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Focused Momentum

JUNE 21, 2019

Strategic thinking requires a shift in mindset from the problem-solving, now-oriented practice relied upon to manage transactions to a less linear, more chaotic future-oriented process in which problem-solving structures reaches their limits.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 16, 2018

The article inspired a laundry list of strategic thinking exercise prompts to re-imagine a threatened business model when your service offering is under assault from online offerings, bots, or some other form of complete automation. A New Strategic Thinking Exercise. Innovation. Extreme Creativity.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Thinking In the ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to anticipate changes and craft effective strategies is invaluable. Leaders with a strategic mindset can transcend day-to-day operational thinking and focus on long-term objectives.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

The Importance of Strategic Thinking In the ever-evolving business landscape, the ability to anticipate changes and craft effective strategies is invaluable. Leaders with a strategic mindset can transcend day-to-day operational thinking and focus on long-term objectives.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

For more insights into how a strategic mindset can augment leadership capabilities, consider exploring strategic thinking for leaders , a resource designed to broaden your perspective on leadership strategies. Developing Strategic Thinking Skills Strategic thinking is another cornerstone of effective leadership.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

For more insights into how a strategic mindset can augment leadership capabilities, consider exploring strategic thinking for leaders , a resource designed to broaden your perspective on leadership strategies. Developing Strategic Thinking Skills Strategic thinking is another cornerstone of effective leadership.

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BrainZooming

JULY 18, 2017

5 Strategic Thinking Questions to Answer Before Making a Decision. Here are five strategic thinking questions you should identify well before you are on the verge of making a decision: Who owns making the decision? 9 ideas for introducing your strategic plan with style and impact to engage your organization.

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BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2016

Whether strategic planning is months away or close at hand, however, it’s always smart to get a head start tackling big strategic thinking questions that warrant in-depth consideration. 9 Big Strategic Thinking Questions to Start Addressing Now. 9 Big Strategic Thinking Questions to Start Addressing Now.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 12, 2017

The Power of Positive Thinking Plus Strategic Thinking Questions. As an alternative, I tried being more like my dad, coupling the power of his positive thinking with the strategic thinking questions that are so comfortable for me. Download our FREE eBook: The 600 Most Powerful Strategic Planning Questions.

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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 19, 2017

One way to look at your branding strategy to identify new value opportunities is to ask this strategic thinking question: What mistakes are customers prone to make before and after they work with us, and how can we eliminate (maybe even guarantee to eliminate) any of those mistakes? That’s a huge question.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 24, 2016

Here’s the strategic thinking question I saw in that moment: Where are your mirrors? 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. What’s your mirror? – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

That’s why instead of typing out nine strategic thinking questions from various business conversations (and contemplations) so far this week, I decided to Sharpie marker and share them with you in this image. These are strategic thinking questions our clients are asking. It’s still early.

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CMOE

APRIL 21, 2023

Knowing how to make virtual training more engaging is crucial to meet the needs of the workforce. With virtual training front and center, business leaders must find strategic ways to spark community and engagement in their learning programs. This actionable guide will demonstrate how you can engage your team.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

7 Strategic Thinking Questions When Things Aren’t Working. When things took an unexpected turn the other day, I mentally flew through various strategic thinking questions trying to comes up with ideas to adjust what we were doing. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Create Improved Results.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 20, 2016

I asked them to engage in some strategic thinking about innovation opportunities for the company. They used that as a justification for opting out of strategic thinking. I disabused them of the idea, however, that their narrow job descriptions were synonymous with narrow strategic thinking roles.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

It seems ridiculous to help a company become better at strategic thinking and marketing without being allowed to tell them how to do it. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 3 Responses to New Ideas. The answer could suggest their strategic thinking wasn’t effective in this situation.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 11, 2016

It received enough attention that we decided to share an additional strategic thinking exercise that puts a twist on the typical SWOT analysis. To add depth and breadth to the strategic thinking exercise, however, we add four probes to each area of the SWOT analysis. Creating engagement with our employees ?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2016

9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Helping Teams Execute Strategy. When it comes to helping teams execute strategy, we recommend leaders ask themselves these strategic thinking questions before convening the team to launch a new initiative. 10 Keys to Engaging Stakeholders to Improve Strategic Results.

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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. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions to Start Strategic Conversations.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2023

Unrelated, Brainzooming was leading a major visioning and employee engagement assignment for a non-profit client. As with so many things, the two (the book and the employee engagement work) became very related. A friend recommended the book, The Soul of Desire, by Dr. Curt Thompson (affiliate link) , to me.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Here is a way you can turn a typical strategic thinking exercise into something new and fun that both adds variety to your strategy meeting AND could trigger some new ideas to get our strategy out of a rut! Use a New SWOT Strategic Thinking Exercise Nobody Expects. You have no doubt heard of a SWOT analysis. Outrageous.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

During in-person and online strategic planning workshops , we regularly use a strategic thinking exercise that helps leadership groups quickly identify a shared future vision statement. Pushing Back on a Strategic Thinking Exercise. An Alternative Strategic Thinking Exercise to Develop a Vision Statement.

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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 ? His question reflects legitimate senior executive interest in engaging the entire workforce to drive innovation and ROI through far-reaching process improvements. via Shutterstock.

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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

DECEMBER 9, 2015

From a facilitation standpoint, it was the most arduous couple of days of going through strategic thinking exercises I recall. With groups changing out every few hours, there was a continual, tight window to get all the input we’d need to build out a strategic plan and timeline for our client’s strategic initiative.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Introduction to Strategic Thinking in Business The Importance of Strategy in a Disruptive World In today’s business environment, disruption is the new norm. With technology advancing at breakneck speeds and market dynamics shifting unpredictably, it’s crucial for you as a business leader to embrace strategic thinking.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Alignment on Vision and Goals : Time spent together allows for robust discussions, ensuring everyone is aligned with the company’s vision and strategic goals. Increased Morale and Engagement : Offsites can also serve as a team-building exercise, boosting morale and increasing engagement among team members.

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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. What to Blog About?

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Leapfrogging

MAY 8, 2024

It encompasses the skills and insights a person acquires through active engagement and reflection on real-world challenges. By engaging in hands-on experiences, you can improve strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

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BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

At the 2016 Brand Strategy Conference, Antonia Dean, Director – Marketing, Brand Development, & Strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies covered the strategic thinking ideas behind creating an entrepreneurial environment in a large company. 10 Keys to Engaging Employees to Improve Strategic Results.

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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. The question was whether it makes sense to try and engage employees in the ways I discussed when they aren’t likely to be around for very long.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 7, 2017

Articulating Your Strategic Innovation Direction in an Understandable Way. Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand. Workplace Diversity – The Why, Who, and How of Strategic Thinking. Strategic Thinking Success – 3 Critical Thinking Perspectives.

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Leapfrogging

MAY 8, 2024

Designing Experiential Learning Activities When you integrate experiential learning activities into your training programs, you provide leaders with the opportunity to engage directly with complex, real-life scenarios. Activities may include role-playing, simulations, or hands-on projects that require collaboration and strategic thinking.

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