BrainZooming

MARCH 28, 2016

We are big fans of strategy statements incorporating simple language an organization uses to talk about its daily business activities. Strategy statements should not be filled with complex jargon that most people cannot understand or with generic language that could apply to ANY business. Think about that for a minute.

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BrainZooming

MAY 16, 2017

If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. Big strategy statements shaping your organization needn’t be complicated. Our free “Big Strategy Statements” eBook lays out an approach to collaboratively develop smart, strategic directions that improve results!

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BrainZooming

JULY 11, 2017

As I explained it, our objective when leading a strategic planning process is to make sure the result is an innovative, implementable strategy. 9 Things to Deliver in a Strategic Planning Process. That specific phrase (an innovative, implementable strategy) is very important to a strategic planning process.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2017

Talking to executives, you hear the expectation that an organization should implement a solid strategic plan strategy-by-strategy. To the extent a strategic plan is not implemented in that way, it falls short in some fashion. 7 Collaborative Strategic Planning Process Impacts (Even if the Plan Sits on the Shelf).

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BrainZooming

APRIL 8, 2016

What a strong first day at the Brand Strategy Conference in New York. The kickoff presentation on the first day was from Kodi Foster, Vice President – Data Strategy at Viacom. Five Things Your Content Marketing Strategy Should Deliver. His five-points form a strong checklist with which to assess your content marketing strategy.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2016

Many organizations are in the early stages of executing new strategies for this year. That is when you discover whether you have a solid, implementable plan or something that (maybe) looks good on paper, but doesn’t work well when you try to execute the strategy. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Helping Teams Execute Strategy.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 12, 2016

That’s not the way to advance an internal branding strategy. My suggestion for these videos to have an impact on their internal branding strategy? Then, capture them explaining strategy at employee meetings. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates. – Mike Brown.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 29, 2015

Sustainability strategy in constrained economic times “ The different articles in this special edition all focus on the sustainability behavour of companies in tough times. Companies have used their sustainability strategy to maximize strategic value by focussing more on the real customer needs and reduce costs.

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Tullio Siragusa

APRIL 15, 2024

Here are specific examples of how these technologies can be applied: Strategic Planning and Decision Making AI algorithms can analyze vast amounts of data to identify trends, opportunities, and threats. Improve Financial Management AI platforms analyze financial data in real-time, offering insights for cost reduction and revenue optimization.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2017

Do you dread strategy meetings ? Really, we’re among friends, so you can be completely truthful in your answer: Do you REALLY, REALLY DREAD strategy meetings? Every executive dreads strategic planning. 80 Fun Strategic Planning Activities and Ideas! We’ve been facilitating fun strategic planning activities for years.

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Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 28, 2015

The best read strategy blog in 2015 was the blog from 1 February 2015 about “ Sustainability driving innovation “ I personally like this blog the most as well, as it supports the evidence that sustainability strategies stimulate innovation, beacuse sustainability needs new knowledge and capabilities. Conclusion.

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BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2016

Innovation Strategy. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 17, 2019

Last week I wrote about the use of narratives in strategic foresight using the speeches of Steve Jobs as examples (see last week’s blog ). In their article, Van Cattenburg & Duijn (2019), show that the allegorical pattern is useful to reflect on all relevant perspectives to stimulate integral learning.

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Norbert Bol

AUGUST 30, 2015

When companies are innovating for sustainability there are different strategies that can be pursued. In general these strategies aim to create positive benefits and/or to reduce negative impacts for society and nature. However all economic business models are still based on the stimulation of consumption.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

To make it a little easier to track down ideas for how you can approach developing strategy this year, here are nineteen Brainzooming articles filled with 113 techniques and ideas for improving your organization’s strategic planning process. 113 Ideas for Strategic Planning Process Improvement. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 21, 2016

Want to hang out with some of the Brainzooming crew in San Francisco next week and learn all kinds of valuable information on content marketing, social media, marketing strategy, and branding? I’ll be doing workshops on content marketing and collaborative branding strategy. D ownload Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook!

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Norbert Bol

FEBRUARY 17, 2019

In the april 2019 edition of the Journal of Cleaner Production there is an interesting article about corporate culture and corporate sustainability by Islam et al. In this article corporate culture is seen as an essential attribute to improve corporate sustainability performance. In my last blog I related culture to sustainability.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Look at how many strategies and tactics you actually implemented this year, and use that as the threshold for how deeply detailed your plan for next year should be. If you have a bunch of unimplemented strategies and tactics for this year that are still sound, simply use those for next year’s plan. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

There are a couple of different ways to apply structure to strategic planning exercises : You can enforce using templates and forms participants have to complete so their answers are uniformed and structured. After this strategic collaboration, a full-time strategic planner (i.e., FREE Download: “Results!!!

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Qmarkets

AUGUST 1, 2024

In this article, we’ll delve into five transformative approaches: idea management, technology scouting, trend management, continuous improvement, and innovation portfolio management. By mastering these strategies, businesses can harness their full creative potential and achieve lasting growth.

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This article originally appeared on Forbes. To harness the power of innovation effectively, organizations must navigate the intricate world of intellectual property (IP) management, a process that involves safeguarding novel ideas, inventions and creations while optimizing business potential. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.

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PlanBox Innovation

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

This article originally appeared on Forbes. To harness the power of innovation effectively, organizations must navigate the intricate world of intellectual property (IP) management, a process that involves safeguarding novel ideas, inventions and creations while optimizing business potential. Follow me on Twitter or LinkedIn.

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Innovation 360 Group

NOVEMBER 17, 2017

Amir Atarodian is currently PhD scholar in Management science at University of Naples, Federico II and University of Naples, Parthenope in Naples, Italy. His major professional specializations are innovation management, Business development, Business strategic planning (Strategy development and implementation) and Open business models.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 11, 2018

In this Strategy Blog I follow up on the topic of gamification. Based on their research Malshe & Friend (2018), created six supplier strategies to deal with these specific situations (see figure). In this blog I shall not go into detail about the six supplier strategies related to co-creation (please read the article).

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ITONICS

MAY 24, 2018

ITONICS benefits from his extensive experience in the areas of innovation and strategic management, R&D management, business modeling, IT strategy, enterprise architecture, and his comprehensive industry expertise. Mike is the founder, visionary and chief executive officer of ITONICS.

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PlanBox Innovation

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

This article originally appeared on Innovation Leader. Crucially, the integration of advanced AI capabilities significantly empowers these strategies. This practice informs strategic planning, enhances operational efficiency, and drives innovation management.

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Norbert Bol

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In the journal of Technological Forecasting & Social Change is an interesting article about the effects of corporate identity on innovation strategies and sustainability (Staub et al., Innovation in this article is classified as product innovation, process innovation, marketing innovation and organizational innovation.

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Norbert Bol

MAY 16, 2016

The International Journal of Information Management will publish in the August 2016 edition an article (Hau & Kang, 2016) that reveals more insight in the role that lead users have in these online user-communities. However as lead users have a high benefit and have large social trust, this can also result in a certain bias.

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Qmarkets

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

This is where a structured innovation portfolio management process becomes invaluable. Through a systematic approach, innovation portfolio management helps businesses prioritize high-impact ideas, effectively allocate resources, and strategically manage risk, ensuring that innovation efforts contribute meaningfully to long-term success.

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Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

A recent article (Haddad et al., For policymakers and portfolio managers, these insights underscore the importance of considering market conditions and frequency in decision-making. Real estate and green finance, while connected, demand nuanced strategies for effective, resilient investment. Norbert Bol Literature Haddad, M.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

2016) presented three models on supply chain sustainability: Reactive strategy Results are achieved through the implementation of sustainability codes of conduct with a focal company using assessment to measure the results. How would you characterize the strategy towards supply chain sustainability in your practice? Gosling et al.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 24, 2019

2019) show in their article that we often have a too optimistic view on technology and sustainability. Innovative sustainable technology is considered to be positively contributing to sustainability. For example where new technologies are able to solve climate change problems providing clean energy solutions. Gonella et al.

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Norbert Bol

APRIL 17, 2016

To answer this question, I will use the upcoming article in June 2016 in the International Journal of Information Management about information management for innovation networks. In the article the major challenges are described to create new products and services where resources, processes and skill sets of others are needed.

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Norbert Bol

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

In the December 2015 issue of the Journal of Business Research there is an interesting article about positive marketing. In the article many examples are given such as Patagonia (see also blog: Sufficiency as the ultimate business strategy for sustainability ) that introduces material-meaning innovations as well as practice innovations.

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Norbert Bol

SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

In the previous Strategy Blog the importance of education was discussed and I added a poll with the question: “Do you think decision makers educate themselves enough about sustainability, innovation and entrepreneurship?” ” The majority of the voters indicated that decision makers do not educate themselves enough.

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Norbert Bol

MARCH 28, 2016

Last week I wrote in my Strategy Blog ‘ Creating more value in services ‘, that more value can be created in services when ecosystem services are included. Related to diversity and the creation of value an interesting article came online last week (Reypens et al., In the article Reypens et al.

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Norbert Bol

JUNE 7, 2015

Based on three recent scientific articles it looks like companies innovate more to resolve environmental and social problems when there are more external pressures and they can learn more form other companies (external sources). Journal of Management , 1446-1476. Procedia-Social and Behavioral Sciences , 181 , 228-240. Herrera, M.

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