Leapfrogging

JUNE 21, 2021

Brainstorming is an art and science. Over the past 25 years, I have run hundreds of brainstorming workshops for high-performing teams. The problem is that most brainstorming sessions stop with a big list of ideas. There are many collaborative tools out there for generating ideas. Get focused. impact (low to high).

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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. Four of the five report outs in this strategy planning workshop were delivered by female leaders in the organization.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Understanding Team Collaboration Collaboration within a team setting is a cornerstone of modern organizational success, driving innovation, problem-solving, and efficiency in today’s complex workplace. Higher Employee Engagement Teams that work collaboratively often report higher levels of engagement and job satisfaction.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2020

Online collaboration tools for innovative work remotely. If you and your teams have found yourselves working more remotely, you may be interested in this collection of top remote working, meeting, communication and facilitation tools that can increase your collaboration, impact, productivity, and ease while working virtually or from home.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

Learn about this brainstorming technique and find resources below. Sometimes called “negative brainstorming”, “ reverse brainstorming ” is one approach to problem-solving sessions that can be a useful way to explore different options in an innovation or design thinking project.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 15, 2023

A sustainability workshop applying design thinking and an innovation process to create vision, strategy and action Recently we’ve had a number of requests for our design thinking sprints, innovation workshops, interactive training sessions, and strategy hackathons applied for the purpose of environmental sustainability.

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Paul Hobcraft

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

“Fusing” human engagement with technology enablement involves creating a harmonious integration of human collaboration and technological tools to enable an ecosystem’s successful development and operation. Consider tools for communication, collaboration, data sharing, and decision-making. Is that possible?

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Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 7, 2021

I have just finished the first of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. I have used it many times in different workshop environments; here is a post of mine on this to bring opinions together and give a collective focus to build out a more collaborative future. Source: Nesta UK.

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Svava

MARCH 1, 2022

Brainstorming workshops are powerful tools for ideation, collaboration and innovation as a team and company. Pre-pandemic most brainstorming sessions were hosted in a conference room, using a whiteboard and several post-it notes. In 2019 most of us learned how to make due brainstorming in fully digital meetings.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 10, 2023

Teach you how to design a VR workshop using an app called Zoe Immersive. In the “Ideate” step, VR could be used as a collaborative tool to facilitate brainstorming sessions and idea generation. One workaround is to brainstorm out loud in VR while recording the session. How to Run a VR Design Thinking Workshop.

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Idea to Value

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

They have found that in brainstorming sessions, focussing on quantity of ideas led to more quality ideas as well. So what are some of the reasons there might be a link between quantity and quality of ideas: An effective exercise in many ideation workshops is to start by suggesting or writing out the very worst ideas possible.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Leadership Development Workshops Workshops focused on leadership development provide executives with the opportunity to learn new strategies, tools, and frameworks that can aid in their mindset shift. These workshops foster an environment of learning and collaboration among peers, which is conducive to exploring new ways of thinking.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Leadership Development Workshops Workshops focused on leadership development provide executives with the opportunity to learn new strategies, tools, and frameworks that can aid in their mindset shift. These workshops foster an environment of learning and collaboration among peers, which is conducive to exploring new ways of thinking.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Traditionally the practice of design thinking has involved bringing people together in a physical space to share their customer insights, brainstorm ideas with countless post-it notes, and work together to create prototype concepts of new solutions to then iterate and evolve with customer feedback. Making Remote Teams Work.

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Qmarkets

JULY 12, 2024

Ideation workshops play a critical role in driving innovation. However, running an effective ideation workshop requires careful planning and execution, especially when considering different formats such as online and in-person sessions. These workshops have gained popularity due to their accessibility and flexibility.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The problem is that most “innovation workshops” stop with a big list of ideas. There are many collaborative tools out there for generating ideas. Because successful brainstorms aren’t about technology at all. In a single sentence, describe the challenge, problem, or topic of your brainstorm. Get focused.

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IdeaScale

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Especially when working remotely it can be very difficult to stimulate creative thinking and get people involved with the workshop you’re conducting. . This connection is very important and provides increased potential for their visual collaboration exercises down the road. Enhanced Problem Solving. Brainwriting.

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InnovationTraining.org

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

Empowering their teams with technology and creative tools that guide their brainstorming sessions goes a long way in changing the outcome. For example, if your goal is to brainstorm a solution to a problem your customers are experiencing, perhaps the way to accomplish this goal is to decide on 3 high-impact ideas by the end of your session.

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Planview

JULY 3, 2019

Are you utilizing concept development workshops as part of your ideation processes? This blog post will help you understand the value of concept development workshops and the steps you can take to find out if those winning ideas you have are the right ones to implement. Why bother with these workshops at all?

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 25, 2021

Do you use Miro for your innovation collaboration instead? This collaborative template is designed to walk you through the phases your user goes through, as well as the emotions they are experiencing at every stage. Collaborate with your team members to consider customer behaviors, touchpoints, attitudes, and emotions.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Problem Solving : Addressing complex challenges that the company faces in a collaborative manner. Innovation : Brainstorming new ideas and creative solutions to drive the company forward. It’s about aligning on the purpose, setting a clear agenda, and choosing an environment conducive to strategic thinking and collaboration.

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IdeaScale

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

In this article, we will discuss why visual collaboration is so important to innovation and we’ll reveal the best tool to implement new innovation strategies. This means that when proposing new ideas, you can brainstorm more options and don’t have to worry about people’s comprehension of them. Uncompromising Collaboration.

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InnovationTraining.org

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Innovate your virtual meetings through our design thinking-inspired Zoom facilitation training workshop. With many workshops, classes, events, and sessions being held online, it’s more important than ever to have the right virtual meeting and facilitator skills to effectively engage in your virtual session.

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Qmarkets

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

At its core, the ideation process consists of several stages: identifying the problem or opportunity, generating ideas through creative brainstorming, evaluating and filtering those ideas, and finally planning for implementation. At this stage, quantity is often prioritized over quality to explore a broad spectrum of possibilities.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For example, set aside time and resources for employees to work on passion projects or host regular brainstorming sessions where all ideas are welcome. This could mean implementing collaboration tools or regular brainstorming sessions. Creative Spaces Dedicated areas designed to stimulate creativity and collaboration.

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InnovationTraining.org

JANUARY 17, 2022

Design thinking can be defined as: A human-centered approach A problem-solving process An empathetic study An experimentation A hands-on collaboration. Step three is about generating ideas and brainstorming around the problem. Want help with implementing design thinking workshop training? Process Skills.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 16, 2017

Or you might even just think of the person in your business who is always the first person to come up with a seemingly great idea in a brainstorming session. Typically, a group will begin a brainstorming session recommending that everyone should feel free to share whatever ideas they can think of. But there is a huge problem with this.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 17, 2020

Learn about the Miro collaborative whiteboard software tool and find tutorials to use it here. With more work being done remotely, it’s more important than ever for teams to be able to successfully communicate and collaborate together. Laying out a roadmap or strategy for an innovation program/workshop. Collaboration.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Transformation in this context requires creating an environment conducive to innovation and promoting behaviors that encourage collaborative efforts. Encouraging Collaboration and Knowledge Sharing Collaboration is the lifeblood of innovation.

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InnovationTraining.org

JULY 13, 2020

6-3-5 Brainwriting is a group-structured brainstorming technique that is a highly collaborative way to generate as many ideas as possible in groups within a short period of time. One of the biggest advantages of brainwriting exercises is their ability to include all participants in the brainstorming and ideation process.

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InnovationTraining.org

MARCH 19, 2020

Discover how this innovation tool can be used for your design thinking workshop or design sprint. In our recent post on remote working software tools , we shared some top tools that can be used to innovate and collaborate with your virtual teams. One of these ideation and visualization tools was Mural. What is Mural?

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100%Open

MARCH 24, 2020

We believe that this situation could be pivotal in creating a watershed moment, whereby online collaboration rapidly accelerates and pushes for a cultural shift in terms of our daily work structures. And what of our online Collaboration Styles? We co-design the workshop, and then manage, facilitate, record, and report the Jam.

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Be-novative

APRIL 1, 2020

? Let remote collaboration and digital transformation open new doors for stabilization, recovery and future growth. This is the time for any organization to involve people to think together and share ideas, engage and progress collaboratively?—?even Preparation takes around 70% of the work for a successful remote workshop.

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Be-novative

APRIL 1, 2020

? Let remote collaboration and digital transformation open new doors for stabilization, recovery and future growth. This is the time for any organization to involve people to think together and share ideas, engage and progress collaboratively?—?even Preparation takes around 70% of the work for a successful remote workshop.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Strategy Description Idea Generation Sessions Regular meetings dedicated to brainstorming and free-flowing creativity. Collaborative Leadership : Fostering teamwork and cross-functional collaboration, which are key to driving innovation. Its important to recognize and even celebrate the learning that comes from failure.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

This might involve rethinking traditional leadership hierarchies and fostering a more collaborative and inclusive approach to decision-making. Inspire Collaboration : They foster a collaborative culture that encourages the sharing of diverse thoughts and perspectives. Decision Making Making choices that drive business success.

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InnovationTraining.org

AUGUST 26, 2021

In this article, we’ll discuss what innovation teams are, how they are formed, how you can help them be successful, and how to sustain them both long-term and virtually with digital collaboration. Aside from collaboration, innovation teams must also fight against a “failure” mentality. Virtual collaboration and innovation teams.

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