Innovation in Practice

JANUARY 12, 2018

When thinking about creativity in teams, we often imagine a bunch of people in front of a flipchart throwing on the paper whatever comes to their mind – brainstorming. But, what actually is brainstorming? This is why: most ideas produced during brainstorming sessions don’t work in reality, because of a lack of essential filters.

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Idea to Value

JUNE 28, 2023

While this can be a fun way for fun team-building and teams to spend time together, it is less likely to result in longer-term improvement in their ability to solve problems or come up with creative solutions. So if you or your team have ever felt like their creativity could be improved, training can have a strong impact.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Innovation : Brainstorming new ideas and creative solutions to drive the company forward. Team Building : Strengthening the camaraderie and trust among the leadership team members. Group Activities: Incorporate team-building exercises that align with the offsite’s goals.

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Rmukesh Gupta

DECEMBER 14, 2017

I am sure that everyone of us, me included, have at one point or other, been invited to join in a brainstorm to come up with ideas to solve a given problem. As a design thinking coach, I end up facilitating a lot of such brainstorms as it is one of the core steps in the problem solving approach. Generate as many ideas as possible.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

When communication is effective, it fosters a sense of community, reduces feelings of isolation, and empowers your team members to collaborate more openly and effectively, leading to enhanced project outcomes. Recognize and celebrate team and individual achievements. Encourage your team to share their ideas without judgment.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

When communication is effective, it fosters a sense of community, reduces feelings of isolation, and empowers your team members to collaborate more openly and effectively, leading to enhanced project outcomes. Recognize and celebrate team and individual achievements. Encourage your team to share their ideas without judgment.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Doing so will not only enhance your virtual team productivity but also contribute to a more engaged and connected workforce. For more insights into building a cohesive virtual team, consider exploring virtual team building activities and strategies for virtual team management.

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IdeaScale

APRIL 30, 2019

Prepare brainstorming exercises in advance so that your hackathon team can hit the ground running. Over six weeks, a series of webinars and teleconferences inspired team leaders to develop the four ideas from the previous phase. Organize your hackathon with both physical and online space.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

By integrating online collaboration platforms , you can ensure that your team remains connected, engaged, and aligned with your organization’s goals. In addition, incorporating virtual team building activities can foster a sense of camaraderie and trust that is crucial for remote teamwork.

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Leapfrogging

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Benefits of Fostering Collaborative Teams Jumping on the collaborative bandwagon can be a game-changer for your business. Here’s what’s in it for you when your teams play nice together: Boosted Innovation : When folks brainstorm openly, you get fresh solutions and out-of-the-box fixes.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

These events take you out of the typical work environment and offer a unique opportunity for strategic planning, team building, and decision-making. The success of an offsite can have a profound impact on the direction and cohesion of your leadership team, influencing the overall trajectory of your organization.

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CMOE

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Efficient Systems : Each team should build their own routines that they follow consistently to coordinate and combine their efforts and finish team tasks on time. Delegation of Tasks : As teams get acquainted with the abilities of each member, team leaders will learn how to best split tasks between them.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Increased Morale and Engagement : Offsites can also serve as a team-building exercise, boosting morale and increasing engagement among team members. Your agenda should reflect the priorities of the business and allow enough flexibility to accommodate in-depth discussions or unexpected brainstorming sessions.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Setting the Stage for Success In the ever-evolving business landscape, executive team offsites have become a cornerstone for strategic planning and decision-making. By stepping away from the daily operations, you and your leadership team can focus on long-term goals, team building, and innovative thinking.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Through a blend of strategic planning sessions, team-building activities, and reflective exercises, a well-designed offsite can unlock new perspectives, ignite creativity, and lay the groundwork for transformative growth. Collaborative Challenges : Design challenges that require collective problem-solving and decision-making.

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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. By doing so, you create an ecosystem where creativity is nurtured and valued.

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Jeffrey Phillips

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Corporations assign teams without skills or experience, rapidly conduct "brainstorming" exercises based primarily on current opinion or past experience and move as quickly as possible to present a small handful of ideas to a wary executive team. Innovation teams deeply consider customer needs and emerging opportunities.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Strategy Description Idea Generation Sessions Regular meetings dedicated to brainstorming and free-flowing creativity. These teams should comprise individuals from different departments and levels within the company, ensuring a mix of expertise and viewpoints. Incorporate team-building activities that focus on trust and cooperation.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 6, 2024

For strategies on leveraging experiential intelligence to create psychological safety for high-performing teams, delve into our resource on leveraging experiential intelligence to create psychology safety for high performing teams. This atmosphere encourages risk-taking and innovation, essential for business growth.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Ideate Solutions : With a clear problem definition, brainstorm a wide range of creative solutions. Utilize the Right Tools : Equip your team with collaborative tools and technologies that facilitate seamless communication and project management. Clearly articulating the problem is critical to finding the right solution.

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CMOE

MARCH 31, 2023

Improved productivity: Team members who motivate their peers and offer proactive assistance will improve capacity and productivity because teamwork, by its very nature, creates better working relationships. For example, cross-training and brainstorming sessions often pave the way to better strategies and outcomes.

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InnovationTraining.org

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

These desired learning outcomes were addressed during the four-hour workshop where culture change, strategy and methods of brainstorming and communicating, and other topics were focused in with action. It’s not typical to how most people are usually brainstorming and having meetings in an office. Use what the experts are doing.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Facilitating Effective Sessions When you’re tasked with designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning, the core of your success lies in facilitating sessions that are not only effective but also engaging. These activities should be tailored to your team’s dynamics and the goals of the offsite.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This may involve revisiting your innovation leadership strategies or conducting additional innovation training programs to equip your team with the necessary skills. Brainstorm potential solutions. Heres a simplified approach to addressing challenges: Identify the challenge. Gather input from relevant stakeholders.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Engagement : Increases engagement and ownership among team members by involving them in the strategic process. Team Building : Strengthens relationships and improves communication among team members. Use targeted questions to draw out quieter members of the team.

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Idea Champions

JULY 8, 2023

Creativity, Innovation, Team Building, Leadership, Brainstorming, Idea Champions

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The BMI Lab Blog

JULY 1, 2020

In addition to the struggles of finding the right team, building the right skills, implementing the right processes as well as developing the explorative way of working. The Testing Cards are a useful tool to brainstorm on different options in order to validate the underlying assumptions of new ideas.

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CMOE

APRIL 20, 2021

How are their relationships with other members of the team? Are you or other team members doing something that drains their energy? Search for multiple resolutions: Rather than just trying to change the person, brainstorm alternative solutions. Would different tasks fit their personality better?

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Qmarkets

JULY 12, 2024

Team Building : Physical presence strengthens team cohesion and morale. Agenda Creation: Develop a structured agenda that allocates time for introductions, brainstorming, discussion, and idea evaluation. Incorporate group activities to encourage collaboration and build team cohesion.

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InnovationTraining.org

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Simply put, an executive retreat can help the leadership team at your organization or company tackle your own unique challenges, brainstorm future goals, and build a global vision moving forward. A second great reason to consider holding a retreat is to improve team building and bonding.

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Leanstack

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Business Model Brainstorming During the eMBA course, the class started applying Running Lean and brainstormed several possible business models. Business model possibilities The goal of brainstorming is casting a wide net to consider all kinds of possibilities — even some that might be outright crazy.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 15, 2024

Virtual Collaboration Software Virtual collaboration software is designed to simulate a physical workspace, allowing team members to collaborate as if they were in the same room, even when they are geographically dispersed. Building a sense of community within remote teams is also vital.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 20, 2024

Val Vadeboncoeur is a Senior Consultant with Idea Champions , an innovation consulting and training company that has provided innovation and team building services to more than 100 organizations in 11 different countries for the past 34 years.

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Idea Champions

JANUARY 23, 2024

Stevie Ray McHugh, Co-Founder of Idea Champions , is a seasoned expert in strategic planning, balanced scorecards, team building, lean manufacturing, and innovation.

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The Human Factor

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Team building is hard. . This team-building drill becomes harder when you are recruiting your SaaS marketing team. Now, when you know the core strategy, let’s take a look at the steps on how to structure a SaaS marketing team. . Brainstorm your ideal team structure. The worst part? .

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Gregg Fraley

AUGUST 22, 2018

The research that says brainstorming doesn’t work studied groups with no training and no facilitator. Training the teams, having a skilled facilitator in-house, and frequent practice of divergent thinking are essential to effective idea generation sessions.

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Linda Bernardi

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Yes, we can all be on a Zoom session together, in tiny windows, but are we as connected as we would be if we were all together, brainstorming in a room and sharing ideas and life stories? When collaborating with teams onsite, the level of cohesion and progress is sky-high! Learning from one another?

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