Paul Hobcraft

DECEMBER 15, 2021

I have just finished the second of a planned series with one of my favourite long-term collaborators Jeffrey Phillips. The establishing of innovation within any Strategic thinking is becoming even more important today than ever. The link to this conversation is here , it is just over 15 minutes long.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Resources 312

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Navigating a Disruptive Business Environment In today’s fast-paced and technology-driven landscape, businesses are frequently faced with disruptions that can significantly impact their operations and long-term viability. Recognizing the early signs of these disruptions is key to responding effectively.

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Disruption Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team 100

Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

The consulting industry was already being disrupted before the coronavirus. Now the disruption is accelerating. I’ve already written about how the management-consulting industry is being disrupted by various trends like emerging technologies, the commodification of knowledge, and outdated business models.

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Software Review Change Technical Review Disruption 130

Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 24, 2023

It is our ability to consistently capture, build and develop new ideas within organizations or in open collaborations with others that have a direct effect on revenue growth and the ability to provide future sustainability. Future collaborations will build on a network of relationships and an ecosystem of design and thinking.

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Innovation Technical Review Innovation Programs Collaboration 189

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. A well-crafted strategy can serve as a compass, guiding your organization through the complexities of a disruptive world and towards sustained success.

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Underperforming Technical Team Strategy Strategy Technical Review 100

BrainZooming

MARCH 30, 2017

Fanatics introduced disruptive innovation to its marketplace with an agile strategy. Along with the recap, Inside the Executive Suite offered sixteen strategic thinking questions inspired by the Fanatics case study that you can use to explore agile strategy options within your own organization. via Shutterstock.

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Strategic Thinking Agile Disruption Strategy 40

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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Culture Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 151

BrainZooming

MARCH 31, 2020

In a recent post, I mentioned a labor strike as a productive analogy for developing strategies during this time of global disruption. Facing a complete business shutdown, our team used a combination of strategic thinking and real-time course correction to stay engaged with and attempt to re-win the customers we couldn’t currently serve.

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Strategic Thinking Disruption Engagement Innovation Processes 111

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. Being a leading instigator for market disruption ?

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Analysis Underperforming Technical Team 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

As we worked on strategic thinking exercises to explore the company’s future vision and user experience, the change management strategy vocabulary the group used was conventional, unemotional, and lacking innovative thinking.

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Strategy Strategy Change Management 93

BrainZooming

JUNE 21, 2017

If there isn’t a standard methodology to project and quantify the innovation strategy impact, it would be a better use of their time to develop one, rather than launching a disruptive CYA effort. #3. Download: FREE Innovation Strategic Thinking Fake Book.

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Strategy Strategy eBook Strategic Thinking 117

Leapfrogging

JUNE 3, 2020

The consulting industry was already being disrupted before the coronavirus. Now the disruption is accelerating. I’ve already written about how the management-consulting industry is being disrupted by various trends like emerging technologies, the commodification of knowledge, and outdated business models.

Software Review 100

Software Review Change Technical Review Disruption 100

BrainZooming

APRIL 24, 2018

Someone wondered about the range of topics included in the disruptive innovation strategy workshop we delivered recently. Disrupting Thinking. Creative Thinking – 12 Triggers for Finding Strategic Connections. Strategic Thinking Exercise – New Product Idea Basics and Extremes in 30 Minutes.

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Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team 88

BrainZooming

APRIL 27, 2018

You can employ the strategic thinking exercises in Accelerate to : Facilitate a collaborative approach to identifying innovation resources. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media. Identify alternative internal strategies to secure support. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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Creative Thinking eBook Strategic Thinking Innovation 94

Qmarkets

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Businesses use robotic process automation (RPA) to handle repetitive tasks, AI-driven analytics to optimize supply chains, and cloud-based tools to improve collaboration. These innovations boost efficiency, accuracy, and cost savings while freeing employees for strategic work.

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Tools Crowdsourcing Ideation Innovation 59

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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Strategic Thinking Exercises Groups Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JULY 26, 2021

Seems simple, although delivering on this objective requires deft design to enable a collaboration with a chance of producing big thinking. The board members want to think big on the heels of the organization wrapping up its current strategic plan. Framing the Thinking Perspectives. Ambitions for the Outcome.

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Exercises Brainstorming Design Collaboration 105

BrainZooming

JUNE 22, 2017

How can you get the most mileage from the free strategic planning eBooks we regularly offer as downloads? We do not pretend to be able to imagine EVERY single situation where you might apply our strategic thinking exercises. Using Our Own Strategic Planning Exercises. Less than five minutes. And it tastes darn good.

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Exercises eBook Strategic Thinking Disruption 76

BrainZooming

APRIL 10, 2017

Employ extreme creativity and disruptive innovation-oriented questions to push your strategic planning vision exercise in bold, future directions. Ensure you have all the strategic thinking perspective and voices we always recommend. For each of future state, look back and ask what led to incredible success or failure.

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Exercises eBook Strategic Thinking Trends 91

Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

These events, often conducted away from the usual office environment, provide a setting conducive to strategic thinking, decision-making, and team alignment. Problem Solving : Addressing complex challenges that the company faces in a collaborative manner.

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Design Strategy Strategy Collaboration 100

Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

For insights on building robust business strategies in this disruptive environment, explore our guide on building business strategies for a disruptive world. The integration of AI technologies has led to the emergence of new business models and has disrupted established market dynamics.

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Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence Change 100

Qmarkets

OCTOBER 5, 2022

Together we will create highly transparent, collaborative, and manageable processes to support our joint clients’ innovation goals.” About RevelX We are a strategic innovation professional services firm. We excel at disruptive creativity, rigorous analysis and disciplined execution. That is our playing field.

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Software Innovation Management Management Innovation 98

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

The first step is to identify the participants most likely to display strong creative thinking skills by asking someone within the organization to profile each participant. They can do this based on their strategic thinking perspectives alone. Interested in disrupting thinking in your organization to boost innovation?

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Creative Thinking Groups Creativity Exercises 96

BrainZooming

MARCH 22, 2017

Keeping with the eight theme, here are eight new questions from the Brainzooming R&D Lab to boost your creative thinking skills. There are two extreme creativity questions to stimulate breakthrough ideas from four perspectives: Aspiration, Authority, Disruption, and doing More. Disruption. Aspirations.

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Creative Thinking Creativity eBook Strategic Thinking 67

BrainZooming

JUNE 5, 2018

Online input and collaboration for greater access. The early input shapes the strategic priorities, innovation exercises , and additional deliverables to foster successful implementation. Is your management team looking for collaboration and innovation, but concerned about how it will impact the focus on efficient daily operations?

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Analysis Innovation Strategic Thinking Survey 66

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. By leveraging experiential insights, executive teams are better positioned to anticipate market trends, customer needs, and potential disruptions.

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Innovation Leadership Collaboration Agile 113

BrainZooming

MARCH 1, 2018

Let’s figure out how we can customize and develop the right strategic thinking and creativity tools to make you giggle, smile, and come up with winning strategies ! – Mike Brown. Interested in disrupting thinking in your organization to boost innovation? Click below and download the FREE Disrupting Thinking eBook.

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Creative Thinking Exercises Creativity eBook 68

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

Last week, The Brainzooming Group was in San Francisco for the Social Media Strategies Summit , where Mike presented a content marketing strategy workshop and a talk on collaborative engagement. For our purposes, “your people” comprises customers, colleagues, higher-ups, partners, collaborators, and, if possible, competitors.

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Strategic Thinking Collaboration Strategy Strategy 63

BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2019

You can employ the strategic thinking exercises in Accelerate to : Facilitate a collaborative approach to identifying innovation resources. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media. Identify alternative internal strategies to secure support.

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Conference Strategic Thinking eBook Creativity 74

BrainZooming

MARCH 13, 2017

The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation. Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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Strategy Strategy eBook Strategic Thinking 63

BrainZooming

MAY 31, 2018

We’d be happy to share details on how to move forward and dramatically improve your business through greater collaboration! Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media. – Edited from Inside the Executive Suite. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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Engagement Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 55

BrainZooming

JUNE 6, 2017

Related posts Extreme Creativity: 5 Creative Thinking Questions to Harness Extreme Creativity Creative Quickies – Taking Both Business Strategy Paths at Once Strategic Thinking: Asking a Different Type of Question Disruptive Innovation, Change Management & Taking the NO Out of InNOvation 9 Extreme Creativity Questions from Peter’s (..)

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Creative Thinking Creativity Tips Exercises 87

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation. Download this free, concise ebook to : Identify your organization’s innovation profile.

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eBook Strategic Thinking Exercises Strategy 70

Tullio Siragusa

MAY 1, 2023

As a discipline, EA seeks to create a holistic, strategic view of an organization’s technology landscape, enabling better alignment between business objectives and IT capabilities. EA can serve as a bridge between these disparate teams, fostering a culture of communication and collaboration.

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Technical Review Collaboration Design System 62

BrainZooming

MARCH 3, 2017

Yesterday, we identified the six types of strategic planning process activities we use to design a client’s strategic thinking workshop. To facilitate you going deeper into thinking about how these activities function within a strategic planning process workshop, here are articles in each of the six areas.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises eBook Underperforming Technical Team 40

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 5, 2017

The most disruptive innovation we ever tried was like a whack to the BLANK.”. I’m thinking we’d print the questions on sheets of orange paper, allowing people to answer them in writing and then hold them up as they introduce themselves.

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eBook Strategic Thinking Exercises Strategy 72

BrainZooming

AUGUST 10, 2018

Strategic Thinking Exercises – 8 Ideas for Brand Innovation. Strategic Thinking – What Kind of Perfection Are You Looking For? Strategic Thinking Lessons – Keeping Your Company Fresh. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media. Black Swan Events in Your Plan.

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Strategy Strategy eBook Strategic Thinking 45