Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Introduction to New Product Development In an era marked by rapid technological advancements and shifting consumer preferences, the ability to innovate and execute new product development (NPD) effectively is a cornerstone of business success. Your ability to innovate determines the sustainability and growth of your company.

Product Development 100

Product Development Strategy Strategy Artificial Inteligence 100

BrainZooming

JUNE 26, 2018

Engage your audience in collaborative strategic planning earlier than later. If you engage your audience early in the collaborative strategic planning process, you can make a legitimate claim to creating a collaborative vision. That means the range of collaboration opportunities narrows. It involves more constraints.

Collaboration 59

Collaboration Engagement Strategic Thinking Leadership 59

BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

While there’s more to come in the months ahead, here are highlights of a couple of innovation strategy presentations this week to very different groups. Innovation Strategy in Your Organization – An Innovative Workplace Culture. Implementing smart, innovative possibilities.

Strategy 70

Strategy Strategy Innovation Collaboration 70

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Navigating Virtual Team Communication As the professional landscape continues to adopt remote work, mastering virtual team communication has become a cornerstone of successful team collaboration. Strategies for Seamless Communication In the digital age, virtual teams need to master the art of seamless communication to thrive.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Collaboration Technical Review 100

Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

Navigating Virtual Team Communication As the professional landscape continues to adopt remote work, mastering virtual team communication has become a cornerstone of successful team collaboration. Strategies for Seamless Communication In the digital age, virtual teams need to master the art of seamless communication to thrive.

Strategy 100

Strategy Strategy Collaboration Technical Review 100

Anaqua

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

At Anaqua, client-led innovation and product strategy have been part of our DNA since our founding. In November 2020, Hyperion Research awarded Anaqua the Highly Innovative designation for our Customer-Driven Roadmap and Persona Driven User Interface. These priorities now get woven into our product strategy.

Product Strategy 40

Product Strategy Strategy Strategy Roadmap 40

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

The week included: Large scale community collaboration workshops – Nearly eighty students from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale gathered Monday night and a comparable number of Carbondale, IL residents assembled on Tuesday for community collaboration workshops to imagine the community’s future with Gigabit Internet capabilities.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Engagement 121

Engagement Strategy Strategy Video 121

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In nearly every Brainzooming community collaboration workshop, we conclude with a Plus-Minus-Interesting-Recommendation-Question exercise (a PMIRQ for short). The open-ended questions in a PMIRQ allow participants to share invaluable reactions and ideas; we use them directly to shape what we do in future innovation workshops.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Exercises Strategic Thinking Brainstorming 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach. We’re increasingly incorporating online collaboration workshops ( which we call Zoomferences ) to do more of the work typically done through in-person visioning workshops.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Creative Thinking Exercises Strategic Thinking 40

Planview

JANUARY 22, 2024

As we welcome the new year, we asked our team of product innovation experts and thought leaders to identify trends they’re seeing across the industry and within our customer implementations. Trend #1: Greater Financial Scrutiny on New Product Development Balanced Against Innovation Opportunity While the U.S.

Product Development 69

Product Development Innovation Management Management Trends 69

BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

All the Strategy Roles You Need. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Innovative Ideas from Experts. 6 Strategies – Innovative Business Ideas to Stay Ahead of Customer Needs. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Tracking Down the Expertise You Need.

Resources 86

Resources Strategic Thinking Comparison eBook 86

BrainZooming

JUNE 28, 2016

Since strategy planning is an infrequent activity, it is difficult for executives to master it. We learned that if we asked executives a series of questions leading to the information needed to complete a strategy plan, they became productive strategy planners. Find New Resources to Innovate !

Exercises 65

Exercises Collaboration Strategy Strategic Thinking 65

BrainZooming

APRIL 20, 2016

Job Descriptions Don’t Define Innovation Potential. I asked them to engage in some strategic thinking about innovation opportunities for the company. A description of a job role isn’t identical to the description of how an individual or group can contribute to solid, dynamic, and innovative strategic thinking.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Innovation Creative Thinking Engagement 40

BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2016

Innovation Strategy. This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategic Thinking 63

Strategic Thinking Exercises Brainstorming Strategic Management 63

BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

The thing is, there’s a different way to structure business meetings to help a group come together and collaborate in an innovative, productive way. Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible.

Meeting 40

Meeting Collaboration Tips Creative Thinking 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

Creative Thinking Skills: 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Disruptive Innovation, Change Management & Taking the NO Out of InNOvation. Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible.

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Creativity Brainstorming Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 9, 2015

We facilitated a two-day innovation strategy workshop for an industrial company. The company wants to make significant changes to a major production process. During the innovation strategy discussions, we addressed the production process changes from five different perspectives. Are we done yet?

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Groups Strategy 40

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Once upon a time innovation was a technique practiced by lone inventors.

Innovation 40

Innovation Crowdsourcing Survey Idea Management 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

Hackathons, internal innovation programs, open innovation, technology acquisitions…these days it seems like everyone is jumping onto the innovation bandwagon. How is innovation best performed? Can guidelines for innovation be created? Once upon a time innovation was a technique practiced by lone inventors.

Innovation 40

Innovation Crowdsourcing Survey Idea Management 40

Anaqua

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When it comes to product strategy and development at Anaqua, the key word is LISTEN. 4 - Innovation management. Corporate respondents cited innovation management – the ability to capture and drive innovation – as another business-critical requirement. Helping clients connect, collaborate, and innovate.

Roadmap 40

Roadmap Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Survey 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2016

Creating Organizational Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Whatever the hesitancy to innovate has been, unfreezing a team involves identifying and launching the steps (even the small steps) to make progress. Don’t Let Fear of Change Block Innovative Business Ideas.

Change 40

Change Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy 40

Qmarkets

JULY 8, 2017

There are many different types of innovation. Some are internal ( involving employees , incremental innovation , etc.), and some are external ( involving customers , open innovation , etc.). Boost Innovation Outreach by Adding Tech Scouting to your Internal Innovation Process.

Innovation Processes 40

Innovation Processes Innovation Data Technology 40

Qmarkets

APRIL 24, 2017

There are many different types of innovation. Some are internal ( involving employees , incremental innovation , etc.), and some are external ( involving customers , open innovation , etc.). Boost Innovation Outreach by Adding Tech Scouting to your Internal Innovation Process.

Innovation Processes 40

Innovation Processes Innovation Data Technology 40

BrainZooming

JULY 12, 2016

Reviewing the innovation strategy challenges business executives identified when downloading Brainzooming eBooks , they frequently mention gaining “buy-in” for significant change initiatives. Here are five keys we’ve found for successfully engaging employees in innovation strategy. That’s no surprise.

Engagement 40

Engagement Strategy Strategy eBook 40

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 16, 2016

Have a strong grounding in business, creative, innovation, and strategic principles. This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Willing to both serve and challenge participants.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategy Strategy Groups 40

BrainZooming

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Based on all The Brainzooming Group experience in helping clients generate new ideas and innovative strategies, diversity is vital to successful creative thinking activities. Let me ask a few questions: Does your organization have all the diversity it needs to uncover creativity and innovative strategies?

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Creativity Exercises Underperforming Technical Team 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

And the asterisk on fun acknowledges we’re stretching the definition of fun to cover things nerdy strategic planners think are fun such as “mental stimulation,” “highly collaborative groups,” and “people that want to be involved in strategic planning the next time it happens.”. 11 Boring Details for Making Strategic Planning Fun*.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Collaboration Creativity 40

Innov8rs

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

Innov8rs | Innovation teams often find themselves in a catch-22. Different Stuctures, Yet The Same Need For Support Panera has adopted a distributed approach to innovation. Here, different roles have ‘innovation’ in their job title, and the company is also very open to collaboration with others.

Disruption 52

Disruption Project Roadmap Innovation Processes 52

Planview

AUGUST 23, 2022

Those changes bring incredible growth and innovation opportunities but can also be a source of uncertainty and turmoil. Shifting Gears in Automotive Product Portfolio Management. Several challenges stand in the way of this widespread innovation. Innovation is synonymous with the auto industry.

Industry 52

Industry Software Review Software Developers Software Development 52

BrainZooming

JANUARY 5, 2016

Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy Collaboration Engagement 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Instead of including too few or too many people in strategic planning and not thinking about how to help them participate successfully, we specifically match peoples’ perspectives, expertise, and interests so they can most efficiently and effectively share innovative ideas.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Engagement Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

Creating Strategic Impact” Senior executives are looking for employees who are strong collaborators and communicators while being creative and flexible. In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Project 40

Project Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy 40

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Contact us , and let’s customize a strategy process specific to your organization. 10 Keys to Developing Collaborative Strategy. Mike Brown. FREE Download: “Results!!! If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

Strategic Thinking 40

Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Analysis 40

Planview

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Bridge the Gap Between Product Strategy and Delivery. Organizations need a continuous analysis process for product portfolio investment from innovation to launch.

Management 52

Management Agile Analysis Strategy 52

BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Engagement 40

Engagement Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Exercises 40

BrainZooming

AUGUST 4, 2016

This Brainzooming mini-book, “Results – Creating Strategic Impact” unveils ten proven lessons leaders can use to boost collaboration, meaningful strategic conversations, and results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

Collaboration 40

Collaboration Strategy Strategy Product Strategy 40