Focused Momentum

MARCH 22, 2021

You are in a conference room (or now in a virtual meeting) where a team member presents a slide of data in a teeny-tiny font. You think you have seen these slides before, yet your eyes strain to identify the piece of data the presenter is discussing. Let me know if this rings true for you.

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Paul Hobcraft

MAY 9, 2022

We have to talk about the hard work of creating deep capabilities within the organization, capabilities that once established with tremendous effort don’t go away and confer a competitive advantage over long periods of time. There must first be an intimate connection between strategic thinking and innovation.

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BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

At the 2016 Brand Strategy Conference, Antonia Dean, Director – Marketing, Brand Development, & Strategy at The Estée Lauder Companies covered the strategic thinking ideas behind creating an entrepreneurial environment in a large company. Building the Team. Not sure what the right marketing language is?

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BrainZooming

MAY 20, 2016

A name for a new Friday feature popped into my head at a conference. These features will include photos and strategic thinking questions or innovation prompts. When you check the name, it doesn’t work (or someone has already used it), but the idea has some possibilities, so you run with it.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2019

I’ll be honest: my expectations were high for this innovation-focused conference , and I was doing my best to manage them. Far and away the finest conference I’ve ever attended, it was epic for several reasons. It all felt incredibly thoughtful, which is a surprising way to describe a conference. What’s Next?

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

I attended a presentation on cultivating a creative culture delivered by Michael Perman, formerly of Gap, at The Marketing Conference last week in San Francisco. ndspark, the sessions brought together thirty team members from The Gap in three-day “mini-TED conferences” to capitalize on creative diversity.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Several months later, the deal seemed in question, but we got an opportunity to do a 30-minute phone conference with the company president to address his questions. The right combination of outside perspectives and productive strategic thinking exercises enables your brand to ideate, prioritize, and propel innovative growth.

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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. 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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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

” An attendee at the 2018 Social Media Strategies Summit conference in San Francisco made that comment. She’s trying to manage through three strategic expectations the senior management team and board have regarding a content marketing strategy: They want to keep everything on one Facebook page. “What am I missing?

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BrainZooming

APRIL 6, 2016

The event is the Brand Strategy Conference. Our content addresses collaborative ways to strategically engage employees in creating and delivering the best brand experience. Strategic Thinking Questions to Identify What Matters for a Brand. Strategic Thinking Exercises – 5 Questions to Test Vision Statement Impact.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Keynote speakers often carry the responsibility of tying together various themes and messages of the event, making them a centerpiece of the conference or meeting. 5 Global Business Conference “Fostering a Culture of Innovation” 300+ 4.7/5

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BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2016

I’ll be presenting a Brainzooming workshop on internal branding strategy at the Brand Strategy Conference in New York, April 6-8. The workshop, while drawing on material from my Fortune 500 work, springs from multiple conversations at the 2015 Brand Strategy Conference. Download Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook!

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

7 Tips to Improve Conference Call Presentations. 11 Examples of Strategic Thinking without an Offsite Meeting. Strategic Thinking – 12 Ways Project Teams Can Stay out of the Weeds. Working from the Same Side of the Table. Corporate Amnesia – 9 Ways to Prevent and Avoid It. When Is a Meeting Over?

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BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2017

I delivered a keynote on the importance of collaborative internal branding during the SMC3 2017 Connections conference. The talk prompted several conversations about the distinctions between branding strategy and advertising.

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BrainZooming

MAY 29, 2020

I’ve spoken at SEMA conferences multiple times and have also spoken and written articles for the Performance Racing Industry. He reached out to Brainzooming because we’ve partnered with SEMA for a number of years on branding and strategy content for their huge national event. Mike Brown.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

It requires a shift in your strategic thinking, urging you to anticipate changes and react with precision. For guidance on fostering strategic thinking within your leadership team, refer to 10 ways to get your leadership team thinking strategically and building the best business strategies.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 15, 2015

The blog started on the Blogger platform in November 2007 after seeing Jessica Myers (who was at Garmin Industries at the time) speak at a conference about being able to start a blog for free in just ten minutes. Today, based on the post counter in WordPress, is our two thousandth blog. MM, 2K, 2000. Yes, you can do too much of a good thing.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 30, 2016

It’s one way of passing along our conference production experience and lessons to all of you. If you’re planning a conference, ask all of these questions in plenty of time to do something about them! Instead, how about a list of 14 event marketing strategy questions you can use the next time you or your organization plan an event?

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 12, 2016

I first heard this song while looking for hero-themed songs for our Transformation conference. This song could loop forever, and it would be just fine as I think about what could any of us be. Related posts 26 Strategic Thinking Questions to Truly Understand Yourself Brainzooming – Mentee to Mentor R.E.M.

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BrainZooming

JULY 23, 2018

As part of the launch activities, you’re invited to a Facebook Live presentation I’m deliver on the seven Idea Magnets creative leadership strategies during the Leadership Institute conference. Creative Thinking Skills – 10 Ideas for Stimulating Extreme Team Creativity. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

To avoid the pitfalls of a static strategy and ensure your business is future-proof, it’s essential to foster a culture of agility and strategic foresight. Cultivating a Forward-Thinking Mindset The future belongs to those who prepare for it today. Reward calculated risk-taking, even when it doesn’t always lead to success.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 23, 2019

Last fall, Emma and I saw Beth Comstock, the former vice chair of General Electric and head of its GE Business Innovations unit, keynote at the Inbound conference. While the conference featured stronger keynotes, these innovation strategy-focused quotes and action items from Beth Comstock resonated with me.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 13, 2018

Years ago, I attended a services marketing conference sponsored by a prominent university. 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.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

That proved to be true; since that time, we have collaborated on two American Marketing Association national market research conferences several years ago and a creative workshop a few months ago. I predicted at the time that it would not be the last time we worked together. Last Friday was my day for losses this Leap Year.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Strategic Thinking Exercises: Reimagining the SWOT Analysis” features eleven ideas for adapting, stretching, and reinvigorating how you see your brand’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. So is it worth thirty minutes of your time to see how we can help move your strategies and success ahead? Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 29, 2017

We participated in conferences and client discussions recently where Amazon and its aspirations were an overwhelming focus. One conference presenter this summer shared the sizable list of Amazon innovation failures. ” Via Shutterstock. Forsaking near-term innovation for leapfrogs will entail significant failures.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 4, 2015

I recorded a video for the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) that ties into my presentation at their conference on creative thinking skills and “Taking the NO Out of InNOvation.”. Rapidly deploy effective strategic thinking exercises to spur innovation. The video’s topic?

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BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2017

The conference theme is building resilience and joy in uncertain times. The topic was how to handle uncertain times successfully. Tomorrow, I’ll be closing the Nature Explore and The Outdoor Classroom Project Leadership Institute with a comparable message.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2017

I had the opportunity to see Dayton Moore, General Manager of the Kansas City Royals , discuss his perspective on organizational harmony as he opened the Jump Start 2017 conference in Atlanta. SMC 3 sponsors the annual conference. Moore said he carries the seven organizational harmony principles with him on a card as a reminder.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 5, 2016

In his final press conference as coach of the New York Giants, Tom Coughlin demonstrated what it looks like when someone is bigger than the job. I would encourage you, however, to watch the press conference video. In those situations, it seemed clear these coaches’ jobs were bigger than they are. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 29, 2016

In late September 2016, I’ll be co-presenting and hanging out with Whip-Smart Wordsmith, Emma Alvarez Gibson , at the Social Media Strategies Summit and Marketing Conference in San Francisco. San Francisco and the SMS Summit. I met Emma in 2009 via an introduction from Jan Harness.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

And then it’s back to the salt mines for me, but now the work I’m doing when I’m not at my day job includes several long-term projects, and we’re presenting workshops and keynotes at conferences in San Francisco and on an island off the coast of Georgia. Now it’s the fall of 2017.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 24, 2016

Related posts Social Media Strategy – Updated Framework to Maximize Social Networking Impact Making Challenging Content Accessible: 5 Steps to Creating a Nick Cave Fan Social Media Content – Space It Out Over Time Employee-Created Videos – Making Them Really Work on Social Media Live Event Social Media Strategy – BMA Engage (..)

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CMOE

APRIL 21, 2023

Here are some examples: A video conference platform like Zoom. Our courses cover many business topics, from Coaching to Strategic thinking. Lean on simplicity to create a more enjoyable learning experience. How to Execute Simplicity and Consistency To start, consider focusing on two primary tools.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 26, 2015

People paid money to see you lead a workshop at a conference. It might be a boss that recruited and hired you for a new job. Someone may have given you a reference in a business or social situation. In each case, another person put himself or herself on the line indicating they prefer YOU. That’s a HUGE thing.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 25, 2016

While I didn’t have time to spell out the steps other than writing down all the vision statement examples she would hear during the conference, here is a way to explore first and figure out the right big strategy statements you need afterward: Start with finding the right ideas that describe and represent your brand.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 31, 2015

The whole week’s professional growth plan could be dedicated to: Participating in days full of multiple webinars as a way to create a personal virtual conference program. How might I spend a dedicated week getting smarter? Interviewing smart business people around the world for future blog posts.

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