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. They used that as a justification for opting out of strategic thinking. The Strategic Thinking Lesson? 10 Keys to Engaging Employees to Improve Strategic Results.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 25, 2016

You know, this week doesn’t have to be as unproductive as last week, what with business meetings going nowhere along with wasting time, positive energy, and any hope of creativity. 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.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

We’re big proponents of the value of bringing together a diverse group of people with varied creative thinking skills for strategic planning workshops within organizations and communities. When discussing a strategic planning or innovation strategy engagement with a client, we use the graphic below to design our recommended approach.

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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?

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BrainZooming

APRIL 22, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. If you enjoyed this article, subscribe to the free Brainzooming blog email updates.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

Friday’s priority involved finalizing a new product innovation workshop we’re developing in collaboration with a market research company for one of its clients. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 1, 2015

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. It’s often a challenge to describe what Brainzooming is to people that haven’t participated directly in collaborative strategy or innovation workshops.

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BrainZooming

APRIL 5, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Related posts Creative Thinking: What Is the Right Size for a Brainstorming Group?

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

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BrainZooming

MAY 6, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success. Download this free, action-focused mini-book to: Learn smart ways to separate strategic opportunities from the daily noise of business.

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