BrainZooming

AUGUST 28, 2017

How can you develop strategic thinking exercises to envision the future when it’s so easy to let previous experience cloud your imagination? 4 Strategic Thinking Exercises to Envision Future Strategy. Strategic Thinking Exercise: Simulation and Role Playing. ” Yes, the role is different.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 20, 2016

We introduced the first Brainzooming strategic planning workshop resembling what we do today as The Brainzooming Group ten years ago, June 19-20, 2006. The First Brainzooming Strategic Planning Workshop. Back in the hotel’s meeting room, we typed everything from the day to complete a strategic plan document.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

These retreats are not merely a change of scenery but a strategic move to foster innovation and alignment among the top decision-makers of your company. The value of such gatherings lies in their capacity to refresh perspectives, encourage strategic thinking, and address complex challenges without the distractions of the office environment.

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IdeaScale

JULY 4, 2017

After all, due to the rapid pace of change, the skills critical to your success are innovation skills : creativity, critical thinking, communication, strategic thinking, and problem solving. Most of us didn’t major in “innovation” in college or even have a course or a single 2 hour-long workshop on the topic.

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Leapfrogging

MAY 8, 2024

Below, you’ll find strategies for designing learning experiences and assessments that embed experiential intelligence into the framework of leadership training. By engaging in hands-on experiences, you can improve strategic thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Importance of Strategic Planning Offsites A strategic planning offsite is not just another meeting; it’s an investment in your organization’s future. By removing distractions and dedicating time solely to strategic thinking, you create an atmosphere where creativity and big-picture thinking can thrive.

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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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BrainZooming

APRIL 11, 2018

We have a call with a client about an upcoming Brainzooming innovation workshop. One question (which we think MAY have been included by mistake on the list of topics they sent us) is what we do when energy is diminishing during a workshop. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

For more insights into how a strategic mindset can augment leadership capabilities, consider exploring strategic thinking for leaders , a resource designed to broaden your perspective on leadership strategies. Developing Strategic Thinking Skills Strategic thinking is another cornerstone of effective leadership.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

For more insights into how a strategic mindset can augment leadership capabilities, consider exploring strategic thinking for leaders , a resource designed to broaden your perspective on leadership strategies. Developing Strategic Thinking Skills Strategic thinking is another cornerstone of effective leadership.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 2, 2017

Is there such a thing as a quick check to determine whether a strategic plan is on the right track or not ? While reviewing mini-strategic plans attendees developed at a recent logistics company customer event we facilitated, I relied on one that works well. 11 Ideas to Make a Strategic Planning Process More Fun!

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 12, 2017

As we thought about how many of them there were (about twenty), the two of us from The Brainzooming Group, and the value of having an inner circle of informal facilitators, we hit upon an idea: create roles for a small group of clients to play during our two-day branding workshop. 4 Roles to Push Bold Customer Experience Strategy Thinking.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2017

We have been preparing the strategic planning process design for this workshop over the last month. All of their involvement paid off via the five-part strategic planning process workshop addressing multiple strategic priorities. 13 Ways to Support Strategic Planning Process Success.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2017

What types of strategic planning activities are in a strategic thinking workshop ? As we collaborate with a client to design strategic planning activities for a strategic thinking workshop , we explore various possibilities. 6 Potential Strategic Planning Activities for a Workshop.

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Leapfrogging

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

To ensure that leaders have the necessary skills to foster such a culture, it is crucial to integrate innovation into leadership development programs and offer leadership development workshops focused on enhancing innovation leadership skills. Encourages leaders to seek out emerging trends and technologies that could influence future markets.

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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.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 5, 2018

It doesn’t start with getting everyone together in a room for a creative thinking workshop and expecting innovative ideas to happen spontaneously. Analysis, outreach, and design thinking combine to make in-person innovation productive and ROI-driven – after completing the pre-work. More Posts - Website Follow Me:

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

For a more in-depth look at designing an effective event, explore effective strategy offsite design. A conducive environment is essential for fostering creativity, open-mindedness, and strategic thinking. For more insights into effective strategy offsite design , including location selection, explore our dedicated guide.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 1, 2018

Sometimes, we get to design a creative thinking exercise that seems like so much fun during its development that it causes me to continually smile and giggle. This design came about specifically for this client. We have a new one of those that we debuted yesterday. In its new form, it’s called Surf-to-Turf.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 16, 2018

I explained to them that no matter who we bring into an in-person Brainzooming workshop, we design the questions and exercises so that EVERYONE will be successful participating. Creative Thinking – 7 Keys to How “Idea Magnets” Boost Creativity. Extreme Creativity. Successful Implementation.

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Leapfrogging

MAY 8, 2024

Designing Experiential Learning Activities When you integrate experiential learning activities into your training programs, you provide leaders with the opportunity to engage directly with complex, real-life scenarios. The key is to design exercises that simulate actual challenges leaders may face in their roles.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 3, 2015

Not wasting time is a major part of why a Brainzooming strategy workshop is so focused on effective time management. The moves the Buffalo Bills are making and the associated reasons and benefits match closely to how The Brainzooming Group designs a strategy workshop. 6 Ways a Strategy Workshop Is Most Productive.

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Leapfrogging

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Consider incorporating the following elements into your training programs: Creative Problem-Solving : Enhancing the ability to think creatively and approach problems from various angles. Strategic Thinking : Developing the capacity to formulate and implement innovation strategies that align with business objectives.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 4, 2016

That is a great lesson whenever you are thinking about selecting a diverse group of participants for a strategic or creative thinking workshop. Ultimately, business creativity is about creating strategic impact. What mix of creative diversity will drive implementation? Mike Brown.

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Ecosystems4Innovating

JULY 2, 2024

Ecosystems are complex and I have been trying to encapsulate a (more) concise positioning statement to amplify what needs to be considered and where I think I can really help as ecosystems are so important in our designs for the future, a collaborative one needed combining expertise, diversity and knowledge.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

For insights into designing impactful leadership retreats, explore our guide on designing leadership team offsites for strategic planning. This phase lays the groundwork for a successful meeting where strategic goals can be effectively developed and refined.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

While we are whole-hearted proponents of fun strategic planning activities , that doesn’t mean every strategic planning workshop we design and facilitate has exactly the same type of fun. And we all know that toys are a universal signal that a strategy workshop is supposed to be fun. Not really; just kidding.

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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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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 17, 2017

I stopped by the grocery store to use the ATM the other morning before leaving for New York to deliver a content marketing strategy workshop today at the Social Media Strategies Summit. Poor visibility into customer interactions or faulty customer experience strategy design could both be issues. That was the case in the grocery store.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 24, 2019

First: the workshops, keynotes, deep-dives and panels were excellent. While it was primarily enforced via the honor system (and an email/text area had been designated in one of the buildings), most attendees successfully disconnected. Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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The BMI Lab Blog

JUNE 10, 2021

For the past decades, companies have been defining their strategy following a traditional approach: On the one hand, they analyzed trends, selected the most relevant ones, and designed their strategy based on a “clear view of the future”. This is what we call strategic agility.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

Is your strategy team tired of the same old strategic thinking exercises ? It offers fresh ideas for using one of the most common strategic thinking exercises. Challenge your thinking about what parts of your strategy are obsolete, opinion-based, and open to serious objections. and it’s FREE! Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

In any event, here are 11 boring details that lead to strategic planning-grade fun! Getting as much homework and other stuff involving individual work done before the strategic planning workshop so everyone isn’t waiting around for one person to share information. Making sure the meeting room isn’t cramped and uncomfortable.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 27, 2017

These types of scenarios set the stage for dramatically different strategic thinking and innovative possibilities. When it comes to documenting the actual plan, spare participants the chore of writing it during the workshop. Livening up strategic discussions with exercises designed to generate disruptive ideas.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 19, 2015

What’s a “pizza meeting,” and what does it have to do with creative thinking? Back in the Fortune 500 days, we facilitated so many strategic planning workshop sessions we gave up renting creativity-oriented offsite locations. After one half-day workshop in the multipurpose room, we were getting ready to leave.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 12, 2017

Occasionally, someone participating in a strategy workshop filled with innovative ideas will complain that a lot, or maybe all (REALLY? Other times it means giving old ideas a new day and putting solid tactics and strategic project management planning behind them to move them from ideas to implementation.

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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. Often, however, executives jump too quickly to flying everyone into one place for a big strategic planning meeting.

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