BrainZooming

APRIL 21, 2017

The folks at Armada Corporate Intelligence offered an internal branding strategy take on the United Airlines woes, offering strategic thinking questions you can ask and answer to improve your brand’s resiliency and avoid brand crises. Here are three internal branding weak spots the United incident highlights.

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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

APRIL 22, 2016

I debuted a presentation on “Results – Creating Strategic Impact,” our mini-book on employee engagement ideas to boost an organization’s strategic thinking. 10 Employee Engagement Ideas to Improve Strategic Results. FREE Download: “Results!!! And who knows. – Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Here’s an alternative approach we use all the time during strategic conversations: listen for specific types of comments and organize them as you go (or after the fact) into strategic deliverables. For example, before a strategic planning workshop started the other day, an internal client leader held court with the project team.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 10, 2015

We’re scheduled to have more than 120 of the client’s sales team members participate in an interactive, half-day Brainzooming workshop in the Chicago area. We developed this specific list of topics based on feedback from participants on a pre-workshop survey. Setting the Stage for Creative Thinking Skills for Sales.

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 2, 2015

I reviewed all eighty-six pages to develop our change management strategy primer. A 13-Point Strategic Change Management Checklist. Strategic Thinking about What to Keep and What to Creatively Change. Why Change Is Hard – 3 Strategic Thinking Ideas for Making Change Easy. 10 Bad Reasons to Change Strategy.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

He’s developing a short list of potential candidates for a new market research initiative at his company. It was clear that the organization’s team had already decided that a request for proposal was the best way to determine which outside vendor will be the best market research partner. Stimulate fresh thinking. Mike Brown.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

You probably can’t stop, research different strategic thinking exercises, and incorporate them into your strategy session. What can you do right away to turn deadly strategic thinking exercises into fun strategic planning exercises? Strategic Planning Exercises Can Be Fun. Rearrange working groups.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

We can deliver strategic and creative thinking-based training that gives salespeople a structure to approach business development and solutions selling dramatically differently. Download our FREE eBook: Reimagining the SWOT Analysis. Stimulate fresh thinking. Do you see your organization in any of these situations?

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

We’ve certainly covered the heck out of how bad bosses , toxic cultures , and negative comments can crush creative thinking and creativity. What you might not consider, however, is how an uber-positive boss that is TOO OVER THE TOP when communicating how great early stage ideas are ALSO CRUSHES creative thinking.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Is it a good or bad career strategy if you do not have a job description ? Short of starting by developing a personal core purpose or branding statement, we suggested these three career straegy questions to balance aspirational activities and the “what has to get done” stuff that will not be as exciting.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 23, 2019

Unless the people on the other side of the table feel they are on equal footing, though, it will likely take several reiterations for team members to trust this opening. Take Action: Want to make strides toward opening the way for your team to deliver bad or challenging news? What is your most compelling message?

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BrainZooming

MARCH 6, 2017

Alternatively, you may be in a place that is thinking way too small; you should get out as soon as you can. If no one ever says your ideas are too bold, that is also bad. It means you aren’t challenging anyone’s thinking with your creativity. Does your CPR vary by client or team?

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Make Sure You Have the Right Team. The big first implementation strategy step is assembling the right team with the skills, experience, and perspectives to make a big initiative happen. They see the scenes and think about what happens and all the people that need to be in place. How will they benefit from it?

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BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Suppose you’re going into a meeting and taking over leadership of a team or initiative where those you will be leading have been involved and active previously. Develop a basic agenda for the meeting with the participants doing most of the talking, as you listen and summarize ideas. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

As you develop a point of view on where your brand is ripe for change, review the brand update strategy options list. Download our FREE eBook: Reimagining the SWOT Analysis. Whether you are just starting your strategy or think you are well down the path, you can use this eBook to: Engage your team.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 9, 2018

I was watching this all develop over the course of about eight years. Download our FREE “Taking the No Out of InNOvation eBook to help generate extreme creativity and boost your creative thinking skills! Photo: Harper Point Photography. Cable stations are going to turn into streaming stations. So, everybody’s going big.

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BrainZooming

JANUARY 26, 2017

There are a number of team development and leadership skills mentioned that fit themes we talk about here. We wanted to highlight specific questions, recommendations, and challenges that seem particularly pertinent for leading strategically and innovatively in the year ahead. A leader should create strategy with a team.

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