BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Even if you are going into the meeting with the same old people , the same old topics, and the same old expectations to just get a strategy done and put into a notebook on a shelf so you can go back to doing what you’ve always been doing, there is hope! Use a New SWOT Strategic Thinking Exercise Nobody Expects. Outrageous.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Underperforming Technical Team Analysis 40

BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

While leading strategy development in a new company poses challenges (including needing to learn a tremendous amount as you go), it has a comparable number of advantages (Including not laboring under preconceived ideas about how the organization does things). Getting to What Is Strategic. What Is Strategic and What Isn’t?

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Resources Strategic Thinking Comparison eBook 86

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. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Company Entrepreneurship 40

BrainZooming

JULY 17, 2018

You can use this eBook to enliven strategy meetings through a focus on important business issues, productive strategy exercises, and enough fun to keep EVERYONE engaged in creating a plan that creates success and all those other things that more $$$$$$$$$$s create. 16 Strategic Thinking Exercises Ready to Go for You Right Now!

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Strategy Strategy eBook Exercises 60

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

We routinely ask those of you downloading Brainzooming strategy and innovation eBooks to share – if you are willing – the opportunities and challenges you are facing at the time. “Buy in from staff on the new vision and the required change” 5 Keys to Engaging Employees in Innovation Strategy – Our Buy-In Manifesto.

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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.

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Engagement Strategy Strategy eBook 40

BrainZooming

JUNE 26, 2018

There are other questions you can ask, but once the strategy recommendation is complete, you don’t want to waste time opening doors to non-productive strategy options. Mike Brown Founder of The Brainzooming Group, and an expert on strategy, creativity, and innovation. – Mike Brown.

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Collaboration Engagement Strategic Thinking Leadership 59

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 !

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Exercises Collaboration Strategy Strategy 65

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. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Engagement Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Exercises 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Here are four different approaches The Brainzooming Group employs with clients: Instead of using complex strategic exercises that aren’t beneficial outside planning, we use strategic thinking questions that fit how people think and work on a daily basis. Actively engage stakeholders in strategy AND implementation success.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Engagement Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

If so, this Brainzooming compilation on various ways to combat creative thinking challenges is for you. Organizational Creative Thinking Challenges. Creative Thinking Skills: 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Disruptive Innovation, Change Management & Taking the NO Out of InNOvation.

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Creative Thinking Creativity Brainstorming Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 8, 2016

Creating Organizational Change and Change Management – 4 Strategy Options. 29 Phrases Blocking Innovative Ideas. Three Strategic Voices to Include on Your Team. Whatever the hesitancy to innovate has been, unfreezing a team involves identifying and launching the steps (even the small steps) to make progress.

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Change Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy 40

BrainZooming

AUGUST 30, 2016

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

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Collaboration Creative Thinking Strategy Strategy 92

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

On Wednesday, I delivered the closing keynote at the Real Time Marketing Lab with a mini-workshop on using strategic thinking super models to help C-suite executives understand social networking and content marketing strategy. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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Collaboration Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

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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Collaboration Exercises Brainstorming Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Letting everyone know upfront that WE will handle turning the input into a strategic plan (so they don’t have to). Designing strategic thinking questions leading to engaging conversation among familiar and new participants. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Collaboration Creativity 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 29, 2016

Why didn’t he see initiatives tied directly to the brand, its people, and significant factors for its financial success as strategic? My suspicion is the business unit president didn’t think he had strategic objectives because nothing addressed growth, innovation, or things that would only come to fruition years in the future.

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Strategic Thinking Exercises Strategy Strategy 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 20, 2016

Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success. Related posts Should Front Line Employees Be Strategic Thinkers in Your Organization?

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Project Strategic Thinking Strategy Strategy 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 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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Exercises Groups Strategy Strategy 40

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Often, however, executives jump too quickly to flying everyone into one place for a big strategic planning meeting. 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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Collaboration Creative Thinking Exercises Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 5, 2016

The big strategic thinking question is, “Which one will you pick?”. Creating Strategic Impact” Leaders are looking for powerful ways to engage strong collaborators to shape shared visions. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. There Is Still Time.

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Strategy Strategy Collaboration Engagement 40

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. 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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Meeting Collaboration Tips Creative Thinking 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

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

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