BrainZooming

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Beyond meeting with the client team, we spent considerable time with the hotel staff. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions – Innovative Ideas from Experts. Many of the strategic thinking questions we share help people imagine things that have never happened.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2017

Someone searched and came to the Brainzooming.com website looking for strategic thinking in the office examples. While we have a post on doing thinking strategically without leaving the office , we don’t have anything on how the physical surroundings of an office can boost strategic thinking.

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Strategic Thinking eBook Exercises Video 95

BrainZooming

JULY 20, 2018

I was chatting with someone about what to do when someone asks you a question in a meeting. I suggested another one: Go ahead and ask a great strategic thinking question. The next natural question in our conversation was about what types of strategic thinking questions to ask. via Shutterstick. ).

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Focused Momentum

MAY 1, 2019

For years “strategic thinking” has been reserved for executive team meetings or board rooms as part of a firm’s strategic planning process.

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Idea Drop

JULY 20, 2017

There are two distinct (though complementary) ways to work through a problem and develop a solution: we might label them ‘creative thinking’ and ‘strategic thinking’. The key principles of strategic thinking Limit your time: strategic thinking is all about efficiency.

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Paul Hobcraft

APRIL 6, 2023

Strategic thinking : Participants should be able to think strategically and understand the broader context of the collaboration. These metrics should be agreed upon by all participants and monitored regularly to ensure the collaboration is meeting its goals.

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

What strategic thinking skills are important in helping find agreement for action amid a big, unstructured conversation? The meeting objective involved identifying actions the board supported and would collectively recommend. 5 Strategic Thinking Skills to Lead Groups to Action. Verbs suggest action.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 4, 2017

While everyone hopes these meetings are smart, strategic, and have a meaningful impact on the business , that rarely seems to be the case. 12 Reasons Budget Meetings Aren’t Strategic. Too often, budget meetings aren’t strategic. Budget meetings solve for numbers and do not solve for business results.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 1, 2025

These platforms use AI to enhance communication by providing real-time translation, sentiment analysis, and automated meeting summaries. AI-powered communication platforms facilitate seamless collaboration among leadership teams, ensuring that everyone is on the same page.

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BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

Learning what participants in an upcoming big meeting know, think, and believe before they come together in a large group is one tactic to strengthen team collaboration. 14 Team Collaboration Benefits from Pre-Meeting Outreach. Better strategize how to introduce challenging points of view.

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Business and Tech

AUGUST 26, 2021

In Airbnb’s case, we are in the “belong anywhere” business and, once we did the archeological dig to discover that, it influenced our strategic thinking, how we trained our hosts, how we marketed the company and the like. How are these technologies helping to meet the evolving consumer demands and trends?

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CMOE

MARCH 17, 2025

Without strategic thinking, leaders risk falling into short-term fixes that fail to drive long term sustainable success. Strategic thinking is a skill that can be developed through study, practice, reflection and deliberate effort. How Do You Start Thinking Strategically?

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CMOE

MARCH 17, 2025

As the plan comes to fruition, everyone on the team can feel the positive effects of strategic thinking. Strategy Offers Opportunities to Develop Skills Including team members in strategic planning gives them the opportunity to develop skills critical to the success of the company strategy.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 14, 2025

Personalized Learning Experiences : With AI, leadership training can be customized to meet the specific needs of each leader, enhancing the learning experience and retention of new skills. Explore how AI aids decision-making in our article on ai-powered decision coaching.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 10, 2016

Going into a strategy meeting today that is sure to be a snoozer ? 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! Outrageous.

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Brunner

AUGUST 14, 2023

That endlessly creative curiosity — combined with strategic thinking — brings the teams and the work closer together. The post Meet Dan Magdich, Brunner VP, Executive Creative Director Who Runs on Endless Creative Curiosity appeared first on Instant Insights. Creativity solves problems. Find talent with potential.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2016

During in-person and online strategic planning workshops , we regularly use a strategic thinking exercise that helps leadership groups quickly identify a shared future vision statement. Pushing Back on a Strategic Thinking Exercise. An Alternative Strategic Thinking Exercise to Develop a Vision Statement.

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BrainZooming

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Yesterday’s post on using a new type of SWOT analysis to stimulate bolder strategic conversations in strategy meetings garnered quite a bit of attention. It received enough attention that we decided to share an additional strategic thinking exercise that puts a twist on the typical SWOT analysis.

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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. You are a bit lost; you thought this was a planning meeting. Sound familiar?

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Focused Momentum

AUGUST 6, 2024

Data is front and center in today's management team meetings. This is not new. We fell in love with dashboards years ago. What is surprising is that its growth is continuing. The global data analytics market is projected to reach $234 billion by 2028, a 13.6% Compounded Annual Growth Rate.

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Strategic Thinking Data Meeting Project 52

BrainZooming

JUNE 8, 2016

Last week, we presented a creative and strategic thinking workshop for a Brainzooming reader who leads the national sales division of a global industrial manufacturer. We integrated the Brainzooming strategic thinking workshop into their annual sales meeting. 13 Unexpected Benefits of a Strategic Thinking Workshop.

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Strategic Thinking Creative Thinking Creativity Exercises 40

Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Importance of Strategic Thinking for Senior Executives Strategic thinking is an indispensable element for senior executives. As a senior leader, strategic thinking enables you to anticipate market trends, identify potential challenges, and devise plans that steer your organization towards sustained success.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 29, 2024

Importance of Strategic Thinking for Senior Executives Strategic thinking is an indispensable element for senior executives. As a senior leader, strategic thinking enables you to anticipate market trends, identify potential challenges, and devise plans that steer your organization towards sustained success.

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Strategic Thinking Underperforming Technical Team Leadership Technical Review 100

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

The 600 Most Powerful Strategic Planning Questions (Download). This is our biggest collection ever of strategic thinking questions to move strategy planning ahead in finding the best strategic direction. The strategic thinking questions here provide teams a way to shape implementation through focus and inclusiveness.

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BrainZooming

AUGUST 29, 2016

As an introvert, meeting online friends IRL has definitely extended my social boundaries in incredibly positive ways. It’s made me more open to meeting new people. Want to Meet IRL in Your Town? In multiple cases, these meetings have fostered further collaboration. Let me know! – Mike Brown.

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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

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Does it meet everything your customers are looking for? You think there’s not much more you can do to improve your brand’s customer experience ? Don’t you think that is a very dangerous falsehood to hang onto and accept as reality? Mike is a frequent speaker on innovation, strategic thinking, and social media.

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Leapfrogging

MAY 8, 2024

By designing experiential learning experiences and integrating ExQ assessments, you can create a robust framework for developing leaders who are adaptable, innovative, and equipped to meet the demands of dynamic business challenges.

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Planview

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Occasionally it might be earlier depending on the meetings that day. What types of meetings do you prepare for? Who do you meet with? I meet with both customers and employees on a regular basis. Internally I have one-on-ones, team meetings, management meetings, and Salesforce administration meetings.

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Management Meeting Analysis Strategic Thinking 106

BrainZooming

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

By and large, hotel meetings rooms suck for actually encouraging people to collaborate and work productively. That’s why I find myself so frequently trying to manipulate hotel meeting rooms in ways that hotel proprietors never imagined. 12 Reasons Hotel Meeting Rooms Suck for Collaboration. Conquer Fears of Business Innovation!

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Meeting Collaboration eBook Creative Thinking 49

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 19, 2015

“I know you have a certain way you set up for your pizza meeting. But your pizza meetings COULD BE DIFFERENT.”. What’s a “pizza meeting,” and what does it have to do with creative thinking? We’d make creative thinking happen wherever we could find a large enough meeting room at one of our headquarters locations.

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Leapfrogging

MARCH 15, 2024

Introduction to Strategic Thinking in Business The Importance of Strategy in a Disruptive World In today’s business environment, disruption is the new norm. With technology advancing at breakneck speeds and market dynamics shifting unpredictably, it’s crucial for you as a business leader to embrace strategic thinking.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Chuck Dymer co-facilitated a client’s internal management meeting with us recently. During the creative thinking workshop we facilitated inside an internal management meeting, participants worked through multiple exercises to identify ideas for internal and customer initiatives.

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Creative Thinking Creativity eBook Exercises 91

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

In the spirit of the first Agility question below, rather than trying to imagine questions from across all the companies listed, we limited the focus to creative thinking questions inspired by the top ten most innovative companies’ innovation journeys and priorities. 16 Creative Thinking Questions from the Most Innovative Companies.

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BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 22, 2020

An internal consultant at a healthcare company asked about ways to add value to many open-ended comments using a group strategic thinking exercise. Her sense was that the sameness every year caused them to overlook fresh insights that a new strategic thinking exercise would reveal. Why was she asking?

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 4, 2024

Facilities : Ensure that the venue has all the necessary facilities, including meeting rooms, AV equipment, and comfortable accommodations. Ambiance : Choose a space that aligns with the objectives of your offsite—a creative space for brainstorming sessions or a serene retreat for reflective strategic planning.

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