Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

The integration of online collaboration tools is crucial for maintaining the continuity of operations, especially when face-to-face interactions are limited. Enhanced Productivity Leverage specialized online collaboration tools that streamline workflows and minimize time wasted on unnecessary meetings.

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Leapfrogging

APRIL 19, 2024

The integration of online collaboration tools is crucial for maintaining the continuity of operations, especially when face-to-face interactions are limited. Enhanced Productivity Leverage specialized online collaboration tools that streamline workflows and minimize time wasted on unnecessary meetings.

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Collaboration Software Review Video Project 100

BrainZooming

JANUARY 17, 2018

We’ve written about the importance of signaling collaboration strategy preferences when you and team members are working remotely. Talking with someone who is struggling with identifying the best ways to signal the appropriate collaboration strategy approash, we hit on a variation on the Sergio Zyman decision levels.

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Jeffrey Phillips

JUNE 11, 2019

I'll explain why I think the innovation method, tool, approach or philosophy is important and why it doesn't receive focus. But what many companies really need is not a "what" - things, products, services are easy to create. By why I mean a good strategy that defines where they want to compete, what they hope to win.

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BrainZooming

MAY 26, 2017

Diet Coke Strategy: Translating small to sip-sized. And rather than seeking permission for the change, this branding strategy idea begs forgiveness later – if ever! Diet Coke Strategy: Borrowing “mini” and using it in a maxi fashion across the entire side of the box. This takes advantage of alliteration and whimsy. ounce cans.

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Strategy Strategy Exercises Product Strategy 83

BrainZooming

MAY 17, 2016

While there’s more to come in the months ahead, here are highlights of a couple of innovation strategy presentations this week to very different groups. Innovation Strategy in Your Organization – An Innovative Workplace Culture. Innovation Strategy across a Community – Forward to the Future.

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Strategy Strategy Innovation Collaboration 70

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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Strategy Strategy eBook Strategic Thinking 40

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. 3 Ways Your Internal Branding Strategy Can Be Smarter than United Airlines.

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Strategy Strategy Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review 72

BrainZooming

MARCH 2, 2016

Many organizations are in the early stages of executing new strategies for this year. That is when you discover whether you have a solid, implementable plan or something that (maybe) looks good on paper, but doesn’t work well when you try to execute the strategy. 9 Strategic Thinking Questions for Helping Teams Execute Strategy.

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BrainZooming

DECEMBER 1, 2015

Success factors in strategic planning and creating collaborative strategy were the central topics we tackled on an edition of Smart Companies Radio, hosted by Kelly Scanlon, the owner of Thinking Bigger Business Media, Inc., 10 Keys to Collaborative Strategy and Strategic Planning. Creating Strategic Impact mini-book.

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Collaboration Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 21, 2016

I’ll be presenting a Brainzooming workshop on internal branding strategy at the Brand Strategy Conference in New York, April 6-8. The workshop, while drawing on material from my Fortune 500 work, springs from multiple conversations at the 2015 Brand Strategy Conference. Download Your Free Internal Branding Strategy eBook!

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BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Great branding strategy examples abound. If your organization specializes in one particular area, your branding strategy discussions should include the question: “If our customers can think it, can we make it?” They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. We were in St. Flexibility?

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy Guidelines Engagement 40

BrainZooming

AUGUST 11, 2016

What leadership skills are necessary to successfully champion a collaborative strategy ? A client fully immersed in developing and implementing a collaborative strategy asked that question. When we leave after the plan is completed, however, we’re finding many leaders aren’t prepared to implement a collaborative strategy plan.

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Collaboration Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

JULY 25, 2016

The thing is, unsuccessful employee engagement strategies are not an employee problem. It is a LEADERSHIP problem when purported employee engagement strategies are not working. We see great leaders among our clients successfully taking steps that meaningfully involve employees in shaping strategy and implementation.

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Engagement Strategy Strategy Strategic Thinking 40

Planview

AUGUST 23, 2022

But for companies with the right tools and forethought, these challenges are chances to create a competitive advantage. Automakers and OEM companies can also use that data to defend or negate an automotive company’s R&D strategy. Several challenges stand in the way of this widespread innovation.

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Industry Software Review Software Developers Software Development 52

BrainZooming

OCTOBER 27, 2015

With a strong brand and a robust branding strategy , there are many ways to deliver valuable brand benefits to customers. If, however, usage is declining for one of the best ways your brand delivers customer benefits, should your turnaround branding strategy focus on cutting back in providing it? A Personal Invitation’s Impact.

Strategy 40

Strategy Strategy Engagement Collaboration 40

BrainZooming

MARCH 16, 2016

Whenever possible, we try to help clients select a mix of people to participate in group strategy exercises. We are also proponents for reaching beyond familiar people that are always involved strategic planning meetings and drive the outcomes of group strategy exercises. 9 Ideas on How to Involve a Team in Group Strategy Exercises.

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BrainZooming

MARCH 9, 2016

The challenge in a client meeting was developing the strategy for a later meeting intended to build support for a biennial community event. The team leader asked, “How is it possible to listen to us talk and turn it into a strategy so quickly?”. 9 Creative Thinking Skills to Turn Talk into Strategy. – Mike Brown.

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Creative Thinking Creativity Strategy Strategy 40

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. Ask me to participate.

Engagement 40

Engagement Strategy Strategy eBook 40

BrainZooming

AUGUST 30, 2016

Shame on me, but I’ve never put the criteria I look for from a business collaboration into the type of strategic decision making tool we develop for clients. There is a mutual contribution from both parties toward the strategy and ideas. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use.

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Collaboration Creative Thinking Strategy Strategy 92

Planview

JANUARY 22, 2024

AI and powerful scenario-analysis capabilities will be crucial for assessing strategies against opportunity costs, product trade-offs, and the overall inherent risks of an R&D portfolio. These efforts should be crucial elements of any strategy aimed at driving long-term success and profitability.

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Product Development Innovation Management Management Trends 69

helloFUTURE

JULY 31, 2022

Why buy anything when you just need access to it for a short length of time – vehicles (Uber/Lyft), houses (Airbnb), tools (Peerby, StreetBank)? If we want to chart the trend of what our future consumers and workers will become, this is not simply a desired goal but a critical one.

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Trends Product Strategy Strategy Strategy 52

Taivara

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Helping companies compete in a rapidly changing digital world through everything from Software Design & Development, New Product Strategy, and Corporate Innovation. While working on an aircraft, he needed all of his tools in one place, ready for him to grab, but could never find a good place to set them. Email Address.

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Underperforming Technical Team Product Strategy Design Tools 55

Anaqua

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

When it comes to product strategy and development at Anaqua, the key word is LISTEN. From a strategic business view, attorney workspace – giving attorneys tools to make better informed decisions – ranked amongst the top priorities. As one attorney said: “I can’t spend one hour per decision.

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BrainZooming

JUNE 29, 2017

Someone downloaded a free Brainzooming strategy eBook, noting his biggest strategy challenge is “how to do a strategic planning process when you are new.” Secure copies of previous plans and strategy documents, and don’t settle for the first things people offer you. All the Strategy Roles You Need.

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Resources Strategic Thinking Comparison Strategy 86

BrainZooming

MAY 9, 2017

In the new Brainzooming strategy eBook 321 GO! , we share common situations standing in the way of successfully implementing your most important strategies. No matter the approach don’t go into a big meeting and expect the strongest team collaboration if you haven’t done your pre-meeting groundwork to make it happen. – Mike Brown.

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Collaboration Meeting Strategic Thinking Creative Thinking 77

BrainZooming

JUNE 26, 2018

Talking with one city’s representatives about strategies to sell-in a broadband recommendation with voters, they asked whether it is okay to engage its citizens after city leadership develops a recommendation. Most importantly, you can shape strategies based on integrating audience input during the earliest stages.

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Collaboration Engagement Strategic Thinking Leadership 59

BrainZooming

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

You can provide people with strategic thinking exercises, creative thinking tools, strategy questions, and ways to collaborate with one another, using structure to help imagine better strategies. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. FREE Download: “Results!!!

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Exercises Strategic Thinking Collaboration Strategy 40

Moves the Needle

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

In order to be successful, product managers need to use whatever tools and tactics they have at their disposal to understand and engage with their target customers to gather information about what features to build and when.

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Underperforming Technical Team How To Roadmap Tools 80

Gregg Fraley

JANUARY 26, 2017

Essentially this is intensive, hands-on workshop that trains people in innovation frameworks, and tools for strategy, ideation, research, and project management. One reason is they are now able to facilitate their own strategy and ideation sessions, that can save a lot of money. Register through CRC here. 773-251-8567.

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Training Idea Generation Ideation Innovation 40

BrainZooming

JANUARY 15, 2016

In short they need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. Increase focus for your team with productive strategy questions everyone can use. Actively engage more employees in strategy AND implementation success.

Creative Thinking 40

Creative Thinking Creativity Brainstorming Strategic Thinking 40

BrainZooming

JULY 6, 2017

The talk prompted several conversations about the distinctions between branding strategy and advertising. I surprised several attendees by discussing branding strategy as a fundamental element of business strategy for any organization. 3 Big Differences between Branding Strategy and Advertising. Enjoy this resource?

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Boxes and Arrows

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

At a certain point, clients stop listening to the strategy—they just want to get to the pictures. But does that mean that designers should just make pictures and leave the strategy to others? The best designers transcend the gap between strategy and execution. Designers have the magical ability to visualize the future.

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Underperforming Technical Team Software Review Roadmap Design 94

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. 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.

Exercises 40

Exercises Strategic Thinking Groups Engagement 40

BrainZooming

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

They need strategic thinkers who can develop strategy and turn it into results. 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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