Mike Cardus

MARCH 13, 2013

Purpose: Brainstorming, creative thought development, team problem solving. Have the topic or idea to be "brainstormed" written on a white board or power point slide: What can we…? Explain that this is going to be a brainstorming session that will be individual as well as team based. Participants: 10 – 25.

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Brainstorming Team Building Team Participative 119

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

I set up a workshop and invited the key contributors to my team. I then let the team brainstorm and come up with ideas of what we need to do to achieve the vision. Mentor and coach them to help them raise their overall abilities. Team involvement. I include people who report to my direct reports.

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Strategy Competitive Advantage Drucker Brainstorming 213

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 2, 2020

Practitioners use a time-honored methodology called design thinking, a five-step, iterative process that starts with empathizing with those who are facing the problem, then defining the problem, brainstorming, and building and testing a prototype—all the while going back and forth with stakeholders, fine-tuning to get the solution right.

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Creativity Brainstorming Offshoring Audience 192

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

I would stay up nights brainstorming what I could do differently to get my job done in spite of the lack of support I was getting from all of the people who conceivably should have helped. Our Lead Change Group member continues… We had a division-wide diversity workshop. I was losing sleep. When The Issue Came To A Head.

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Mike Cardus

JUNE 12, 2013

I’ve Been working on a series of workshops and consulting on innovation and developing a culture of innovation. The slideshare above is from an interactive workshop about thinking differently and some tools that work to allow different thinking to happen. You can read more about the workshop in the description below.

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Innovation TRIZ Workshop Team Building 143

Mike Cardus

MARCH 29, 2013

In all my team building workshops we work to identify where the team is, what is working, and 2 or 3 solution ideas to move the team forward. Brainstorm some potential next steps to achieve the successful outcome. There are always going to be problems when working with teams. I believe problems DON’T equal solutions.

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Team Brainstorming Workshop Team Building 141

The Recovering Engineer

NOVEMBER 25, 2013

This is the brainstorming and creative stage. Conflict Confidence Workshop. Once we agree that there is a problem and that we both define it the same way, we can analyze the causes. If we assign different causes to the problem, we will not be able to agree on how to solve it. What are some different ways we could solve the problem?

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Succession Brainstorming Workshop Skills 221

The Practical Leader

APRIL 12, 2023

E-mail Pet Peeves In the “Taming the E-mail Beast” section of our workshops, we start by asking about e-mail pet peeves. This might include whenever an issue is sensitive or difficult, has potential for conflict or misunderstanding, needs discussion, calls for collective brainstorming, personal feedback, etc.

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Management Tools Tips Brainstorming 98

Jason Womack

MARCH 17, 2013

While attending the TEDx workshop day last February, I met Scott, from Duarte Design, after he'd facilitated a workshop on "effective presentations." I absolutely loved the way that Nancy sets us up to engage in what we already have (gather existing content) and move toward new stuff (brainstorm in a group).

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Incubator Audience Workshop Content 213

HR Digest

AUGUST 13, 2023

Organizations can provide opportunities for learning and growth by: Offering training programs, workshops, and conferences to enhance employees’ skills, knowledge, and professional development. Creating a culture of continuous learning by promoting knowledge sharing, internal workshops, and cross-functional collaboration.

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Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 31, 2013

12/27/13 – Images Used in Presentations & Workshops. MindSpin: Team Building Activity for Brainstorming and Solution-Finding. Before, During, After a team building activity and workshop the questions asked transfer the lessons learned and can guide the people to find connections to their work and lives.

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Team Building Team Guidelines Leadership 126

The Practical Leader

JULY 19, 2023

In our leadership development workshops, we use a simple exercise to help participants connect the changes they’d like to see to the changes they need to make in their own behavior. ” Brainstorm ways you can influence “them” with your personal behavior. How Can I Be the Change I Want to See in Others?

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Influence Brainstorming Video Workshop 52

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 13, 2019

A typical co-creation event consists of a multitude of stakeholder engagement and interaction exercises and workshops designed to balance listening, sharing, visioning, brainstorming, ideation and early prototyping. Combining all nine building blocks is define as the large innovation cycle.

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Innovation Participative Brainstorming Short-term 65

Lead by Adventure

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Sign up for a poverty workshop. Our community has hosted several poverty workshops. The last idea is to brainstorm with your team and come up with your own idea. There are a few organizations who run these and their presentations and information is very eye-opening. Insert your idea here.)_. How can you help your community?

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Team Workshop Banking Brainstorming 100

Change Starts Here

JANUARY 8, 2013

In December 2010, the project team met for a one-day workshop to take stock of the potential “people issues” created by the move. Later in the workshop, the team brainstormed ways they could influence the transitions. After the workshop, the team went on to implement many of the ideas that were developed that day.

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Succession Workshop Project Budgeting 81

Lead from Within

DECEMBER 13, 2016

Sometimes people don’t want to have the answers handed to them but to brainstorm together and come up with a range of solutions. For coaching, consulting, workshops, and speaking. Thinking you know it all. As a leader you need to always be willing to listen to others and be teachable. Other times people just want to vent.

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Micromanagement Brainstorming Workshop Entrepreneur 60

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2021

Croix River, about an hour from Minneapolis, catching up with each other as we have done every couple of years, and brainstorming about what our next project together might be—discussions that eventually led to this book. In the summer of 2018, we had spent a couple days together at Richard’s house on the St.

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Books Workshop Learning-by-Doing Long-term 124

Mike Cardus

DECEMBER 12, 2012

PLEASE ask people to just share, this is a brainstorming-planning time we will evaluate the ideas later; for right now we are looking for quantity. Need experiential and hands-on ways to create lasting memories and content in your programs / workshops / and lessons. If you feel people will be be too judgmental. Mike is your answer.

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Strategic Planning SWOT Analysis Planning 158

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 10, 2011

Last week I ran a highly customized Peak Performance Leadership workshop and facilitated a strategy session in beautiful Colorado Springs. We then used the summary and key themes of their input for assessment, learning, brainstorming, and action planning. Click on the title to view it on You Tube.

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Video Restructuring Brainstorming Morale 56

The Practical Leader

OCTOBER 24, 2012

The highest rated of a long list of “Spirit Killers” we ranked in one workshop exercise was “There are ‘walking wounded’ in our organization who feel that our management team cares only about results and doesn’t respect their dignity and feelings.” You can see the review at Excellent?

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Power 360-Degree Feedback Workshop Training 49

Women's Leadership Exchange

MARCH 15, 2008

R" word in a positive way - our workshops, speakers and keynotes will all be brimming with information on how to ReCharge, ReEnergize, ReEducate, ReConnect, & ReInvent our businesses to ensure that 08 is a good year for us all. That's why at WLE conferences and summits this year, we decided to use the. "R"

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Advice Wilde Conference Brainstorming 70

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

It had taken a long time to organize the workshop. But the workshop flopped. In B2B, managers all too often treat such “co-creation” as an event rather than a process and therefore focus almost exclusively on the workshop. Select several problem statements : Don’t go into the workshop with just one problem statement.

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B2B Workshop Chemicals B2C 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

Take the group of senior managers I was leading through a workshop series recently. I've seen bosses enter a brainstorming session scowling. The process of behavioral change is most certainly more than a one-day workshop but it begins with the awareness that change is needed and the belief that change is possible.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 20, 2012

Choi, who was enthusiastic about my theater-based approach, was anxious that there might be some skeptics in the workshop. The workshop moves through five stages, none of which involve melting or sizzling but do challenge participants to get on their feet. And then there is the fear factor. "Is

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Storytelling Workshop Participative Audience 15

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 17, 2012

Hold a facilitated workshop to let employees hear each other out, agree on a set of initiatives and establish working groups to execute on them. The next step, a facilitated workshop , allows employees at different levels to acknowledge issues and develop solutions, while the new leader listens in "surround sound".

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Supply Chain Workshop Survey Benchmarking 15

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 9, 2012

Over the last 20 years, I have found the best way to do this is to assemble the key stakeholders of a process in a multi-day workshop. The maps of the current and future process, opportunities, and implementation plan are useful artifacts of the workshop. Constancy of purpose matters more than one workshop's flash of brilliance.

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Team Workshop Teamwork Operations 13

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 10, 2014

Inventory performance had degenerated well below industry norms and Rob used this as the starting point of a week-long workshop with materials managers, the key decision-makers for sourcing, purchasing and fulfillment. Workers who participate in these interviews and workshops tend to fixate on the pain points they want fixed.

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Operations Workshop Long-term Brainstorming 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 6, 2018

The next time you head into a meeting where a major decision will be made, or important issue discussed, try the following exercise I’ve used to prepare for the workshops I run on innovation and leadership: Find an index card or sheet of paper (a paper napkin will also do).

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Learning-by-Doing Innovation Drucker Brainstorming 15

Harvard Business Review

JULY 19, 2013

After doing your homework as a team, regroup and use the best traditional brainstorming techniques to leverage all your new input into creating even better solutions to your problem. At a recent World Economic Forum workshop, this five-step Catalytic Questioning process took 24 minutes. Becoming a Question Catalyst.

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Brainstorming Christensen Disruptive Innovation Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 5, 2013

Every so often employees are sent to 'Brainstorm Island": an off-site replete with trendy lectures, creative workshops, and overenthusiastic facilitators. By Paddy Miller and Thomas Wedell-Wedellsborg. Most organizations approach innovation as if it were a sideline activity. But once they return, it's back to business as usual.

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Books Rogers Globalization Brainstorming 8

Next Level Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

Purchase 100 – 200 Books and I will conduct an exclusive one hour virtual workshop via phone or webinar for an equivalent number of leaders in your organization.  Purchase 201 – 500 Books and I will conduct a 75 to 90 minute, highly interactive virtual workshop via webinar for an equivalent number of leaders in your organization. 

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Webinar Workshop Executive Coaching Execution 146

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 9, 2012

On the spot, the teens brainstormed a new approach: they were outraged by documents showing that tobacco company executives were specifically targeting teens to replace older customers who'd died (often from lung cancer).

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Marketing Social Capital Media Influence 22

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 7, 2014

Recently, a “white space” brainstorm yielded a clever new idea for marketing, to cobble together a system that could combine customer-behavior insights gained through email, social media, pay-per-click marketing, and other sources. BuildDirect encourages its people to propose imaginative, off-the-wall, and even downright weird ideas.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2015

But there were many others — from the completely unstructured (communal tables for snack and lunch breaks and narrow corridors between presentation areas, which had everyone literally rubbing elbows) to the very structured (labs, masterclasses, workshops). Technology also played a big role.

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Conference Microfinance Creativity Participative 8

Lead by Adventure

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

Lead a brainstorming session with your team. Start with small things: have them lead a portion of the team meeting, have them help create a presentation you are working on, let them co-lead a workshop with you. Ask other’s opinions – especially those that work for you. Because hardly any one asks them for their opinion.

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Delegation Conference Motivation Team Building 168

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

Certain programs, like Bias Interrupters for Managers training, have been very well received by academic institutions because they are dispassionate, evidence-based, and allow people to brainstorm ways to overcome common patterns of bias in the future. Developing workshops specifically for women of color.

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Policies Leadership Mentor Career 13

Ron Edmondson

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Again, I love brainstorming and thinking through next steps. Also, as invited, I will continue to speak at conferences and workshops. Would it be of value to you if you could add some “strategic thinking” capacity to your staff team for a day or two – maybe once or maybe once a month for a year? Teaching/Preaching.

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