Who is Braden Kelley?
I am an innovation speaker, content marketing geek, innovation trainer, and recognized thought leader.
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"I help organizations use social media and other tools to attract and engage customers, partners, and employees to help the organization achieve its goals.
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Author Archives: Braden Kelley
Innovation Quotes of the Day – May 18, 2012
“Nothing is more dangerous than a dogmatic worldview – nothing more constraining, more blinding to innovation, more destructive of openness to novelty.” – Stephen Jay Gould “Building a culture of continuous innovation threatens the power base of a critical few, … Continue reading
The Importance of Play to Innovation
A pioneer in research on play, Dr. Stuart Brown says humor, games, roughhousing, flirtation and fantasy are more than just fun. Plenty of play in childhood makes for happy, smart adults – and keeping it up can make us smarter … Continue reading
Innovation Quotes of the Day – May 16, 2012
“Succeeding through creation often requires innovation – figuring out how to put together and add value to things that just weren’t there before.” – Joel Podolny “The ultimate goal of a ‘learning fast’ approach to innovation is to embed in … Continue reading
Why Innovation Teams Fail – or Succeed
When it comes to succeeding in business, ideas are great but you still have to get stuff done. When it comes to innovation, it may be fun to talk about whether someone is innovative or not, or look at what … Continue reading
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Innovation Quotes of the Day – May 15, 2012
“There isn’t anyone that doesn’t need to be a creative problem solver.” – Brad Anderson, Former CEO of Best Buy “What do we hope to learn from this effort? When you start from this question, every project becomes a series … Continue reading
Innovation through the Eyes of a Child
I’m currently reading Creating Innovators and so I thought I would share the classic post from 2009 below. In the first video, Gever Tulley describes our child safety-obsessed culture and the impact this has on the young minds of our … Continue reading
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Innovation Quotes of the Day – May 14, 2012
“Look at the product pipeline, look at the fantastic financial results we’ve had for the last five years. You only get that kind of performance on the innovation side, on the financial side, if you’re really listening and reacting to … Continue reading
Innovation Quotes of the Day – May 13, 2012
“It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.” – Katharine Hepburn “But when it comes to innovation, it is not as important whether you fail fast or … Continue reading
Nine Innovation Roles Sample Cards Have Arrived
It was a very exciting day in the Kelley household. The sample cards arrived today from the printers for the Nine Innovation Roles Group Diagnostic Tool. The cards and the group exercises that go with them are designed to be … Continue reading
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