Who is Braden Kelley?
I am an innovation speaker, trainer, marketing strategist, and recognized thought leader.
And also co-founded the world's most popular innovation web site:
"I help organizations use social media and other tools to attract and engage customers, partners, and employees to help the organization achieve its goals.
If you're looking to create a culture of innovation, tackle some of your innovation barriers, train your employees to be more innovative, or build a more profitable, more social business -- let's talk."
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Category Archives: collaboration
Partners Wanted – Taking Nine Innovation Roles Global
I was in Boston, MA last week for the Front End of Innovation conference and had the opportunity to train dozens of potential corporate Nine Innovation Roles trainers as part of my quest to set the Nine Innovation Roles free … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, education, Innovation, marketing
Tagged cards, education, roles, Spanish, success, teams, Tools, training, translation, webinar
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Free Nine Innovation Roles Train the Trainer Session
I will be in Boston, MA this week for the Front End of Innovation conference May 6-8, 2013 at the Seaport World Trade Center, joining 650+ innovation managers and thought leaders from around the world who are serious about learning … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation
Tagged Conferences, education, events, success, teams, Tools, training
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Las Ocho I’s de la Innovación Infinita
Gracias Vanessa López De la O para su traducción! Algunos autores argumentan que la innovación exitosa es la suma de la idea más la ejecución; otros hablan más de la importancia de la intuición (insight) y su papel en impulsar … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Spanish, Strategy
Tagged espanol, excelencia, ideación, identificación, iluminación, implementación, innovacion, inspiración, instalación, intuición, investigación, iteración
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Latest Radio Interview with The Health Maven
I’m proud to share with you the link to my latest radio interview. This time I had the opportunity to sit down and chat with LeAnna J. Carey (@thehealthmaven), host of the popular radio program The Health Maven – Innovation … Continue reading
Join me at the Front End of Innovation 2013
From May 5-8, 2013 I will be in Boston, MA for the Front End of Innovation conference at the Seaport World Trade Center which takes place May 6-8, 2013. Use discount code FEI13BRADEN to save 20% on the event and … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Headlines, Innovation
Tagged appearances, Conferences, events, FEI, FEI 2013, FEI13, Front End of Innovation
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Is GE Trying to be Too Quirky?
Last week GE and Quirky announced a new partnership where GE will make some of its library of patents available as part of Quirky’s new inspiration platform, allowing inventors to use some of its patents in their potentially novel consumer … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Creativity, Innovation, Open Innovation, Product Innovation
Tagged GE, Idea Connection, innocentive, NineSigma, Quirky
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Accelerating Innovation Requires Accelerating Knowledge and Insight
Okay, I admit it, I came across the History Channel’s series Ancient Aliens recently and I’m intrigued, mostly because it is fascinating (and frightening) to me how long it takes to develop true knowledge and insight, but how quickly it … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Technology
Tagged Insights, knowledge, knowledge sharing, Networking, sharing
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New White Paper on External Talent Strategies
Following on the heels of a recent thought leadership webinar (link to recording) on the same topic, this white paper explores the intersection of talent management and open innovation strategies. The paper dives into why having an external talent strategy … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Open Innovation, Strategy
Tagged communities, experts, external, global, HR, Human Resources, people, personnel, Social Networks, Talent
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Making Innovation Sustainable – Part 4 of 4
Click on Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 if you missed them Innovation Is Social These quotes from John Hagel’s article are important because they reinforce the notion that innovation is a social activity. While many people give … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Management, Psychology
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