Who is Braden Kelley?
I am an innovation speaker, trainer, change specialist, and recognized thought leader.
And also co-founded the world's most popular innovation web site:
"I help organizations increase their organizational agility and accelerate their speed of innovation and organizational change.
If you're looking to create a culture of continuous change, tackle some of your innovation barriers, train your employees to be more innovative change agents, or to build a more profitable, more social business -- let's talk."
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Category Archives: Government
Empowering Every Resident with Tools for Change and Innovation
What if you could empower every citizen with tools that will help your city, state or country innovate and change faster than the competition for a penny a person? Well, now it’s possible… A revolution is beginning, and the smart … Continue reading
Posted in Change, education, Government, Innovation, Training
Tagged ACMP, agile project management, capabilities, change planning, Change Planning Canvas, Change Planning Toolkit, city licenses, country licenses, intellectual property, knowledge management, PMP, project management, site licenses, state licenses, toolkits
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Confessions of a Business Artist
I am an artist. There, I’ve said it. This statement may confuse some people who know me, and come as a shock to others. Braden, what do you mean you’re an artist? You’ve got an MBA from London Business School, … Continue reading
Posted in Change, education, Entrepreneurship, Government, Innovation
Tagged Art, careers, economics, jobs, music, success
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Whither Innovation in Indiana?
Now that I’ve got your attention, let’s talk about homosexuality and whether it has any impact on innovation. There probably are two no more polarizing topics in the United States than homosexuality and abortion. But the truth is that if … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Innovation
Tagged Creativity, economics, economy, environment, growth, indiana, lgbt, politics, society, startups
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Powering Monday Night Football with Feet?
Electricity. It’s not exactly cheap, and in rapidly modernizing countries (or even U.S. municipalities with budget woes) the idea of illuminating a neighborhood soccer field so kids and adults can play at night (especially in a poorer neighborhood), might seem … Continue reading
Posted in Entrepreneurship, Government, Headlines, Social Innovation, Technology
Tagged Brazil, energy, football, kinetic energy, Shell, soccer, solar power, sports
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Should the Government Encourage Innovation?
“We need to out-innovate, outeducate, and outbuild the rest of the world” – United States President Barack Obama In the quote above the American President implies that it is somehow the role of the government to drive innovation? But can … Continue reading
Why the Maker Movement Matters
The Maker movement is steadily gaining steam and some cities are looking to help it grow and thrive, seeing it as an opportunity to inspire artists and entrepreneurs. One such city is Edmonton, which lies in the Alberta province of … Continue reading
Posted in Design, education, Entrepreneurship, Government, Innovation
Tagged 3d printing, Canada, economics, economies, Edmonton, libraries, makers
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The Battle for Innovation Attention
The competition among countries around the world for attention for their innovation efforts, and to find corporate buyers for the intellectual property being developed in their universities, is heating up. This week I came across the following sizzle reel from … Continue reading
Posted in education, Government, Innovation
Tagged cities, countries, global, nations, Talent
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Building Virtual Diplomacy
The Setup Lets look at Innovation, Crowdsourcing, and the United States Government for a minute… The world continues to move faster than ever and diplomatic responses from the United States are required that are both increasingly more complex and more … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, education, Government, Innovation
Tagged crisis, Crowdsourcing, diplomacy, foreign service, politics, students, United States, USA
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Key to Innovation Success Revealed!
Achieving innovation success is not easy. Sustaining innovation success is even harder. The list of innovative companies that no longer exist is long, and some of the biggest enemies of innovation are ultimately complacency and resistance to change. So what … Continue reading
Posted in culture, education, Government, Innovation, Management, Psychology
Tagged collaboration, Curiosity, Entrepreneurship, invention, keys, secrets, success
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An Innovation Eclipse
The failure of Solyndra – a United States solar energy venture backed by $535 million in federal loan guarantees drew the ire of many people concerned with the state of the federal budget deficit and the growing national debt. But … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy
Tagged green, Investing, Obama, Solar
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