Who is Braden Kelley?
Braden Kelley, is a social business architect, a popular writer, speaker, and trusted advisor.
He also co-founded the world's most popular innovation web site:
"Using social media and other tools I help organizations attract and engage customers, partners, and employees to help the organization achieve its goals.
If you're looking to begin your innovation journey, tackle some of your innovation barriers, or build a more profitable, more social business -- let's talk."
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Category Archives: Innovation
Unlocking the Inner Child for Innovation
In the quest to unlock innovation in organizations, it may be beneficial or even mandatory to learn how to unlock the internal children in our employees. I’m sure we can all remember as children being told “don’t” do this or … Continue reading
Checkbox Hiring Doesn’t Lead to Innovation
When looking for a new job, it seems like 95% of the time people will only hire you to do the job you just did, and the other 5% of the time will provide an equal mix of once in … Continue reading
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Join Braden Kelley in London for an Innovation Masterclass
Please join me March 14-16, 2012 in London, England for a three day innovation masterclass based on my popular book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire. This Three Day Innovation Event with Braden Kelley will help you learn how to create a … Continue reading
Innocentive – New White Paper on External Talent Strategies
Authored by industry thought leader Braden Kelley and following on the heels of a recent 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 … 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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Are you good enough?
Unless you have invented a completely new product or service, it is very likely that there are large competitors already in your marketplace, established competitors that you will be trying to outwit and outmaneuver. Even if you do have a … Continue reading
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Managing Innovation is about Managing Change
Click on Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4 if you missed the other excerpts from Chapter 10 in Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire Innovation is about change. Companies that successfully innovate in a repeatable fashion have … Continue reading
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Rise of the Social Business Architect
The world is changing and needs Social Business Architects. Gone is the epoch of the passive consumer, now customers want a say. At the same time, the quest for survival and growth is causing companies to stop looking at suppliers … Continue reading
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
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Making Innovation Sustainable – Part 3 of 4
Click on Part 1 or Part 2 if you missed them Purpose and Passion Ultimately, successful and sustainable innovation is all about purpose and passion. The people in your organization have to be clear on what the purpose of the … Continue reading
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How Not to Do Social Media
Despite the fact that Twitter has been around since 2006 and Facebook has been around since 2004, social media is still the bright shiny object in the room (it’s still the current marketing fad). People still think they are being … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Open Innovation, Social Media
Tagged contests, Energy Forward, facebook, Public Relations, Publicity, Puget Sound Energy, Twitter
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