Who is Braden Kelley?
I am an innovation speaker, content marketing geek, innovation trainer, 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: Management
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
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Psychology
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Creating a Culture of Continuous Innovation
In this economic downturn there is more pressure than ever on executives to find new sources of growth, and as a result leaders are increasingly talking about innovation. In some organizations the leader may say “we need to be more … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, culture, Innovation, Leadership, Management
Tagged change, Continuous Innovation, goals, Process, Storytelling, Systems, time, Visualization, Vocabulary
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Six Sigma versus Innovation
Are Six Sigma and Innovation inherent enemies or powerful allies? Some would say that Six Sigma and innovation are diametrically opposed goals for an organization to pursue. Some say that organizations cannot excel at both and would point to the … Continue reading
DMAIC for Innovation
Below is a rough draft of an article I wrote for the current issue iSixSigma magazine – to see the finished version – subscribe here. Can the popular Six Sigma framework be adapted to look at innovation? Much has been … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Management
Tagged Business Transformation, DMAIC, Process, Process Improvement, six sigma
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Innovation QuickStart Guide
You know how sometimes when you order a product you get this inch-thick instruction manual that you never read, but also how there is sometimes a QuickStart Guide of 5-10 simple steps to get you up and running quickly? Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Leadership, Management, marketing, Psychology, Strategy
Tagged audit, checklist, definitions, failure, fast, flexibility, goals, guide, how to, HR, Human Resources, language, Learning, money, Portfolio, projects, staffing, steps, Strategy, value, vision
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Nine Innovation Roles Card Deck Coming Soon
People have been asking me to do more with The Nine Innovation Roles since I started speaking about them at conferences and events around the world, and now I am finally doing something to answer these requests. I am pleased … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Design, Innovation, Management
Tagged Card Games, Crowdspring, Exercises, Fun, IndieGoGo, Kickstarter, Nine Innovation Roles, Posters, Workshops
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How Leading Organizations Manage Their Open Innovation and Crowdsourcing Efforts – Part One
Although there are simple and cost effective ways to jumpstart your efforts – for example, leveraging a company like InnoCentive to host prize-based challenges in order to rapidly find solutions to your most pressing problems – leading organizations that wish … Continue reading
External Talent Strategies for a Global Talent Pool
Why Having an External Talent Strategy is Becoming Increasingly Important The old way of winning the talent wars was to search for and hire the very best talent and keep them inside your own four walls by offering them competitive … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, Open Innovation
Tagged economy, global, hiring, HR, Human Resources, jobs, staffing, Talent
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Following the Line to Innovation
OK, it may not really be an innovation, but I appreciated the following operational efficiency anyway: Going to check out of the Hilton New York City, there was a queue in spite of the several available kiosks and multiple employees … Continue reading
Posted in Management, marketing, Strategy
Tagged bpr, constraints, customer service, Customers, improvement, Process, queueing, throughput
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Retained Innovation
As a provider of innovation coaching services along with innovation training and speaking, I try to talk to as many other fellow practitioners as my schedule allows to keep abreast of what others are experiencing and doing. What I have … Continue reading
