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: Management
How healthy are your innovation efforts?
As organizations become more mature in their process excellence efforts, an increasing number of organizations are turning their attention to try and achieve innovation excellence. So where should your journey of a thousand innovation steps begin? As your organization begins … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Innovation, Management
Tagged data analysis, Employees, innovation audit, Innovation Culture
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New Thought Paper – Winning the War for Innovation
There is a war for innovation brewing, and building a deep innovation capability is the only way to win it. The question is, will you lead the charge onto the innovation battlefield, or will you let your competitors bring the … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Leadership, Management, Strategy
Tagged Thought Leadership, Thought Papers, War for Innovation, White Papers
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Eight I’s of Infinite Innovation – PDF Version
In the wake of my hugely popular article on Innovation Excellence I’ve decided to make it available as a PDF. Download the Eight I’s of Infinite Innovation PDF now Some authors talk about successful innovation being the sum of idea … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, marketing, Strategy
Tagged Continuous Innovation, Creativity, Design, frameworks, growth, ideas, Infinite Innovation, Mental Models, NPD, success
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Eight I’s of Infinite Innovation
Some authors talk about successful innovation being the sum of idea plus execution, others talk about the importance of insight and its role in driving the creation of ideas that will be meaningful to customers, and even fewer about the … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, Strategy
Tagged ideation, Identification, Illumination, Implementation, Inspiration, Installation, Investigation, Iteration, Process
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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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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
Posted in Innovation, Leadership, Management, Psychology
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Making Innovation Sustainable – Part 1 of 4
Key Dangers: Viewing innovation as a temporary, extraordinary effort in response to a crisis, or pursuing innovation as a competitive response. Treating innovation as the domain of only the R & D or Marketing department, or some other subgroup. Treating … Continue reading
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Harnessing the Global Talent Pool to Accelerate Innovation
In this webinar hosted by Innocentive I explore how organizations can utilize open innovation and crowdsourcing resources as an essential talent management strategy to drive their business. You can engage me to create a webinar or white paper for your … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, Open Innovation, Strategy
Tagged collaboration, Crowdsourcing, Employees, innocentive, solutions, success, Talent, Video, webinar
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