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: Psychology
Optimizing Innovation Resonance
What does resonance mean to you? The word has many different dictionary definitions depending on the context, but most of them focus on vibrations reaching an ideal state. Here are two of the most relevant dictionary definitions for our innovation … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Innovation, marketing, Product Innovation, Psychology, Technology
Tagged Blue Ocean Strategy, frameworks, Infinite Innovation, iphone, ipod, methodologies, Moises Norena, resonance, Strategy Canvas, value, Velocity, Veracity, Whirpool
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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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Building a Global Sensing Network
If the innovation war is just beginning, then you need to make sure you’re fighting it outside your organization — not inside. The old way of succeeding in business was to hire the most clever, educated, experienced and motivated people … Continue reading
A Creative Marriage Proposal
I found this video via @MeghanMBiro and @berget and I just had to share it. It’s a wedding proposal from an actor in my hometown to his now bride to be, and is a great example of re-imagining a traditional … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Management, marketing, Psychology, Strategy
Tagged community, Customers, funny, Love, Oregon, Portland, Sales, selling, Video, Wedding Proposal
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The Code for Successful Innovation
I had the opportunity to attend the Front End of Innovation a couple of years ago in Boston and of the three days of sessions, I have to say that unlike most people, my favorite session was that of Dr. … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, marketing, Psychology, Strategy
Tagged Advertising, Brain, Customers, Insights, Science
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Do you have an Anti-Creativity Checklist?
I came across Yougme Moon’s “Anti-Creativity Checklist” over at the Harvard Business Review after a tweet from @lindegaard and it got me thinking… In order to build a culture capable of encouraging innovation or creativity (or both), you must first … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, culture, Innovation, Psychology
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Narrowing the Widening American Skills Gap
Employers today are having trouble finding good workers and resent having to train them after the educational system is done with them. The skills gap – the difference between the skills needed on the job and those possessed by the … Continue reading
Posted in education, Leadership, Management, Psychology
Tagged Employers, Skills Gap, United States, USA
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UPDATE – Nine Innovation Roles Group Diagnostic Tool
I am proud to announce that my crowdfunding project over on IndieGoGo for the Nine Innovation Roles Group Diagnostic Tool has already received support from EIGHT people to get the project off to a strong start. There are still lots … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Management, Psychology
Tagged Crowdfunding, Crowdsourcing, IndieGoGo, Nine Innovation Roles, Tools
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Are You Innovating for the Past or the Future?
I had the opportunity to meet and chat with local ethnographic researcher Cynthia DuVal about the role of ethnographic research in the innovation process, and she shared an insight that I thought I would share with the rest of you. … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, marketing, Psychology, Strategy
Tagged Insights, Product Development, Timing
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