Who is Braden Kelley?
I am an innovation speaker, content marketing geek, innovation trainer, and recognized thought leader.
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"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: Strategy
Strategic Innovation – Devil is in the Details
There is more talk about strategic innovation every day. As more and more industries enter their commodity phase, companies are looking to differentiate themselves and increasingly they are turning to strategic innovation to do so. The art of strategic innovation … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Strategy
Tagged execution, Innovation Strategy, Strategic Innovation
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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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Can Microsoft win the Android and iPhone Haters?
Nobody, including people inside Microsoft, would argue with the fact that Microsoft beat Google and Apple to the Mobile OS marketplace, but lags them both in terms of market share. According to Wikipedia, the IBM Simon was the world’s first … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Design, Innovation, Leadership, marketing, Strategy, Technology
Tagged Android, Apple, AT&T, gadgets, Google, iOS, Microsoft, mobile, RIM, T-Mobile, Verizon, Windows Phone
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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
Innovating Through Downturns
While most individuals and organizations natural reaction to an economic downturn is fear and retrenchment, they also present a time of great opportunity. Where would Microsoft be if they hadn’t continued investing through the downturn of the early 90′s? Microsoft … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Innovation, Strategy
Tagged earnings, economy, investments, investors, Microsoft, profits, recession, wall street
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The Nine Innovation Roles
I’m seeing an increasing number of articles about innovation personalities and the like, and I’m a firm believer that it’s not personalities that matter so much when it comes to innovation, it’s the roles that we play in making innovation … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Psychology, Strategy
Tagged Nine Innovation Roles, roles, success, team dynamics, teams
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Rise and Fall of Innovation at Yahoo!
Can people really innovate when they have to tend to all of their day-to-day responsibilities? Unfortunately, people don’t get promoted for being innovative, they get promoted for getting stuff done, developing people, and meeting or exceeding goals or stretch targets. … Continue reading
Innovate Thyself (aka Personal Innovation)
Many people have written previously about how difficult it is to innovate within an established organization. Trying to transform oneself can be just as incredibly difficult. I wouldn’t call it a re-invention, per se, because of the distinction I draw … Continue reading
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Innovate Yourself – Becoming Overpaid
A fun one from the archive (2007) I came across this article from MarketWatch on the Ten most overpaid jobs in the U.S. and thought it was worthy of discussing. I don’t want to focus on whether these occupations are … Continue reading
