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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Tag Archives: Amazon
Renting ‘Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire’
I noticed something new on the Amazon page for my book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire today when I popped onto their web site. What was it? Amazon has introduced a rental option for textbooks. It makes sense that my book … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, marketing, Strategy
Tagged Amazon, Books, college courses, Creighton, executive education, MBA, MBA courses, renting, teaching, textbooks, universities
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Showrooming vs. Retail Warehousing
Old School vs. Old School As the saying goes, ‘what’s old is new again’. Only this time robots and hand-held computers (aka smartphones) are involved. I was having a conversation recently with a colleague about the retail industry and I … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Entrepreneurship, marketing, Strategy
Tagged Amazon, eCommerce, Hointer, retail, Robotics, Robots, Showrooming, Warehousing
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Amazon Makes Copy and Paste Fun
When companies start from the premise that innovation is all about value, it is amazing just how many innovations – big and small – that they can achieve. So how do you make something as dull as giving someone a … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, marketing
Tagged Amazon, Birthdays, e-Cards, eCommerce, Fun, Gift Cards, Holidays, Jib Jab
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The Innovation Locker
I came across a Wall Street Journal article recently that caught my eye, an article about Amazon Lockers. The concept is pretty simple. Amazon offers customers in select locations the option of having their package delivered to an Amazon Locker … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation
Tagged Amazon, DHL, fedex, platform innovation, service innovation, shipping, ups, US Postal Service, usps
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Amazon’s Innovation Philosophy
What may have started with a question from @evanjacobs at Amazon.com’s shareholder meeting one year ago, ended with interesting commentary from Amazon’s CEO – Jeff Bezos – on their philosophy around invention, innovation, and risk taking. The key insights I … Continue reading
Innovation Quotes of the Day – April 13, 2012
“Because, you know, resilience – if you think of it in terms of the Gold Rush, then you’d be pretty depressed right now because the last nugget of gold would be gone. But the good thing is, with innovation, there … Continue reading
Did you like Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire?
My book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire has gotten a lot of great reviews on Amazon already, and several likes, and an increasing number of companies are buying it in bulk to help set a common language of innovation in their … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation
Tagged Amazon, Books, Likes, Reviews, Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire
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Seth Godin and Amazon – The Domino Project
Will the Innovation Dominoes Fall and Disrupt the Book Publishing Industry? by Braden Kelley “The enemy is not piracy, the enemy is obscurity.” – Tim O’Reilly I came across a TechCrunch TV interview with Seth Godin today about his future … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, marketing
Tagged Amazon, Books, Domino, eBooks, publishing, Seth Godin
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