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."
Build an Innovation Culture
Tag Archives: Talent
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
Leave a comment
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
Leave a comment
For Sale – Innovative Business Idea
A few years ago I looked around the corporate and consulting landscapes and I noticed that there was a talent gap in both places. There are many occasions when consulting firms look to their bench and don’t have the talent … Continue reading
Innovation Quotes of the Day – April 27, 2012
“If you put fences around people, you get sheep.” – William McKnight (former CEO of 3M) “For people without passion and talent, information has no value.” – Jef Staes “We must find a way to strike a balance between what … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged 3M, HR, Human Capital, Innovation, Jef Staes, knowledge, passion, Talent, William McKnight
Leave a comment
Innovation Quotes of the Day – April 17, 2012
“Successful organizations understand that attracting and engaging external talent is as important as finding and hiring the best internal talent.” – Braden Kelley “There are always more smart people outside your company than within it.” – Bill Joy – Sun … Continue reading
Innovation Quotes of the Day – April 14, 2012
“We decided to embrace open innovation at Psion to be faster and competitively unpredictable.” – John Conoley – Psion Teklogix “The role of HR in the near future will not be just to recruit, develop, and manage staff, but also … Continue reading
Posted in Quotes
Tagged external, General Mills, HR, Innovation, Internal, Psion, recruiting, staffing, Talent
1 Comment
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
Leave a comment
Moving from Talent Ownership to Talent Attraction
In our hyper-competitive, always-connected world, organizations are increasingly becoming focused on improving both their speed to market and their revenue per headcount. In this environment, more senior leaders every day are seeing innovation as the primary way to gain competitive … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Open Innovation
Tagged HR, Human Resources, Talent
Leave a comment