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Braden Kelley is a Human-Centered Experience, Innovation and Transformation consultant at HCL Technologies, a popular innovation speaker, and creator of the FutureHacking™ and Human-Centered Change™ methodologies. He is the author of Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire from John Wiley & Sons and Charting Change (Second Edition) from Palgrave Macmillan. Braden is a US Navy veteran and earned his MBA from top-rated London Business School. Follow him on Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of May 2026

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of May 2026Drum roll please…

At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are May’s ten most popular innovation posts:

  1. Making Change Stick — by David Burkus
  2. Why You Need to Leverage Shared Values in Change Leadership — by Greg Satell
  3. Why Zero UI Will Redefine Experience Design — by Art Inteligencia
  4. Winning with Artificial Intelligence in 90 Days — Exclusive Interview with Charlene Li
  5. The Micro-Enterprise Explosion — by Braden Kelley
  6. Direction of Fit — by Geoffrey A. Moore
  7. The End of AI Data Centers — by Braden Kelley
  8. Cognitive Enhancement and the Augmented Worker — by Braden Kelley
  9. Leveraging Multi-Agent Orchestration Frameworks for Innovation — by Art Inteligencia
  10. We Must Think Less Like Engineers and More Like Gardeners — by Greg Satell

BONUS – Here are five more strong articles published in April that continue to resonate with people:

If you’re not familiar with Human-Centered Change & Innovation, we publish 4-7 new articles every week built around innovation and transformation insights from our roster of contributing authors and ad hoc submissions from community members. Get the articles right in your Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin feeds too!

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Human-Centered Change & Innovation is open to contributions from any and all innovation and transformation professionals out there (practitioners, professors, researchers, consultants, authors, etc.) who have valuable human-centered change and innovation insights to share with everyone for the greater good. If you’d like to contribute, please contact me.

P.S. Here are our Top 40 Innovation Bloggers lists from the last five years:

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of April 2026

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of April 2026Drum roll please…

At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are April’s ten most popular innovation posts:

  1. Why an AI Soft Landing Might Look Like Victorian England — by Braden Kelley
  2. The Four Psychological Disruptions of AI at Work — by Braden Kelley
  3. Liberated to Care – How AI Can Restore Humanity in Healthcare — by Kellee M. Franklin, PhD.
  4. The Consumption Collapse – When the Feedback Loop Bites Back — by Art Inteligencia
  5. Four Steps to the Future – Announcing the Newest FREE Addition to the FutureHacking™ Toolkit — by Braden Kelley
  6. Which of the Nine Innovation Roles do you play? (A Quiz) — by Braden Kelley
  7. How to Consciously Develop More Courage — by Tullio Siragusa
  8. Does Planned Obsolescence Fuel the Fire or Just Burn the House Down? – The Innovation Paradox — by Braden Kelley
  9. Misunderstanding Big Ideas is Very Dangerous — by Greg Satell
  10. Artificial Intelligence Powered Teamwork — by David Burkus

BONUS – Here are five more strong articles published in March that continue to resonate with people:

If you’re not familiar with Human-Centered Change & Innovation, we publish 4-7 new articles every week built around innovation and transformation insights from our roster of contributing authors and ad hoc submissions from community members. Get the articles right in your Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin feeds too!

Build a Common Language of Innovation on your team

Have something to contribute?

Human-Centered Change & Innovation is open to contributions from any and all innovation and transformation professionals out there (practitioners, professors, researchers, consultants, authors, etc.) who have valuable human-centered change and innovation insights to share with everyone for the greater good. If you’d like to contribute, please contact me.

P.S. Here are our Top 40 Innovation Bloggers lists from the last five years:

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of March 2026

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of March 2026Drum roll please…

At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are March’s ten most popular innovation posts:

  1. Resilient Innovation — by Braden Kelley
  2. Has AI Killed Design Thinking? — by Braden Kelley
  3. Mapping Customer Experience Risk to the P&L — by Braden Kelley
  4. Moral Uncertainty Engines — by Art Inteligencia
  5. Necesita un Diagnóstico de Riesgo de Experiencia del Cliente y Fuga de Ingresos — por Braden Kelley
  6. Layoffs, AI, and the Future of Innovation — by Braden Kelley
  7. Organizational Digital Exhaust Analysis — by Art Inteligencia
  8. You Need a Customer Experience Risk & Revenue Leakage Diagnostic — by Braden Kelley
  9. Stereotypes – Are They Useful and Should We Use Them? — by Pete Foley
  10. Is There Such a Thing as a Collective Growth Mindset? — by Stefan Lindegaard

BONUS – Here are five more strong articles published in February that continue to resonate with people:

If you’re not familiar with Human-Centered Change & Innovation, we publish 4-7 new articles every week built around innovation and transformation insights from our roster of contributing authors and ad hoc submissions from community members. Get the articles right in your Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin feeds too!

Build a Common Language of Innovation on your team

Have something to contribute?

Human-Centered Change & Innovation is open to contributions from any and all innovation and transformation professionals out there (practitioners, professors, researchers, consultants, authors, etc.) who have valuable human-centered change and innovation insights to share with everyone for the greater good. If you’d like to contribute, please contact me.

P.S. Here are our Top 40 Innovation Bloggers lists from the last five years:

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of February 2026

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of February 2026Drum roll please…

At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are February’s ten most popular innovation posts:

  1. Three Myths That Kill Change and Transformation — by Greg Satell
  2. Why a Customer Experience Audit is Non-Negotiable in 2026 — by Braden Kelley
  3. Innovation Lessons from the 50 Most Admired Companies of 2026 — by Braden Kelley
  4. Is Your Customer Experience a Lie? — by Braden Kelley
  5. Important or Urgent? — by Stefan Lindegaard
  6. The Greatest Inventor You’ve Never Heard of — by John Bessant
  7. 5 Simple Keys to Becoming a Powerful Communicator — by Greg Satell
  8. Do You Have What It Takes to be a Visionary? — Exclusive Interview with Mark C. Winters
  9. Temporal Agency – How Innovators Stop Time from Bullying Them — by Art Inteligencia
  10. Causal AI – Moving Beyond Prediction to Purpose — by Art Inteligencia

BONUS – Here are five more strong articles published in January that continue to resonate with people:

If you’re not familiar with Human-Centered Change & Innovation, we publish 4-7 new articles every week built around innovation and transformation insights from our roster of contributing authors and ad hoc submissions from community members. Get the articles right in your Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin feeds too!

Build a Common Language of Innovation on your team

Have something to contribute?

Human-Centered Change & Innovation is open to contributions from any and all innovation and transformation professionals out there (practitioners, professors, researchers, consultants, authors, etc.) who have valuable human-centered change and innovation insights to share with everyone for the greater good. If you’d like to contribute, please contact me.

P.S. Here are our Top 40 Innovation Bloggers lists from the last five years:

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of January 2026

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of January 2026Drum roll please…

At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are January’s ten most popular innovation posts:

  1. Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025 — Curated by Braden Kelley
  2. Trust is a Gold Mine for Organizations, but it Takes a Bit of Courage — by Oscar Amundsen
  3. Outcome-Driven Innovation in the Age of Agentic AI — by Braden Kelley
  4. Building Your Dream Organization — by Braden Kelley
  5. Why Photonic Processors are the Nervous System of the Future — by Art Inteligencia
  6. Reimagining Personalization — by Geoffrey Moore
  7. We Must Hold AI Accountable — by Greg Satell
  8. The Keys to Changing Someone’s Mind — by Greg Satell
  9. Concentrated Wealth, Consolidated Markets, and the Collapse of Innovation — by Art Inteligencia
  10. It’s Impossible to Innovate When … — by Mike Shipulski

BONUS – Here are five more strong articles published in December that continue to resonate with people:

If you’re not familiar with Human-Centered Change & Innovation, we publish 4-7 new articles every week built around innovation and transformation insights from our roster of contributing authors and ad hoc submissions from community members. Get the articles right in your Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin feeds too!

Build a Common Language of Innovation on your team

Have something to contribute?

Human-Centered Change & Innovation is open to contributions from any and all innovation and transformation professionals out there (practitioners, professors, researchers, consultants, authors, etc.) who have valuable human-centered change and innovation insights to share with everyone for the greater good. If you’d like to contribute, please contact me.

P.S. Here are our Top 40 Innovation Bloggers lists from the last five years:

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of December 2025

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of December 2025Drum roll please…

At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are December’s ten most popular innovation posts:

  1. Is OpenAI About to Go Bankrupt? — by Chateau G Pato
  2. The Rise of Human-AI Teaming Platforms — by Art Inteligencia
  3. 11 Reasons Why Teams Struggle to Collaborate — by Stefan Lindegaard
  4. How Knowledge Emerges — by Geoffrey Moore
  5. Getting the Most Out of Quiet Employees in Meetings — by David Burkus
  6. The Wood-Fired Automobile — by Art Inteligencia
  7. Was Your AI Strategy Developed by the Underpants Gnomes? — by Robyn Bolton
  8. Will our opinion still really be our own in an AI Future? — by Pete Foley
  9. Three Reasons Change Efforts Fail — by Greg Satell
  10. Do You Have the Courage to Speak Up Against Conformity? — by Mike Shipulski

BONUS – Here are five more strong articles published in November that continue to resonate with people:

If you’re not familiar with Human-Centered Change & Innovation, we publish 4-7 new articles every week built around innovation and transformation insights from our roster of contributing authors and ad hoc submissions from community members. Get the articles right in your Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin feeds too!

Build a Common Language of Innovation on your team

Have something to contribute?

Human-Centered Change & Innovation is open to contributions from any and all innovation and transformation professionals out there (practitioners, professors, researchers, consultants, authors, etc.) who have valuable human-centered change and innovation insights to share with everyone for the greater good. If you’d like to contribute, please contact me.

P.S. Here are our Top 40 Innovation Bloggers lists from the last four years:

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Voting Open – Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025

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Vote for Top 40 Innovation AuthorsHappy Holidays!

For more than a decade I’ve devoted myself to making innovation insights accessible for the greater good, because I truly believe that the better our organizations get at deliveriseng value to their stakeholders the less waste of natural resources and human resources there will be.

As a result, we are eternally grateful to all of you out there who take the time to create and share great innovation articles, presentations, white papers, and videos with Braden Kelley and the Human-Centered Change and Innovation team. As a small thank you to those of you who follow along, we like to make a list of the Top 40 Innovation Authors available each year!

Our lists from the ten previous years have been tremendously popular, including:

Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2016
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2017
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2018
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2019
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2020
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2021
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2022
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2023
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2024

Do you just have someone that you like to read that writes about innovation, or some of the important adjacencies – trends, consumer psychology, change, leadership, strategy, behavioral economics, collaboration, or design thinking?

Human-Centered Change and Innovation is now looking to recognize the Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025.

It is time to vote and help us narrow things down.

The deadline for submitting votes is December 31, 2025 at midnight GMT.

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The ranking will be done by me with influence from votes and nominations. The quality and quantity of contributions to this web site by an author will be a BIG contributing factor (through the end of the voting period).

You can vote in any of these three ways (and each earns points for them, so please feel free to vote all three ways):

  1. Sending us the name of the author by @reply on twitter to @innovate
  2. Adding the name of the author as a comment to this article’s posting on Facebook
  3. Adding the name of the author as a comment to this article’s posting on our Linkedin Page (Be sure and follow us)

The official Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025 will then be announced here in early January 2026.

Here are the people who received nominations this year along with some carryover recommendations (in alphabetical order):

Adi Gaskell – @adigaskell
Alain Thys
Alex Goryachev
Andy Heikkila – @AndyO_TheHammer
Annette Franz
Arlen Meyers – @sopeofficial
Art Inteligencia
Ayelet Baron
Braden Kelley – @innovate
Brian Miller
Bruce Fairley
Chad McAllister – @ChadMcAllister
Chateau G Pato
Chris Beswick
Chris Rollins
Dr. Detlef Reis
Dainora Jociute
Dan Blacharski – @Dan_Blacharski
Daniel Burrus – @DanielBurrus
Daniel Lock
David Burkus
Dean and Linda Anderson
Dennis Stauffer
Diana Porumboiu
Douglas Ferguson
Drew Boyd – @DrewBoyd
Frank Mattes – @FrankMattes
Geoffrey A Moore
Gregg Fraley – @greggfraley
Greg Satell – @Digitaltonto
Helen Yu
Howard Tiersky
Janet Sernack – @JanetSernack
Jeffrey Baumgartner – @creativejeffrey
Jeff Freedman – @SmallArmyAgency
Jeffrey Phillips – @ovoinnovation
Jesse Nieminen – @nieminenjesse
John Bessant
Jorge Barba – @JorgeBarba
Julian Birkinshaw – @JBirkinshaw
Julie Anixter – @julieanixter
Kate Hammer – @Kate_Hammer
Kevin McFarthing – @InnovationFixer
Leo Chan
Lou Killeffer – @LKilleffer
Manuel Berdoy

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Mari Anixter- @MariAnixter
Maria Paula Oliveira – @mpaulaoliveira
Matthew E May – @MatthewEMay
Michael Graber – @SouthernGrowth
Mike Brown – @Brainzooming
Mike Shipulski – @MikeShipulski
Mukesh Gupta
Nick Jain
Nick Partridge – @KnewNewNeu
Nicolas Bry – @NicoBry
Nicholas Longrich
Norbert Majerus and George Taninecz
Pamela Soin
Patricia Salamone
Paul Hobcraft – @Paul4innovating
Paul Sloane – @paulsloane
Pete Foley – @foley_pete
Rachel Audige
Ralph Christian Ohr – @ralph_ohr
Randy Pennington
Richard Haasnoot – @Innovate2Grow
Robert B Tucker – @RobertBTucker
Robyn Bolton – @rm_bolton
Saul Kaplan – @skap5
Shep Hyken – @hyken
Shilpi Kumar
Scott Anthony – @ScottDAnthony
Scott Bowden – @scottbowden51
Shelly Greenway – @ChiefDistiller
Soren Kaplan – @SorenKaplan
Stefan Lindegaard – @Lindegaard
Stephen Shapiro – @stephenshapiro
Steve Blank
Steven Forth – @StevenForth
Tamara Kleinberg – @LaunchStreet
Teresa Spangler – @composerspang
Tom Koulopoulos – @TKspeaks
Tullio Siragusa
Yoram Solomon – @yoram

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We’re curious to see who you think is worth reading!

Nominations Open – Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025

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Nominations Open for the Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025Human-Centered Change and Innovation loves making innovation insights accessible for the greater good, because we truly believe that the better our organizations get at delivering value to their stakeholders the less waste of natural resources and human resources there will be.

As a result, we are eternally grateful to all of you out there who take the time to create and share great innovation articles, presentations, white papers, and videos with Braden Kelley and the Human-Centered Change and Innovation team. As a small thank you to those of you who follow along, we like to make a list of the Top 40 Innovation Authors available each year!

Our lists from the ten previous years have been tremendously popular, including:

Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2016
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2017
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2018
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2019
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2020
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2021
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2022
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2023
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2024

Do you have someone that you like to read that writes about innovation, or some of the important adjacencies – trends, consumer psychology, change, leadership, strategy, behavioral economics, collaboration, or design thinking?

Human-Centered Change and Innovation is now looking for the Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025.

The deadline for submitting nominations is December 24, 2025 at midnight GMT.

You can submit a nomination either of these two ways:

  1. Sending us the name of the author and the url of their blog by @reply on twitter to @innovate
  2. Sending the name of the author and the url of their blog and your e-mail address using our contact form

(Note: HUGE bonus points for being a contributing author)

So, think about who you like to read and let us know by midnight GMT on December 24, 2025.

We will then compile a voting list of all the nominations, and publish it on December 25, 2025.

Voting will then be open from December 25, 2025 – January 1, 2026 via comments and twitter @replies to @innovate.

The ranking will be done by me with influence from votes and nominations. The quality and quantity of contributions by an author to this web site will be a contributing factor.

Contact me with writing samples if you’d like to publish your articles on our platform!

The official Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025 will then be announced on here in early January 2026.

We’re curious to see who you think is worth reading!

SPECIAL BONUS: From now until December 31, 2025 you can get either the hardcover or softcover of my latest best-selling book Charting Change (free shipping worldwide) for only £/$/€ 23.99 (~36% OFF).

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FLASH SALE – 50% off THE Human-Centered Change Guidebook

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The Human-Centered Change Guidebook - Charting ChangeExciting news!

The publisher of my second book – Charting Change – is having a 48-hour FLASH SALE and so you can get the hardcover, softcover or the eBook for 50% off the list price using CODE FLSH50 until December 5, 2025, 11:59PM EDT. The new second edition includes loads of new content including additional guest expert sections and chapters on business architecture, project and portfolio management, and digital and business transformations!

I stumbled across this and wanted to share with everyone so if you haven’t already gotten a copy of this book to power your digital transformation or your latest project or change initiative to success, now you have no excuse!

Click here to get your copy of Charting Change for 50% off using CODE FLSH50

Of course you can get 10 free tools here from the book, but if you buy the book and contact me I will send you 26 free tools from the 50+ tools in the Change Planning Toolkit™ – including the Change Planning Canvas™!

*If discount is not applied automatically, please use this code: FLSH50. The discount is available through December 5, 2025. This offer is valid for English-language Springer, Palgrave & Apress books & eBooks. The discount is redeemable on link.springer.com only. Titles affected by fixed book price laws, forthcoming titles, and titles temporarily not available on link.springer.com are excluded from this promotion, as are reference works, handbooks, encyclopedias, subscriptions, or bulk purchases. The currency in which your order will be invoiced depends on the billing address associated with the payment method used, not necessarily your home currency. Regional VAT/tax may apply. Promotional prices may change due to exchange rates.

This offer is valid for individual customers only. Booksellers, book distributors, and institutions such as libraries and corporations, please visit springernature.com/contact-us. This promotion does not work in combination with other discounts or gift cards.

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of November 2025

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Top 10 Human-Centered Change & Innovation Articles of November 2025Drum roll please…

At the beginning of each month, we will profile the ten articles from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Human-Centered Change & Innovation. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are November’s ten most popular innovation posts:

  1. Eight Types of Innovation Executives — by Stefan Lindegaard
  2. Is There a Real Difference Between Leaders and Managers? — by David Burkus
  3. 1,000+ Free Innovation, Change and Design Quotes Slides — by Braden Kelley
  4. The AI Agent Paradox — by Art Inteligencia
  5. 74% of Companies Will Die in 10 Years Without Business Transformation — by Robyn Bolton
  6. The Unpredictability of Innovation is Predictable — by Mike Shipulski
  7. How to Make Your Employees Thirsty — by Braden Kelley
  8. Are We Suffering from AI Confirmation Bias? — by Geoffrey A. Moore
  9. How to Survive the Next Decade — by Robyn Bolton
  10. It’s the Customer Baby — by Braden Kelley

BONUS – Here are five more strong articles published in October that continue to resonate with people:

If you’re not familiar with Human-Centered Change & Innovation, we publish 4-7 new articles every week built around innovation and transformation insights from our roster of contributing authors and ad hoc submissions from community members. Get the articles right in your Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin feeds too!

Build a Common Language of Innovation on your team

Have something to contribute?

Human-Centered Change & Innovation is open to contributions from any and all innovation and transformation professionals out there (practitioners, professors, researchers, consultants, authors, etc.) who have valuable human-centered change and innovation insights to share with everyone for the greater good. If you’d like to contribute, please contact me.

P.S. Here are our Top 40 Innovation Bloggers lists from the last four years:

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