Who is Braden Kelley?
He is a Director of Innovation and Human-Centered Problem-Solving at Oracle, an author, innovation speaker, workshop facilitator, and makes tools for innovation & change .
And also co-founded the world's most popular innovation web site:
"I help organizations increase their organizational agility and accelerate their speed of innovation and organizational change.
If you're looking to create a culture of continuous change, tackle some of your innovation barriers, train your employees to be more innovative change agents, or to build a more profitable, more social business -- let's talk."
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Category Archives: Design
Are You Prepared to Run a Digital Business for the Digital Age?
In our digital age, all companies must change how they think, how they interact with customers, partners, and suppliers, and how their business works on the inside. Customer, partner, and supplier expectations have changed, and a gap is opening between … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Design, Digital Transformation, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy
Tagged digital, digital strategy, digital transformation
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8 Design Thinking Flaws and How to Fix Them
by Braden Kelley and Adam Radziszewski Design Thinking attempts to extract the mindset of a designer, an artist, a creator, or even a child into a series of steps that can be applied to any discipline (even business or politics) … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Innovation
Tagged Design Thinking, Human-Centric Problem-Solving, Oracle FUEL
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7 Steps to Building Stronger Sales Relationships with Human-Centric Problem Solving
by Braden Kelley and Adam Radziszewski Building strong sales relationships is all about trust and demonstrating how the product/solution will make the customer’s life better. But is traditional selling getting you where you want to go? If you’re looking to … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Innovation
Tagged Design Thinking, Human-Centric Problem-Solving, Sales
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Fix the Problem or Design it Out?
Let’s start with the problem. According to The Plastic Pollution Coalition (January 3, 2017) – “It’s National Drinking Straw Day! Each day, more than 500 million plastic straws are used and discarded in the U.S. alone. Plastic straws consistently make … Continue reading
Cars Don’t Have to Be Beige and Boring – Nobe 100
Estonia is known for pushing the boundaries as it tries to establish itself as a haven for innovation, and out of Estonia comes the latest in a string of interesting electric car projects. This one is super sexy for those … Continue reading
Growing Shoes for Growing Children
I love elegant design solutions for problems that are more important than some of the silly things that we think of as problems in the first world. Their mission is simple, make shoes that will last longer for the kids … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Social Innovation
Tagged charity, Children, developing world, Shoes, third world
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Service Redesign – Lost T-Mobile Smartphone
Given the health risks of carrying a smartphone (or any kind of mobile device) too close to the body for extended periods, I try to always remove electronic devices from my pockets whenever I can. For ten years this has … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Technology
Tagged customer service, Design, design process, Process, Process Improvement, service design, smartphones, T-Mobile
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Digital Transformation versus Digital Strategy
In my last article, Digital Transformation Matters, we looked at the accelerating pace of change, the case for digital transformation, and our evolving interactions with technology. We also asked a simple question: Are you ready to do business in a … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Design, Strategy, Technology
Tagged digital, digital strategy, digital transformation, future, people, Process, technology, Tools, Trends
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Peeking Behind the Veil of Design
The KitchenAid Craft Coffee Story A company in Dubai is asking me to teach a design thinking and innovation course in May of next year, and this was good synchronicity because I came across the video below recently. The design … Continue reading
Microsoft Stomps on Google Glass
Wow! I have to start that word, because I’m not sure how else to describe what has just emerged from Microsoft Research in the new Microsoft HoloLens. And as I say in the title, if you watch the video below … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Innovation, Technology
Tagged 3d printing, future, gadgets, Google, holograms, Microsoft, Microsoft HoloLens, Trends, Windows 10, Windows10
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