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: education
Empowering Every Resident with Tools for Change and Innovation
What if you could empower every citizen with tools that will help your city, state or country innovate and change faster than the competition for a penny a person? Well, now it’s possible… A revolution is beginning, and the smart … Continue reading
Posted in Change, education, Government, Innovation, Training
Tagged ACMP, agile project management, capabilities, change planning, Change Planning Canvas, Change Planning Toolkit, city licenses, country licenses, intellectual property, knowledge management, PMP, project management, site licenses, state licenses, toolkits
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Help Support Gender Equity on May 10th
I am excited to announce on behalf of Innovation Excellence friend Tiffany Shlain that 50/50 Day is less than a month away and we can’t wait for this global conversation about gender equality! For those of you who haven’t signed … Continue reading
Ten Reasons to Hire an Innovation Keynote Speaker
Innovation Keynote Speakers are often misunderstood, maligned, and underutilized. We have all been to many conferences, and heard many good (and bad) keynote and session speakers with a variety of styles (all of which are perfectly acceptable), including: 1. The … Continue reading
Posted in culture, education, eLearning, Innovation, Leadership, Management
Tagged Chief Innovation Officer, content, Employee Engagement, employee retention, Employees, facilitation, facilitators, Innovation Director, Innovation Manager, innovation programs, innovation speaker, Insights, keynote speakers, public speakers, Talent, Top 10, training, Workshops
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Five Reasons to Invest in the Change Planning Toolkit™
2017 promises to be a year of unprecedented change. As a result, it will be imperative for managers to empower themselves with the tools that will help effectively lead the change initiatives that will be required to cope with political … Continue reading
What April Fool’s Day Teaches Us About Innovation
April Fool’s Day was this week. Did anyone have a good prank played on them or come across a good corporate April Fool’s? My favorite this year was from my alma mater, the University of Oregon. Go Ducks! We try … Continue reading
Posted in education, Innovation, Technology
Tagged April Fools, Ducks, football, Oregon, sports, University of Oregon
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Confessions of a Business Artist
I am an artist. There, I’ve said it. This statement may confuse some people who know me, and come as a shock to others. Braden, what do you mean you’re an artist? You’ve got an MBA from London Business School, … Continue reading
Posted in Change, education, Entrepreneurship, Government, Innovation
Tagged Art, careers, economics, jobs, music, success
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Using Boredom to Help Students Learn
What do you get when you take the technology away from a group of 10 and 11 year olds and ask them to be creative with a handful of household objects? Well, Thomas Fraser, a teacher at Crestwood Elementary School … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, education
Tagged Canada, Children, creative problem solving, Edmonton, Kids, Learning, Parenting, students, teachers, teaching
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Is working smarter for suckers?
Last night I dreamed about the extremely unbalanced view of work in our societies, and woke up wondering whether working smarter is for suckers. Why is that we lionize the workaholics among us and penalize those that find ways to … Continue reading
Posted in Change, education, Leadership, Management
Tagged balance, culture, Employees, essentialism, family, Parenting, passion, retention, society, work
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Innovation Keynote and Change Planning Workshop Special
To kickoff January with a bang I thought I would make a special offer to companies and event organizers who would like to get an excellent innovation keynote for their company or event attendees AND get a jump on your … Continue reading
Posted in Change, education, Innovation
Tagged agile, change management, Innovation, keynote speakers, keynotes, lean, project management, six sigma, Speakers, Workshops
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The Challenge of Autonomous Teaching Methods
An estimated 250 million children around the world cannot read, write, or demonstrate basic arithmetic skills. Many of these children are in developing countries without regular access to quality schools or teachers. While programs exist to build schools and train … Continue reading
Posted in education, Innovation, Open Innovation, Social Innovation, Technology
Tagged Africa, autonomous teaching, challenges, Children, india, Kids, Learning, Xprize
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