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."
Boost Organizational Agility
Join the Monthly Newsletter
Category Archives: Management
Accelerate Your 2018 Commitments and Start the Year Strong
As 2018 picks up speed, perhaps you are a manager or leader with a project that you are responsible for finishing before the end of the first or second quarter. Why not get an MBA-qualified resource to help you complete … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management, marketing, Strategy
Tagged consultants, contingent staffing, contract workers, contractors, jobs, people per hour, project work
Leave a comment
Wrap Up Those 2017 Loose Ends and Finish the Year Strong
As 2017 comes to a close, perhaps you are a manager or leader with a project that you are responsible for finishing before the end of the year. Why not get an MBA-qualified resource to help you complete the work? … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management, marketing, Strategy
Tagged consultants, contingent staffing, contract workers, contractors, jobs, people per hour, project work
Leave a comment
Free Change Planning Toolkit™ Access for All*
According to multiple sources, including McKinsey, 70% of change efforts fail. The reason many change efforts fail is that they often lack a clear plan. So, what’s a company struggling to keep up with the accelerating pace of change to … Continue reading
Ten Reasons You Might Suck at Innovation
In a popular previous article we looked at the Top 10 Reasons Not to Innovate. In this article we will look at Ten Reasons You Might Suck at Innovation as we explore the following question: Do you need an innovation … Continue reading
Posted in Change, Innovation, Leadership, Management
Tagged advice, advisory, affordable, consulting, help, innovation intervention, retainers, services
Leave a comment
Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos
It is not too often that the leader of a Fortune 500 gives you an insight into how their company achieves competitive advantage in the marketplace in a letter to shareholders, instead of launching into a page or two of … 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
1 Comment
The Eleven Change Roles
Change is Hard Change can be complicated, change can be confusing, and change can be difficult to successfully implement in any organization. This is why 70% of change initiatives have been found to fail. To help make change less overwhelming, … Continue reading
Building a Strong Foundation for Change
Recently I had the opportunity to sit down and have a chat with Will Sherlin of 3PillarGlobal about my latest book Charting Change on The Innovation Engine podcast. In this conversation we focused on how to make change efforts stick … Continue reading
Are you an expert?
I came across this video recently thanks to my friends at BLT who recruit consultants for firms in London and beyond. It pokes fun at the experience many internal and external consultants face with clients, whether we are working on … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Management, marketing
Tagged Comedy, consultants, consulting, experts, Humor, Sales, videos
Leave a comment
The Eight Change Mindsets
“While there is risk to change, just like with innovation, there is often potentially more risk associated with doing nothing.” – Braden Kelley If your organization is seeking to create a continuous change capability, it must have a strong focus … Continue reading
