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: Psychology
Are You Innovating for the Past or the Future?
I had the opportunity to meet and chat with local ethnographic researcher Cynthia DuVal about the role of ethnographic research in the innovation process, and she shared an insight that I thought I would share with the rest of you. … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Management, marketing, Psychology, Strategy
Tagged Insights, Product Development, Timing
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Effective Conversational Marketing
A few years ago I published a white paper on “Effective Conversational Marketing” and it is still relevant today as my service offering evolves to a B2B Pull Marketing focus. Here is an excerpt: “Introduction What is conversational marketing? Conversational … Continue reading
Posted in marketing, Psychology, Social Media
Tagged Conversational Marketing, Pull Marketing, Social Business
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Instinctual Innovation versus Intellectual Innovation
One of the best Twitter names that I’ve come across in the past few years is @ShowerThinker – almost as cool as mine – @innovate. It’s an account for an inventor that makes post-it notes for the shower called Aqua … Continue reading
Posted in Creativity, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Psychology
Tagged Instinctual Innovation, Intellectual Innovation
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Nine Innovation Roles Sample Cards Have Arrived
It was a very exciting day in the Kelley household. The sample cards arrived today from the printers for the Nine Innovation Roles Group Diagnostic Tool. The cards and the group exercises that go with them are designed to be … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Psychology
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Innovation QuickStart Guide
You know how sometimes when you order a product you get this inch-thick instruction manual that you never read, but also how there is sometimes a QuickStart Guide of 5-10 simple steps to get you up and running quickly? Well, … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Leadership, Management, marketing, Psychology, Strategy
Tagged audit, checklist, definitions, failure, fast, flexibility, goals, guide, how to, HR, Human Resources, language, Learning, money, Portfolio, projects, staffing, steps, Strategy, value, vision
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Innovation Requires Diagonal Thinking
The outcome of a back and forth of a dialog on Twitter with Scramray E. Pinkus generated a lovely quote worth sharing: “Innovating is like thinking diagonally. A perfect combination of both linear and lateral.” – Scramray E. Pinkus (@Easelton) … Continue reading
Posted in education, Innovation, Psychology, Technology
Tagged brains, ipad, iphone, laptops, Nickelodeon, research, Science, smartphones, Spongebob, television
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The Nine Innovation Roles
I’m seeing an increasing number of articles about innovation personalities and the like, and I’m a firm believer that it’s not personalities that matter so much when it comes to innovation, it’s the roles that we play in making innovation … Continue reading
Posted in collaboration, Innovation, Leadership, Management, Psychology, Strategy
Tagged Nine Innovation Roles, roles, success, team dynamics, teams
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Are you the 10th person who innovates?
“For every nine people who denounce innovation, only one will encourage it… For every nine people who do things the way they have always been done, only one will ever wonder if there is a better way. For every nine … Continue reading
Growing Demand for a Third Place
I’ve been meaning to write this post for some time, and am finally getting around to it, so hear goes… As I look around the economic landscape in the United States and see a climate where not only home prices … Continue reading
Posted in culture, marketing, Psychology
Tagged burger king, McDonald's, shopping malls, Starbucks
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Innovation Passing Lane Ahead
I noticed an interesting phenomenon the other day on a 200 mile drive back from the Oregon coast to Seattle that I would like to share with you and then discuss the potential implications for innovation success. Now let me … Continue reading
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