Who is Braden Kelley?
Innovation and transformation leader, design thinking facilitator, an author, innovation speaker, and makes tools for innovation & change .
He also created and sold 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 human-centered business -- let's talk."
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Category Archives: Technology
Zoom Tutorial – Amazing New PowerPoint Background Feature
EPISODE SIX – Ask the Consultant Today in EPISODE SIX of Ask the Consultant, host Braden Kelley shows you how to take advantage of an amazing new Zoom feature that lets you easily create compelling videos with PowerPoint slides over … Continue reading
Friday Funny – Unexpected Blackberry and Apple Problems
Thanks to Bettina von Stamm for bringing this comedic gem to my attention: It does a great job of highlighting how technology companies come along and completely change parts of our common language. For my non-European friends, Orange is a … Continue reading
Posted in Apple, Technology
Tagged Apple, BBC, Blackberry, Comedy, Humor, Microsoft, Windows, Xbox
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Using Intuition to Drive Innovation Success
Americans are in love with data, big data, analytics, artificial intelligence and machine learning. … and the rest of the world is catching the same disease. Data is important, don’t get me wrong, but it is only one side of … Continue reading
Why Your Digital Transformation May Be Doomed to Fail
Digital Transformation, like Innovation, has become an overused buzzword that is losing its meaning. Whoever created the Wikipedia page for Digital Transformation defines it this way: “Digital Transformation (DT or DX) is the adoption of digital technology to transform services … Continue reading
America Drops Out of the Ten Most Innovative Countries
The latest Bloomberg Innovation Index is out (2021 edition), and South Korea has risen to first place, taking the title back from Germany, while the U.S. fell out of the Top 10 completely. Seven of the top 10 places went … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Innovation, Technology, Top 10
Tagged Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Israel, Netherlands, rankings, Singapore, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland
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The One Movie All Electric Car Designers Should Watch
In 2011 a Ron Howard comedy was released starring Kevin James, Vince Vaughn, Winona Ryder, Channing Tatum, Jennifer Connelly, and Queen Latifah. The film was called ‘The Dilemma’ and it was a very funny buddy comedy focused on commitment and … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Innovation, marketing, Technology
Tagged Electric Cars, electric vehicles, legislation, regulation, safety, sound, transportation
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At What Point Does Smart Become Stupid?
In addition to 2020 being the year of the Coronavirus COVID-19, some would also say that it was the year of the voice-activated smart device. Sales of smart speakers in 2019 reached 146.9 million units and 2020 will likely approach … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, Technology
Tagged Alexa, faucets, Google, home improvement, Innovation, invention, IOT, marketing, Moen, new homes, remodeling, sensors, smart devices
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Innovation or Not – Amazon One
I came across another payments-related invention that Amazon is releasing into the wild. Yes, it is based around biometrics, but before you start getting all freaked out, it doesn’t use an implanted RFID chip or even facial recognition. No, Amazon … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Innovation, Technology
Tagged Amazon, Amazon Go, Biometrics, credit cards, Mobile Payments, retail
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Innovation or Not – Amazon Alexa Pay for Gas
You can now use the Alexa app on your phone or Alexa-enabled device in your car for an easy way to pay for gas at Exxon and Mobil stations nationwide. Here’s how it works in a nutshell: Drive your vehicle … Continue reading
Companies Need to Double Down on Dual-Factor Authentication
Unfortunately there will always be bad actors in this world, people who don’t restrain themselves from trying to steal from others or to harm them. Because of this we need to accept the fact that hacking is here to stay … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Strategy, Technology
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