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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Tag Archives: Amazon
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
Amazon Changes Everything in a New Way
The arrival of the Internet began major disruption to decades old methods of consumer packaged goods (CPG) distribution. The tried and true method of manufactures selling to a collection of wholesalers, who then sold the product on a range of … Continue reading
FedEx Not Keeping Pace
FedEx took the shipping world by storm about forty years ago, growing to become the defacto shipping leader, unseating UPS and DHL. But, then after thirty years of strong growth they began to lose their mojo. In 2003, in a … Continue reading
Posted in Strategy, Technology
Tagged Amazon, customer service, fedex, logistics, ups, US Postal Service
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Charting Change – Kindle Price Reduction
I’m super excited how well my new book Charting Change is doing on various Amazon sites around the world (USA, UK, CA, AU, DE, FR, JP)! Charting Change has been the number one new release on Amazon for at least … Continue reading
Posted in Change
Tagged Amazon, Books, change, digital, digital transformation, kindle, news
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Charting Change – Now Available on Kindle
I’m super excited to announce that my new book Charting Change is now available in English at various Amazon sites around the world (USA, UK, CA, AU, DE, FR, JP) with a traditional eBook coming soon! Charting Change has been … Continue reading
Posted in Change
Tagged Amazon, Books, change, digital, digital transformation, kindle, news
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Is Jibo Joining Your Family?
I wrote a couple of months ago about the Amazon Echo, the latest piece of hardware to emerge from the South Lake Union headquarters of one my city’s largest employers. A piece of hardware that follows in the wake of … Continue reading
Renting ‘Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire’
I noticed something new on the Amazon page for my book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire today when I popped onto their web site. What was it? Amazon has introduced a rental option for textbooks. It makes sense that my book … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, marketing, Strategy
Tagged Amazon, Books, college courses, Creighton, executive education, MBA, MBA courses, renting, teaching, textbooks, universities
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Showrooming vs. Retail Warehousing
Old School vs. Old School As the saying goes, ‘what’s old is new again’. Only this time robots and hand-held computers (aka smartphones) are involved. I was having a conversation recently with a colleague about the retail industry and I … Continue reading
Posted in Design, Entrepreneurship, marketing, Strategy
Tagged Amazon, eCommerce, Hointer, retail, Robotics, Robots, Showrooming, Warehousing
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Amazon Makes Copy and Paste Fun
When companies start from the premise that innovation is all about value, it is amazing just how many innovations – big and small – that they can achieve. So how do you make something as dull as giving someone a … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation, marketing
Tagged Amazon, Birthdays, e-Cards, eCommerce, Fun, Gift Cards, Holidays, Jib Jab
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The Innovation Locker
I came across a Wall Street Journal article recently that caught my eye, an article about Amazon Lockers. The concept is pretty simple. Amazon offers customers in select locations the option of having their package delivered to an Amazon Locker … Continue reading
Posted in Innovation
Tagged Amazon, DHL, fedex, platform innovation, service innovation, shipping, ups, US Postal Service, usps
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