At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month that generated the most traffic to Innovation Excellence. We also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our Innovation Excellence Weekly email. Did your favorite make the cut?
But enough delay, here are May’s twenty most popular innovation posts (each receiving 3,500 – 11,500 page views):
- 10 Success Principles of Apple’s Innovation Master Jonathan Ive – by John Webb
- Twitter invented in 1935? – by Braden Kelley
- Towards a New Model for Innovation – design inside – by Nicolas Bry
- Why Innovation Teams Fail – or Succeed – by Braden Kelley
- Summer Reading List – books to inspire thought – by Greg Satell
- The Strategic Pyramid – by Marty Neumeier
- The Nine Innovation Roles – by Braden Kelley
- Business Model Innovation – by Brendan Coram
- Evolution of Mind Mapping – by Judith E. Glaser
- 20 Critical Questions to Resolve for Successful Innovation – by Paul Hobcraft
- Building a Culture of Continuous Innovation – by Braden Kelley
- 5 Benefits of Investing Time in Innovative Leadership – by Maureen Metcalf
- Business Plans Don’t Work – by Brendan Coram
- 21 Situations When You Should Not Innovate – by Gijs van Wulfen
- 10 Steps to a Solid Innovation Foundation – by Braden Kelley
- Creative Consumers are Changing Innovation – by Nicholas Ind
- 8 Ways to Recharge Your Creativity and Your Business – by Chris Griffiths
- The Enemy of Innovation – Eliminating Variation – Braden Kelley interviews Jeff DeGraff
- Good Ideas and Great Ideas – by Greg Satell
- 8 Creative Types – by Jason Theodor
BONUS – Here are three more strong articles published the last week of the month:
- Turn Employee Creativity Into Corporate Innovation – by Zornitsa Ivanova
- Competition is Making a Comeback – by LeAnna J. Carey
- Surveys Reveal What The World Thinks About Creativity – by Yannig Roth
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Braden Kelley is a popular innovation speaker, embeds innovation across the organization with innovation training, and builds B2B pull marketing strategies that drive increased revenue, visibility and inbound sales leads. He is the creator of the Nine Innovation Roles Group Diagnostic Tool and author of Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire from John Wiley & Sons. He tweets from @innovate.







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