Innovation Excellence | Top 20 Innovation Articles

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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 FREE Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine (PDF for printing or downloading to iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc.) and email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are January’s twenty most popular innovation posts (each receiving 4,250 – 36,000 page views):

Managers are for Efficiency, Leaders are for Innovation – by Jeffrey Phillips

30 Ways To Promote Creativity in Your Classroom – by Miriam Clifford

How Dreamworks, LinkedIn and Google Build Intrapreneurial Cultures – by John Webb

McKinsey Innovation Report – what stands out – by Paul Hobcraft

4 Innovation Leadership Strategies for 2013 – by Soren Kaplan

Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2012 – by Innovation Excellence (PDF)

Sell Microsoft NOW – Game over, Ballmer loses – by Adam Hartung

Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2012 – by Innovation Excellence

15 Reasons Why Daydreamers are Better Learners – by William Koch

7 Ways to Make it Safe for Others to Innovate – by Jorge Barba

21 Innovators on What We’ll Be Doing in 2013 – by Mari Anixter

100 Things to Watch in 2013 – PRESENTATION

How Renaming the C-Suite Can Spark Innovation – by Luis Gallardo

GE Global Innovation Survey – Leaders Feeling Effects of Innovation Vertigo – by Paul Hobcraft

Visualizing World Economic Forum Outcomes – by Braden Kelley

The Eight Dimensions of a Brainstorm Session – by Mitch Ditkoff

Innovation in China – by John and Doris Naisbitt

6 Digital Trends to Watch in 2013 – by Greg Satell

Innovate by Design – by Bradley (Woody) Bendle

20 Ways to Get Feedback on Your Biggest, Baddest, Boldest New Idea – by Mitch Ditkoff

BONUS – Here are four more strong articles published the last week of the month:

Broken Windows Innovation – by Scott Bowden

Leadership Means Facing Challenges Head-on – by Mike Myatt

Efficiency versus Value – The New Innovation Equation – by Rowan Gibson

The Pricing of Social Innovation – by Stephan Liozu

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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 currently advising an early-stage fashion startup making jewelry for your hair and is the author of Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire from John Wiley & Sons. He tweets from @innovate.

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