Innovation Insights
From the desk of Braden Kelley
March 2010 - Vol 4, Issue 2
In This Issue
Video Interviews
Top Tweets from Twitter
Entrepreneurs and Innovation
Innovation Perspectives - Trendspotting Trifecta
Join Our Mailing List!
Quick Links
Greetings!
Braden Kelley at a Dan Pink Event
Spring is here and if you're on the top half of the globe, hopefully the ice and your economy are both starting to thaw.
 
I'm finishing off my initial manuscript, but still reaching out to companies to gather case studies and research for the book and subsequent web site. Please let me know if you or your company would like to participate.

Blogging Innovation is doing well (averaging 6,500+ unique visits per day), and we've taken on innovation management software provider Brightidea as our first monthly sponsor. If your organization is interested in sponsoring a future month, please contact me.
 
If you enjoy our newsletter, please forward it to your colleagues.
Video Interviews with Dan Pink, Roger Martin, Sharon Wong and Eric Liu
 
Braden Kelley Interviews Roger Martin In the past couple of months, I have had the chance to do several video interviews you might enjoy:

Roger Martin - "The Design of Business"
Dan Pink - "Drive"
Eric Liu - "Imagination First"
Sharon Wong - Cisco iPrize v2.0
 
Top Tweets from @innovate on Twitter
 
Top Tweets from @Innovate on TwitterTweet #1 - February's Top 10 Innovation and Marketing Articles - http://ow.ly/1eqHM 
Tweet #2
- Thinking Fearlessly - http://ow.ly/1eqZo
Tweet #3 - Radical Innovation is a Proposal, Not a Product - http://ow.ly/1eqLA
Tweet #4 - Innovation Perspectives - February Wrapup - http://ow.ly/1eqGU
 
Read More
 
Entrepreneurs and Innovation -- by Janine de Nysschen
 
Stephen Covey A good friend of mine once sat down to lunch with Stephen Covey and a group of fellow executives. During the course of the meal, one of the men commented on the unusual tablespoons, and said "Look at the backend of it." All the people at the table flipped their spoons over, but my friend - quite unintentionally - angled it up so he could look at the bottom tip of it. Laughter ensued. But Covey raised a hand and pointed out that my friend's actions suggested something interesting in his behavior: the ability to look at the world in an unexpected way. So I guess it's not surprising to hear my friend is one of the most innovative entrepreneurs I know, as well as a successful millionaire who has transformed the industry he is in.
  
 
Innovation Perspectives - Trendspotting Trifecta
 
Innovation Perspctives - Trendspotting Trifecta
As I've written before, insights and execution are the real keys to business success, and in building any successful innovation - the insights come first. So, combining these three pursuits properly and getting the insights correct is incredibly important - otherwise you'll design, build, and distribute a solution that misses the mark with customers.
 
Read More
 
Save
$150
The Economist's "Innovation: Fresh Thinking for the Ideas Economy" will take place March 23-24, 2010 in Berkeley, CA.

As an added value for my loyal readers, I have negotiated a $150 discount. Just register using the discount code - BLINN.
Offer Expires: TBD (Discounts offered by The Economist and are solely at their discretion to grant)
 
Please introduce others to this newsletter using the "Forward email" link at the bottom.
 
If I haven't heard from you in a while, please drop me a line.
 
I'm always happy to hear from my good friends and colleagues.  

Or, if you would like, please feel free to follow my thoughts and my blog on Twitter.

All the best,
Braden Kelley
Editor, Blogging Innovation
Founder, Business Strategy Innovation
(206) 349-8931