Innovation Insights
From the desk of Braden Kelley
May 2010 - Vol 4, Issue 4
In This Issue
100 Simple, Low-Cost Ways to be More Creative on the Job
Top Tweets from Twitter
Ten Innovation Imperatives
Social Media is the Glue of Innovation
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Braden Kelley at a Dan Pink Event
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100 Simple, Low-Cost Ways to be More Creative on the Job
 
100 Dollar Bill
1. Ask the most creative people at work for their ideas.
2. Brainstorm daily with a co-worker.
3. Tape record your ideas on your commute to and from work.
4. Present your challenge to a child.
5. Take your team off-site for a day.
  
Top Tweets from @innovate on Twitter
 
Top Tweets from @Innovate on TwitterTweet #1 - April's Top 10 Innovation and Marketing Articles - http://ht.ly/1K76W 
Tweet #2 - The Future of Social Software - http://ht.ly/1K7ag
Tweet #3 - Intangible Innovation - http://ht.ly/1K7e6
Tweet #4 - Innovation Perspectives - April Wrapup - http://ht.ly/1K7ij
 
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Ten Innovation Imperatives
 
Robert BrandsI had the opportunity to interview Robert F. Brands, author of "Robert's Rules of Innovation" recently. Robert is the former CEO of Airspray - the company that brought us the foaming hand soap dispenser, and now a consultant and speaker.

Here is the text of the interview:
 
Innovation Perspectives - Social Media is the Glue of Innovation
 
Social Media is the Glue of Innovation
Social media serves an incredibly important role in innovation. Social media functions as the glue to stick together incomplete knowledge, incomplete ideas, incomplete teams, and incomplete skillsets. Social media is not some mysterious magic box. Ultimately it is a tool that serves to connect people and information.
 
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