Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2011
We launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and with the new web site we are now able to start a new annual feature pulling together the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2011.
We do some other rankings too. At the beginning of each month we will profile the twenty posts from the previous month and we also publish a weekly Top 10 as part of our Innovation Excellence Weekly email, so an annual Top 100 seems like a logical fit.
Did your favorite make the cut?
But enough delay, here are the 100 most popular innovation posts of 2011 (each receiving 2,800 – 32,300 page views):
- Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source – by Melba Kurman
- The DNA of Innovation Leaders – by Luis Solis
- The Economics of Co-Creation – by Idris Mootee
- Seven Managers Struggling With Innovation – by Gijs van Wulfen
- Innovation is All About Value – by Braden Kelley
- 10 Predictions for Innovators in 2012 – by Rowan Gibson, Braden Kelley, and Julie Anixter
- 7 Strategies for Generating Ideas – by Robert Tucker
- Top 10 Innovation Videos of 2011 – by Braden Kelley
- Apple – A Rare Case of Sustainable Competitive Advantage – by Idris Mootee
- 50 Awesome Quotes on Risk Taking – by Mitch Ditkoff
- 38 Awesome Quotes on Change – by Mitch Ditkoff
- 25 Inspiring Innovation Quotes – by Gijs van Wulfen
- Innovation in the Boardroom – The Time is Now – by Kaye O’Leary
- Innovation Culture Eats R&D for Breakfast – by Hutch Carpenter
- Innovathons – by Geovanny Romero
- 15 Awesome Quotes on Collaboration – by Mitch Ditkoff
- The Art of Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation – VIDEO
- Set University Innovation Free – by Melba Kurman
- What are the new paradigms in innovation? – by Paul Hobcraft
- The Neuroscience of Leadership – by Matthew E May
- Steve Jobs is Dead – Whither innovation at Apple? – by Braden Kelley
- Can Gillette Disrupt Itself? – by John R Moran
- Rethinking the Product Development Funnel – by Gerry Katz
- Importance of Play to Innovation – by Kamal Hassan
- Trends Shaping Future Innovation – by Paul Hobcraft
- Kellogg School Researching Innovation Communities – by Julie Anixter
- Lego’s $50 Million Open Innovation Failure – by Stefan Lindegaard
- 7 Innovation Questions for Andy Stefanovich – by Deanna Leonard
- The Female Innovator’s Dilemma – by LeAnna J. Carey
- Five Reasons Companies Fail at Business Model Innovation – by Saul Kaplan
- Innovation, Invention, Creativity and Artistry are not the same – by Stephen Shapiro
- What is a culture of innovation anyway? – by Jeffrey Phillips
- Twitter’s Business Model Innovation – by Tim Kastelle
- Co-Creating Business Models – by Deborah Mills-Scofield
- The Dangers of SWOT – by Holly G Green
- Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators – by Melba Kurman
- Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison – by Sarah Miller Caldicott
- Is Social Media Really Collaboration in Disguise? – by Sarah Miller Caldicott
- The Tom Peters Interview – “Excellence NOW” – by Julie Anixter
- Using Social Media for Innovation – 11 Great Reads – by Stefan Lindegaard
- To Cultivate Innovation – Work like an Artist – by Michael Hugos
- 10 Steps to Boost Corporate Innovation – by Jeffrey Baumgartner
- Google versus Apple – by Nicolas Bry
- John Cleese on Creativity – VIDEO
- 2011 Social Media Review – by John Luginbill
- 10 Tips for Intrapreneurs – by James Gardner
- Web 3.0 – Innovation Nightmare or Disruptive Catalyst? – by Clinton Bonner
- Let Them Hack Your Innovation – by Nicolas Bry
- Innovation and Porter’s Value Chain – by Jeffrey Phillips
- Clayton Christensen – Two Surprising Reasons Good Companies Fail – by Chris Dolan
- Best US Universities for Innovation Transfer? – by Melba Kurman
- Leadership Innovation – a Chinese View – by Pearl Zhu
- 7 Steps to Unlocking Innovation in a Conservative Culture (Case Study) – by Elvin Turner
- Innovation Strategy and the Collaborative Brain – by Mark E Miller
- Anti-Conventional Thinking (ACT) – by Jeffrey Baumgartner
- A Prototype is Worth a 1000 Ideas – by Jeffrey Phillips
- Google+ Challenges Both Facebook and Twitter – by Hutch Carpenter
- Edward de Bono on Innovation vs Creativity – VIDEO
- Nine Best Practices for a More Effective Elevator Pitch – by Matt Heinz
- 20 Tips for Ideation Excellence – by Gijs van Wulfen
- Where Good Ideas Come From – VIDEO
- Freeing Creativity – by Kevin Roberts
- Innovation Despair – by Braden Kelley
- The Plausibility of Klout – by LeAnna J. Carey
- 4 Signs of a Culture of Innovation – by Jorge Barba
- Innovation is Not ‘Best Practice’ – by Alf Rehn
- 9 Ways to Keep Innovation Alive in your Marketing Organization – by Matt Heinz
- Gutsy Leadership Accelerates Innovation – by Freiburg and Dunston
- Insights from the PDMA’s 2011 Business Model Innovation Lab – by Chris Dolan
- Rethinking Creativity and Innovation – PRESENTATION
- 8 Reasons Why SMEs and Entrepreneurs Need To Innovate – by Kamal Hassan
- Understanding Innovation the W L Gore Way – by Paul Hobcraft
- Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation – by Mike Myatt
- Success Factors for the Innovation Team – by Yann Cramer
- The Brain and Why Innovation Happens Differently for Everyone – by Mark E Miller
- Drafting a Business Case for Innovation – by Gijs van Wulfen
- The Innovator’s Toolbox – by Christensen, Dyer, Gregersen
- 10 Epic Idea Management #Fails – by James Gardner
- Leaders Must Break Things – by Mike Myatt
- 40 Reasons Why We Struggle with Innovation – by Gijs van Wulfen
- Linking Design, Marketing, and Innovation – by Roy Luebke
- The Client Consultant Innovating Dilemma – by Paul Hobcraft
- Innovation Requires Culture of Trust and Openness – by Jim Clemmer
- An Innovation Eclipse – by Braden Kelley
- What is the Difference Between Innovation and Creativity? – by Paul Sloane
- From Marginal To Mainstream – Social Innovation – by Paul Hobcraft
- Large Organizations and the Business Model Canvas – by Paul Hobcraft
- Collaborative Innovation Process at Mayo Clinic – by Andrea Meyer
- Tom Peters – Innovation Comes from Dissatisfied People – VIDEO
- Different Strokes For Different Open Innovation Folks – by Frank Mattes
- Six Social Media Trends for 2012 – by David Armano
- Four Innovation Insights From Customers – by Hutch Carpenter
- What Impedes Innovation? – by Janice Maffei
- Crowdsourcing Meets Open Innovation – by Stefan Lindegaard
- The DNA of Innovation – by John Persico
- 100 Awesome Quotes on What It Takes To Innovate – by Mitch Ditkoff
- Sold On Social Media – by Dean DeBiase
- Frame Your Problems To Create Better Solutions – by Paul Williams
- 8 Mistakes in Making Mistakes – by Mike Brown
- Tech-Starting the Innovation Economy – by Darrell M. West



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Braden Kelley is the author of Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire from John Wiley & Sons. Braden is also an Innovation Excellence co-founder, a popular innovation speaker and trainer, and advises companies on connecting with their customers and embedding innovation across the organization.
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Thanks for sharing this list. Great selection of articles!
Wow. What a terrific (and thorough) collection of innovation articles. Great resource. Thanks!
Adding it to my Reading List. No way I can read 100 articles right now :).
Thanks for the brilliant share btw!!
Adding it to my reading list. No way I can read 100 right now
Thanks for the brilliant post. Btw, you might want to do something when a user comments. There is no confirmation or anything that the comment was submitted. Clearly a no-no.
Great article.