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):

1. Intel to Universities: No Patents, Please, Just Open Source – by Melba Kurman
2. The DNA of Innovation Leaders – by Luis Solis
3. The Economics of Co-Creation – by Idris Mootee
4. Seven Managers Struggling With Innovation – by Gijs van Wulfen
5. Innovation is All About Value – by Braden Kelley
6. 10 Predictions for Innovators in 2012 – by Rowan Gibson, Braden Kelley, and Julie Anixter
7. 7 Strategies for Generating Ideas – by Robert Tucker
8. Top 10 Innovation Videos of 2011 – by Braden Kelley
9. Apple – A Rare Case of Sustainable Competitive Advantage – by Idris Mootee
10. 50 Awesome Quotes on Risk Taking – by Mitch Ditkoff
11. 38 Awesome Quotes on Change – by Mitch Ditkoff
12. 25 Inspiring Innovation Quotes – by Gijs van Wulfen
13. Innovation in the Boardroom – The Time is Now – by Kaye O’Leary
14. Innovation Culture Eats R&D for Breakfast – by Hutch Carpenter
15. Innovathons – by Geovanny Romero
16. 15 Awesome Quotes on Collaboration – by Mitch Ditkoff
17. The Art of Teaching Entrepreneurship and Innovation – VIDEO
18. Set University Innovation Free – by Melba Kurman
19. What are the new paradigms in innovation? – by Paul Hobcraft
20. The Neuroscience of Leadership – by Matthew E May



21. Steve Jobs is Dead – Whither innovation at Apple? – by Braden Kelley
22. Can Gillette Disrupt Itself? – by John R Moran
23. Rethinking the Product Development Funnel – by Gerry Katz
24. Importance of Play to Innovation – by Kamal Hassan
25. Trends Shaping Future Innovation – by Paul Hobcraft
26. Kellogg School Researching Innovation Communities – by Julie Anixter
27. Lego’s $50 Million Open Innovation Failure – by Stefan Lindegaard
28. 7 Innovation Questions for Andy Stefanovich – by Deanna Leonard
29. The Female Innovator’s Dilemma – by LeAnna J. Carey
30. Five Reasons Companies Fail at Business Model Innovation – by Saul Kaplan
31. Innovation, Invention, Creativity and Artistry are not the same – by Stephen Shapiro
32. What is a culture of innovation anyway? – by Jeffrey Phillips
33. Twitter’s Business Model Innovation – by Tim Kastelle
34. Co-Creating Business Models – by Deborah Mills-Scofield
35. The Dangers of SWOT – by Holly G Green
36. Inspiring the Next Generation of Innovators – by Melba Kurman
37. Steve Jobs and Thomas Edison – by Sarah Miller Caldicott
38. Is Social Media Really Collaboration in Disguise? – by Sarah Miller Caldicott
39. The Tom Peters Interview – “Excellence NOW” – by Julie Anixter
40. Using Social Media for Innovation – 11 Great Reads – by Stefan Lindegaard



41. To Cultivate Innovation – Work like an Artist – by Michael Hugos
42. 10 Steps to Boost Corporate Innovation – by Jeffrey Baumgartner
43. Google versus Apple – by Nicolas Bry
44. John Cleese on Creativity – VIDEO
45. 2011 Social Media Review – by John Luginbill
46. 10 Tips for Intrapreneurs – by James Gardner
47. Web 3.0 – Innovation Nightmare or Disruptive Catalyst? – by Clinton Bonner
48. Let Them Hack Your Innovation – by Nicolas Bry
49. Innovation and Porter’s Value Chain – by Jeffrey Phillips
50. Clayton Christensen – Two Surprising Reasons Good Companies Fail – by Chris Dolan
51. Best US Universities for Innovation Transfer? – by Melba Kurman
52. Leadership Innovation – a Chinese View – by Pearl Zhu
53. 7 Steps to Unlocking Innovation in a Conservative Culture (Case Study) – by Elvin Turner
54. Innovation Strategy and the Collaborative Brain – by Mark E Miller
55. Anti-Conventional Thinking (ACT) – by Jeffrey Baumgartner
56. A Prototype is Worth a 1000 Ideas – by Jeffrey Phillips
57. Google+ Challenges Both Facebook and Twitter – by Hutch Carpenter
58. Edward de Bono on Innovation vs Creativity – VIDEO
59. Nine Best Practices for a More Effective Elevator Pitch – by Matt Heinz
60. 20 Tips for Ideation Excellence – by Gijs van Wulfen



61. Where Good Ideas Come From – VIDEO
62. Freeing Creativity – by Kevin Roberts
63. Innovation Despair – by Braden Kelley
64. The Plausibility of Klout – by LeAnna J. Carey
65. 4 Signs of a Culture of Innovation – by Jorge Barba
66. Innovation is Not ‘Best Practice’ – by Alf Rehn
67. 9 Ways to Keep Innovation Alive in your Marketing Organization – by Matt Heinz
68. Gutsy Leadership Accelerates Innovation – by Freiburg and Dunston
69. Insights from the PDMA’s 2011 Business Model Innovation Lab – by Chris Dolan
70. Rethinking Creativity and Innovation – PRESENTATION
71. 8 Reasons Why SMEs and Entrepreneurs Need To Innovate – by Kamal Hassan
72. Understanding Innovation the W L Gore Way – by Paul Hobcraft
73. Ideas Don’t Equal Innovation – by Mike Myatt
74. Success Factors for the Innovation Team – by Yann Cramer
75. The Brain and Why Innovation Happens Differently for Everyone – by Mark E Miller
76. Drafting a Business Case for Innovation – by Gijs van Wulfen
77. The Innovator’s Toolbox – by Christensen, Dyer, Gregersen
78. 10 Epic Idea Management #Fails – by James Gardner
79. Leaders Must Break Things – by Mike Myatt
80. 40 Reasons Why We Struggle with Innovation – by Gijs van Wulfen



81. Linking Design, Marketing, and Innovation – by Roy Luebke
82. The Client Consultant Innovating Dilemma – by Paul Hobcraft
83. Innovation Requires Culture of Trust and Openness – by Jim Clemmer
84. An Innovation Eclipse – by Braden Kelley
85. What is the Difference Between Innovation and Creativity? – by Paul Sloane
86. From Marginal To Mainstream – Social Innovation – by Paul Hobcraft
87. Large Organizations and the Business Model Canvas – by Paul Hobcraft
88. Collaborative Innovation Process at Mayo Clinic – by Andrea Meyer
89. Tom Peters – Innovation Comes from Dissatisfied People – VIDEO
90. Different Strokes For Different Open Innovation Folks – by Frank Mattes
91. Six Social Media Trends for 2012 – by David Armano
92. Four Innovation Insights From Customers – by Hutch Carpenter
93. What Impedes Innovation? – by Janice Maffei
94. Crowdsourcing Meets Open Innovation – by Stefan Lindegaard
95. The DNA of Innovation – by John Persico
96. 100 Awesome Quotes on What It Takes To Innovate – by Mitch Ditkoff
97. Sold On Social Media – by Dean DeBiase
98. Frame Your Problems To Create Better Solutions – by Paul Williams
99. 8 Mistakes in Making Mistakes – by Mike Brown
100. 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.