Top 20 Innovation Articles – August 2012

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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 Innovation Excellence Weekly email. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are August’s twenty most popular innovation posts (each receiving 3,300 – 6,300 page views):

1. What’s the Difference Between Creativity and Innovation? – by Paul Sloane
2. Eight I’s of Infinite Innovation – by Braden Kelley
3. Creativity in the 21st Century Classroom – by Dimis Michaelides
4. 7 Ways Conferences Cause You to Innovate – by Julie Anixter
5. Amazon Delivers Innovation – by Braden Kelley
6. Apple vs. Samsung and How Innovation Suffers – by Randy Giusto
7. When Drawing is Thinking by Patrick Le Quément, Renault Design creator – by Nicolas Bry
8. 40 Examples of Open Innovation & Crowdsourcing – by Stefan Lindegaard
9. Four Faces of an Innovator – by Dr. Shankar Venugopal
10. Starbucks’ Refreshing Innovation – by Braden Kelley
11. Connecting the Future – Three Horizons, Strategies, Innovation – by Paul Hobcraft
12. Innovation Lessons from the First Man on the Moon – Gijs van Wulfen
13. Value of Managing Innovation Across Three Horizons – by Paul Hobcraft
14. Innovation is Creativity x Risk Taking – by Robert F Brands
15. Hiring Outside Your Industry – First Step to Innovation – by Eric Seibold
16. Can Innovation Be a Structured Repeatable Process? – by Robert F Brands
17. Design Thinking Balances the Rational and Emotional – by Idris Mootee
18. 21st Century Strategy – by Greg Satell
19. 10 Big Reasons Why Most Innovative Products & Services Fail – by Idris Mootee
20. Seniors are the New Innovators! – by Frank Wippich

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

• The Psychology of Team Turnarounds – by Matthew E May
• Innovation is Becoming a Core Competency – by Jeffrey Phillips
• Create Your Own Innovation Definition – by Jorge Barba

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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.