Top 20 Innovation Articles – June 2013

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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 FREE Innovation Excellence Weekly magazine (PDF for printing or downloading to iPad, Kindle, Nook, etc.) and email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are June’s twenty most popular innovation posts (each receiving 2,750 – 5,200 page views):

1. A Brilliantly Simple Way to Boost our Creativity – by Jerome Provensal
2. Your Phone is Now Your Bank: Are You Ready for Disruptive Innovation? – by Holly G Green
3. Innovators Challenge Orthodoxies: Elon Musk – by Rowan Gibson
4. Innovation and Serendipity – by Ralph-Christian Ohr
5. Forget Brainstorming – Use PAINstorming for breakthrough innovation – by Soren Kaplan
6. What Pixar Shorts Can Teach Us About Innovation – by Susana Gonzalez
7. Using a War Room to Create Pervasive Innovations – by Matthew Griffin
8. 4 Ways Technology Is Transforming Business – by Greg Satell
9. 25 Ways to Institute Passion-Based Learning in the Classroom – by Saga Briggs
10. Microsoft ReOrg – Crafty or Confusing? – by Adam Hartung

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11. Study Demonstrates the Link Between Collaboration & Growth – by Paul Hobcraft
12. Education Innovation – Zombie-Based Learning – by Braden Kelley
13. Developing Innovation for a Knowledge-Based Economy – by Tim Mazzarol
14. 13 Little Known Historical Events that Made Education What it is Today – by William Koch
15. The Future of TV – by Greg Satell
16. The Psychology of Color in Your Brand – by Rob Toledo
17. From Israel, with Innovation – by Nicolas Bry
18. (Mis)understanding Technology… – by Greg Satell
19. Be Competitively Unpredictable! – by Stefan Lindegaard
20. How Binge TV Viewing Can Improve Your Bottom Line – by Scott Williams

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

• Innovation Drives Economic Growth – News from Nesta – by Paul Hobcraft
• De Nio Innovationsrollerna: Fem gratis verktyg – by Braden Kelley
• Creating Innovation Value: Four Key Drivers to Success – by Scott Edgett
• What Angry Birds Can Teach Us About Innovation? – by Tomislav Buljubasic

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• Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2012
• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 32
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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.