Top 20 Innovation Articles – July 2014

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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 July’s twenty most popular innovation posts (each receiving 2,900 – 6,200 page views):

1. Did Clayton Christensen really just admit he was wrong about innovation? – by Nicholas Skillicorn
2. 10 Powerful Takeaways – Chief Innovation Officer Summit San Francisco – by Lynda Koster
3. Free to Choose: Mass Customization for Modern Manufacturers – by Jordan Reynolds
4. Rise of Tech Innovation – INFOGRAPHIC
5. The Future of Wearable Tech – PRESENTATION
6. Transformation through Strategy and Innovation – by Michael van Hove
7. Innovate With Purpose – Idea Prioritization – by Robert F Brands
8. Innovation Lessons from Tesla and Elon Musk – by Stefan Lindegaard
9. Is Innovation Really Everyone’s Job? – by Kevin McFarthing
10. Gloria Flores on Pluralistic Networks – by Gloria Flores

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11. Leader as Collaborative Connector – by Janet Sernack
12. BEST OF TED: Want to innovate? Become a “now-ist” – VIDEO
13. Wearable Technology in the Classroom – INFOGRAPHIC
14. Innovation and Building a Next Generation Organisation – by Chris Beswick
15. Crowdsourcing: A Lesson From Finland – by Jessica Day
16. Innovation – A Lot Like Stand-up Comedy – by Ivy M. Eisenberg
17. How Can You Convince Your Boss to Innovate? – by Gijs van Wulfen
18. SMEs Risk Becoming Collateral Damage in “Innovation Wars” – by Charlie Ang
19. Managing the Innovation Butterfly – by Renee Hopkins
20. Management Innovation: give management a new lease of life! – by Nicolas Bry

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

• Combating the Dark Side of Technology (Part 1) – by John Hagel
• Indiana Innovation – Attention from Salesforce and Beyond – by Stephan Vincent
• 7 Steps to Craft a Compelling Business Model Narrative – by Paul Hobcraft
• Timeline of Emerging Science & Technology – An Interview with Richard Watson – by Lynda Koster

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P.S. We’ve created a new downloadable, printable, portable FREE electronic innovation magazine for your iPad, Kindle, Nook, or other tablet, notebook, Mac, or PC. Here are links to our last ten issues:

• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 29
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• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 31
• Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2012
• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 32
• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 33
• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 34
• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 35
• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 36
• Innovation Excellence Weekly – Issue 37
• Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2013

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Braden Kelley is a popular innovation speaker, embeds innovation across the organization with innovation training, and builds B2B content marketing strategies that drive increased revenue, visibility and inbound sales leads. He has recently begun distributing Innovation eLearning and is the author of Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire from John Wiley & Sons. He tweets from @innovate.