Top 20 Innovation Articles of December 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 8 as part of our FREE email newsletter. Did your favorite make the cut?

But enough delay, here are December’s twenty most popular innovation posts (each receiving 4,200 – 9,500 page views):

1. The Eight Dimensions of Strategic Thinking – by John Persico
2. How 3-D Printing Will Change Education – by Saga Briggs
3. Why people resist change, learning and innovation and what to do about it! – by Janet Sernack
4. Are You Lying About Your Level of Innovation? – by Braden Kelley
5. Why Innovation Leaders…and Management Fail – by Kevin McFarthing
6. Creativity Redefined for Innovation – by Michael Graber
7. Innovation through Experimentation is Key – by Stephan Vincent
8. How To Innovate Your Business Model In 5 (Not So Easy) Steps – by Greg Satell
9. Effectuation and Disruptive Innovation – an interview with Philippe Silberzahn – by Nicolas Bry
10. The Innovation Vacuum: Why Do Most Large Companies Suck at Innovation? – by John K. Coyle

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11. If Incremental Innovation Dominates then We Lose the Future – by Paul Hobcraft
12. Mind the Change Gap – by Braden Kelley
13. Open Innovation: Practical First Steps for B2B Companies – by Michael Glessner
14. Everyone can learn to Innovate – by Matthew Griffin
15. Imagination and Story in the Fuzzy Front-End – by Kate Hammer
16. Creativity Networks in the Brain: Judith E. Glaser interviews Rex Jung – by Julie Anixter
17. The New Role of Leaders – by Greg Satell
18. Reigniting Creativity and Innovation – by Jeff Rubingh
19. Keeping Score: The ART of ROI (Return on Innovation) Dashboards – by Luis Solis
20. How a Genius Thinks – by Greg Satell

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

• The Incremental Improvement Trap – by Mitch Ditkoff
• Five Key Ideas from New Innovation Research – by Robert B Tucker
• Four Pillars for Creating Wealth – by Paul Hobcraft
• Innovation Psychology: Five Personality Traits of Innovators – by Pete Foley

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P.S. Here are links to our online magazine highlighting the Top 40 Innovation Bloggers the last two years:

• Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2012
• Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2013

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Braden Kelley is a popular innovation speaker, builds sustainable innovation cultures, and tools for creating successful change. He is the author of the five-star book Stoking Your Innovation Bonfire and the creator of a revolutionary new change planning toolkit coming soon. Follow him on Twitter (@innovate) and Linkedin.