Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2014

We launched Innovation Excellence on August 1, 2011 and so 2014 was our third full year of operations. To celebrate we’ve pulled together the Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2014 from our archive of over 7,000 innovation-related articles from more than 400 contributing authors.

Click the link if you missed the last two years’ lists:

• Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2013
• Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2012

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 8 as part of our Innovation Excellence Weekly email and FREE MAGAZINE, 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 2014 (each receiving 6,600 – 104,000+ page views):

1. Blended Action Learning Meets Innovation – by Jonash, Patel, O’Keeffe and Warsaw
2. Six Hot Innovation Trends – by Robert B Tucker
3. 50 Ted Talks Every Educator Should Check Out (2014 Edition) – by Saga Briggs
4. Microsoft out-innovates Apple & Google – by Nicholas Skillicorn
5. Four Types of Innovation and the Strategic Choices Each One Represents – by Jake Nielson
6. Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2013 – by Innovation Excellence
7. Role of Personal Branding in Innovation – by Braden Kelley
8. Smartwatches: Past, Present and Future – PRESENTATION
9. Top 100 Innovation Articles of 2013 – by Innovation Excellence
10. Inspiring Innovation Films: a Top Ten List – by Gregg Fraley
11. Integrating Lean Startup and Design Thinking – by Ralph Ohr
12. How Startup Funding Works (Infographic) – by Peter Doyle
13. Private Label & Branded innovation, adversarial or in harmony? – by Costas Papaikonomou
14. 2014 Top Trend Sites – by Gijs van Wulfen
15. Difficult Discussions Are The Most Important Discussions – by Mike Shipulski
16. 35 Psychological Tricks To Help You Learn Better – by Saga Briggs
17. Is Paris taking the lead in the Digital Economy? – by Nicolas Bry
18. 25 Most Essential Insights About Innovation – by Gijs van Wulfen
19. Applying Jobs-to-be-Done to Product and Service Design – by Hutch Carpenter
20. 20 Things Educators Need To Know About Digital Literacy Skills – by Saga Briggs



21. 15 Examples of Open Innovation between Big Companies & Startups – by Stefan Lindegaard
22. Innovation Psychology: Innovate like Leonardo da Vinci – by Pete Foley
23. 7 Ways to Create a Culture of Innovation – by Stephan Vincent
24. How the Year’s Biggest Book on Business Innovation Fails to Innovate – by Soren Kaplan
25. How Educators Around The World Are Implementing Mobile Learning – by Saga Briggs
26. Failure Forums: Complexity Theory and the Role of Failure in Driving New Business Models – by Matt Hunt
27. Five Tech Megatrends that are Changing the Game – by Robert B Tucker
28. Crowdsourcing Grows Up: 7 Indicators it’s here to stay – by Julie Anixter and Hutch Carpenter
29. Selling YOUR Innovation – by Ken Smith
30. Big Data in Education: Big Potential or Big Mistake? – by Saga Briggs
31. Begin 2014 with an Innovation Catalyst Certification – by Braden Kelley
32. Debunking the Left Brain and Right Brain Myth – by Nicholas Skillicorn
33. An Innovator has an Obligation to… be Open – by Kim Chandler McDonald
34. 25 Things Skilled Learners Do Differently – by Saga Briggs
35. 25 Practices That Foster Lifelong Learning – by Saga Briggs
36. Prove Yourself Wrong to Get Your Plan Right – by Holly G Green
37. Changing the Innovation Game – by Kevin McFarthing
38. Why people resist change, learning and innovation and what to do about it! – by Janet Sernack
39. New Problems, New Approaches: The Rise of the Generalist – by Reuven Gorsht
40. 30 Ways to Inspire Divergent Thinking – by Saga Briggs



41. An Innovator has an Obligation to… Address Need – by Kim Chandler McDonald
42. Two Views on Innovation at Google – by Braden Kelley
43. Storytelling is out, enter Storydoing – by Bart Muskala
44. The Eight Dimensions of Strategic Thinking – by John Persico
45. Every Business will be Disrupted by Open Technology in 2014 – by Greg Satell
46. The 2014 Global Innovation 1000 Study from Strategy& – by Barry Jaruzelski
47. Gamification of the Innovation Process – by Michael Allen
48. Coca-Cola Looking to Bring Some Innovation to Your Home? – by Braden Kelley
49. The Real Business Value of the Internet of Things – by Andrew Timm
50. The No. 1 Challenge to Innovation
    – by Rowan Gibson
51. How to Turn Ideas into Innovation through Gamification – by Charlotte Ritter
52. Innovation and the Art of Recognizing Hidden Criteria – by Kate Hammer
53. How Do You Measure Innovation? – by Soren Kaplan
54. An Innovator’s Reading List For 2014 – by Jason Williams
55. Can Prediction Markets Forecast Successful Innovations? – by Paul Sloane
56. Planting the Seeds of Innovation in Education – by Stephan Vincent
57. How 3-D Printing Will Change Education – by Saga Briggs
58. Free eBook: The Power of Co-Creation in Healthcare Innovation – by Doug Williams
59. Allfoodexperts, Open Innovation platform for agri-food industry – by Nicolas Bry
60. Lean Innovation at Amazon – by Geovanny Romero



61. 100 Things to Watch in 2014 – PRESENTATION
62. 2014: Your Most Innovative Year? – by Harvey Wade
63. Why Don’t Companies Invest in a Culture of Innovation? – by Braden Kelley
64. The Men Who Stare at Goats – and Innovate – by Braden Kelley
65. Starbucks Retail Innovation in Switzerland – by Braden Kelley
66. Is Innovation Simple? – by Kevin McFarthing
67. Leading for Innovation in Extreme Uncertainty – by Janet Sernack
68. Seven Things the Competent Innovation Manager Should Know – by Jeffrey Baumgartner
69. Prototypes Are The Best Way To Innovate – by Mike Shipulski
70. Multi-Dimensional Thinking – The Key to Dynamic Innovation – by Jay Fraser
71. The Greatest Idea Campaign Ever Run – by Tim Woods
72. The Value of Open Innovation for B2B Companies – by Michael Glessner
73. Culture Eats Innovation for Lunch – by Mick Simonelli
74. Why Do Supervisors Block Innovation? – by Paul Sloane
75. 99 Facts on the Future of Innovation for 2014 – PRESENTATION
76. How NOT To Innovate – by Jeff Rubingh
77. Leadership Is More Important Than Authority in Creating Real Change – by Greg Satell
78. For Innovation: Culture Trumps Office Design – by Jorge Barba
79. Can Big Data Pay Off Big? – by Michael Graber
80. Organizing for Radical Innovation – by Rowan Gibson



81. Creating a Common Language of Innovation – by Braden Kelley
82. 6 Things You Should Know About The Future – by Greg Satell
83. Dd Clayton Christensen really just admit he was wrong about innovation? – by Nicholas Skillicorn
84. Culture Eats Strategy – Innovation Psychology Explored – by Pete Foley
85. An Innovator has an Obligation to…Think – by Kim Chandler McDonald
86. Innovation in the Top 5 Chinese Tech Companies – by Thibaud Andre
87. Why the Future of Technology is All Too Human – by Greg Satell
88. Lean Innovation Series – Introduction – by Braden Kelley
89. 10 Powerful Takeaways – Chief Innovation Officer Summit San Francisco – by Lynda Koster
90. The Workplace of the Future – INFOGRAPHIC
91. Big Data: A Prescription for Improving the Quality of Healthcare – by Michele Nemschoff
92. The Bleeding Edge of Innovation – by Sarah Miller Caldicott
93. What Bell Labs Taught Us About Innovation – by Hutch Carpenter
94. iLab, the ‘Fifth-Column’ of Innovation – by Nicolas Bry
95. Are You Lying About Your Level of Innovation? – by Braden Kelley
96. Why Innovators Make Terrible Firefighters – by Jeffrey Phillips
97. How Data Driven Companies Outperform – by Greg Satell
98. Thinking Inside The Box – by Jeff Rubingh
99. What’s in Your OODA Loop? – by Matthew Fritz
100. Mind the Change Gap – by Braden Kelley

Now, these are the Top 100 innovation articles of 2014 based on the number of page views. If your favorite Innovation Excellence article didn’t make the cut, then add it to the comments and maybe we’ll consider doing a People’s Choice List for 2014.

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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.