Top 20 Innovation Articles of April 2016

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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 April’s twenty most popular innovation posts (each receiving 2,500 – 15,700 page views):

1. How the Impossible Becomes Possible – by Greg Satell
2. IoT Brings Innovation Opportunity to HR – by Patrick Willer
3. Innovation needs all 3 levels of support, so what happens if you miss one? – by Yoram Solomon
4. The Spark of Innovation: Changing your mindset to become an innovator – by Eric Lowenstein
5. What Does Emotional Intelligence have to do with Productivity and Innovation? – by Andy Heikkila
6. TED talk: “I am not a visionary, I’m an engineer” – VIDEO
7. Google Introduces the Self-driving Bicycle – VIDEO
8. How Automation and Artificial Intelligence Work Together to Spur Innovation – by Aidan Cunniffe
9. World Creativity and Innovation Week April 15 – 21 – by Marci Segal
10. TED talk: The Suprising Habits of Original Thinkers – VIDEO

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11. Three Lessons in Innovation from Jeff Bezos – by Paul Sloane
12. Leading Innovation, Creativity and Enterprise [interview] – by Peter Cook
13. Seven Metaphors to Help Creative Leaders Innovate – by John Brooker
14. Welcome to the Human-to-Human Purpose and Experience Driven Era – by Ayelet Baron
15. 3 Paradigm Shifts that will Drive Competitive Advantage in the 21st Century – by Greg Satell
16. Why Travel Makes You A Better Entrepreneur – by Oksana Reikina
17. Working Like a Startup is Not Equal to Working With a Startup – by Tero Hottinen
18. Are Insiders or Outsiders Better Innovators? [Research Report] – by Adi Gaskell
19. The Problem with Isolated Innovation Departments Рby Ren̩ de Ruijter
20. What April Fool’s Day Teaches Us About Innovation – by Braden Kelley

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

• Innovation and Control – by Kevin McFarthing
• Rethink Innovation! – by Stefan Lindegaard
• Why Only Adoption Matters – by Braden Kelley
• Beware of the ‘Hypenated’ Innovation Trend – by Jeffrey Phillips

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

• Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2012
• Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2013
• Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 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 Toolkitâ„¢. Follow him on Twitter (@innovate) and Linkedin.