Top 20 Innovation Articles of May 2017

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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 May’s twenty most popular innovation posts:

1. Lean Startup Methodology – INFOGRAPHIC
2. User-centered design: how to merge it with a design thinking program – by Alex Sanghikian
3. The Design of Value Proposition Design with Alex Osterwalder – by Chad McAllister
4. Mapping Innovation: Playbook for navigating a disruptive age – by Greg Satell
5. Innovation Lessons from Michelangelo – by Saul Kaplan
6. Leadership’s Most Important Secret – by Tom Koulopoulos
7. Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams – by Chad McAllister
8. Try the Gestures Icebreaker for More Creative Ideas – by Paul Sloane
9. Coming up with the next big thing isn’t just your job – by Tom Koulopoulos
10. Allocating Innovation: The 10% Myth – by Eugene Yamnitsky

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11. 5 Things I’ve Learned About Creativity – by Greg Satell
12. Ten Signs You Need an Innovation Intervention – by Braden Kelley
13. Try 3 Techniques to Improve Your Business Pitch – by Melissa Burns
14. Back to the Future: a history of content marketing – INFOGRAPHIC
15. Why You Should Quit Predicting What’s Going to Happen – by Tom Koulopoulos
16. The ABCs of Innovation: E is for Empathy – by Lou Killeffer
17. Innovation is the Most Potent Form of Leadership Development – by Michael Graber
18. Lip Service or Real Metamorphosis? How Real Innovation Happens. – by Michael Graber
19. The Next Generation of Innovation Automation – by Chris Townsend
20. 3 Ways to Measure Success of Your Business Innovations – by Melissa Burns

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

• 8 Myths That Cost Innovation – by Rochelle Ceira
• Converting Emerging Tech into Next Practices – by Saul Kaplan
• What Dubai Gets Right About Innovation – by Jeffrey Phillips
• 5 Ways to Defeat the Innovation Myth – by Tom Koulopoulos

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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.