Good Reads on Innovation, Social Media and Careers – May 27 Update

Here comes a list of blog posts and articles on innovation that I have enjoyed recently. You can follow me on Twitter: @lindegaard

But first, I would like to mention a couple of upcoming conferences worth looking into:

3^rd Annual Open Innovation Summit, Chicago, August 10-12 – A GREAT CONFERENCE!

Social Business Forum, Milan, June 8^th

The Conference on Social Product Development and Co-Creation, Phoenix, June 27-28

World Innovation Convention, Cannes, Sep 28-30

UPDATED MAY 27:

The Busyness Trap by DeLong http://bit.ly/iYoYh4 – good inspiration for freeing up time, energy

Robust to Resilient for Innovation Thinking by @paul4innovating http://bit.ly/m8CXpe

The Thought Leader Interview: Henry Chesbrough on Service Innovation http://bit.ly/kN0pkM

3M’s Open Innovation – CTO Palensky shares insights on their process http://bit.ly/m1xt7v

Unilever: The Ideas Generation Game – Interview with VP, Open Innovation J. Hague http://bit.ly/mvFUT8

Leadership and serendipity by Freek Vermeulen http://onforb.es/ldAWmG – recognize the importance of luck!

The Three Paths to Open Innovation by Booz & Co. http://bit.ly/mNbC3P good companies are 7 times better than the worst

7 Strategies For Running Your Business While Pursuing Your Passions by @stephenshapiro http://bit.ly/jNCOzE

Small Wins and Feeling Good by Amabile and Kramer http://bit.ly/lSVwQT

Responsiveness is Your Secret Weapon for Standout Social Media Success @ambercadabra http://bit.ly/luxx12

The Open Innovation Guru: A Discussion with Henry Chesbrough http://bit.ly/laX4tZ by @paul4innovating

7 Reasons Replacing a Website With Social Media Is Stupid http://bit.ly/jCoGbj

UPDATED MAY 12:

Self directed effort is the best kind by Seth Godin http://bit.ly/mQTrji

The Most Valuable People in Your Network by Rob Cross http://bit.ly/hJm1hk

9 Ways to Keep your Startup from Acting Like a Big Company by @heinzmarketing http://bit.ly/l59XQa

Why Success Starts With Failure – interview with Tim Harford http://nyti.ms/kTaDZJ

Am I Allowed? Nilofer Merchant on Innovation by @timkastelle http://bit.ly/kYl3wS

A meeting of European (Innovation) Minds http://bit.ly/jywUKr – good overview on innovation by @paul4innovating

Chris Thoen on Open Innovation – Part II http://bit.ly/lNI0Ye

Why Successful People Leave Work Early by Aimee Groth http://read.bi/j49kgu

Better Innovation Architecting by @sda222 http://s.hbr.org/iyfiUv

Hard work vs. Long work by Seth Godin http://bit.ly/kMJdZl

Beyond Mass Customization by @joepine http://bit.ly/k8PkH4

Breaking Down Silos by John Kotter: http://onforb.es/kCW9Vg

How to Build Your Twitter Tribe by @leowid http://bit.ly/kFD2Lp

Innovation at Scale: Minding the store while shooting the moon by @drewcm http://ht.ly/4MXJZ

Structure? The Flatter, the Better http://nyti.ms/4p4Ab3 – how top executives can help create an open culture

What Lucky People Do Different by Eric Calonius http://bit.ly/eAMeGD

UPDATED MAY 3:

Innovation Starts with Empathy by Dev Patnaik http://bit.ly/1aUfKG

How Open Innovation & Modularity Accelerate Innovation at PsionTeklogix by @andreameyer http://bit.ly/h3m7kK

3 Reasons You Should Treat Creativity Like A Game by @brucenussbaum http://bit.ly/g6JZUA

Innovation Myth: Ideas Spread Quickly by @timkastelle http://bit.ly/gxSnt7

Engagement and Innovation – Marcus Evans’ 5th Annual Open Innovation Conference by Bolger http://bit.ly/eZAkWk

Open Innovation at HP Labs by Rich Friedrich, others http://bit.ly/gIavLQ

Innovation in South America by @lisosa http://bit.ly/gpIVbc – great overview

Today’s Innovation Can Rise from Yesterday’s Failure by VJ Govindarajan http://bit.ly/ieHMiE

Does Location Matter for Open Innovation? by @100open http://bit.ly/f2zlKl

How to Fire Up U.S. Innovation by Vinton G. Cerf http://on.wsj.com/dZzHnY

No Innovator’s Dilemma Here: In Praise of Failure by James Dyson http://bit.ly/dOnvfv

Kraft Foods turns to sources outside the company for creative ideas by Lisa Pierce http://bit.ly/fymNoV

Failing Toward Success at Google by Rita McGrath http://bit.ly/dE2yHe

The Power of Uncertainty by Mathers, Glei and Belsky http://bit.ly/dMj2CH

The Paradox Of Open Innovation Intellectual Property by @dscofield http://bit.ly/gsKa2q

THE F-FACTOR: the new ways in which friends, fans and followers influence consumer behaviour http://is.gd/bgLMsY

LeBron on Ice, or the Fallacy of the Corporate Superstar by Scott Anthony http://bit.ly/dYW126

Why Trends Are For Suckers by @digitaltonto http://bit.ly/h6clsA

The War for Talent and Open Innovation by Chesbrough http://t.co/nX3bOYD

How to Do Intelligent Crowdsourcing by Klaus-Peter Speidel http://bit.ly/hSjbLR

Five Tips to Make Your Writing Sparkle by Gillin http://bit.ly/ioQAuT