Happy Holidays!
For more than a decade I’ve devoted myself to making innovation insights accessible for the greater good, because I truly believe that the better our organizations get at deliveriseng value to their stakeholders the less waste of natural resources and human resources there will be.
As a result, we are eternally grateful to all of you out there who take the time to create and share great innovation articles, presentations, white papers, and videos with Braden Kelley and the Human-Centered Change and Innovation team. As a small thank you to those of you who follow along, we like to make a list of the Top 40 Innovation Authors available each year!
Our lists from the ten previous years have been tremendously popular, including:
Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2015Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2016Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2017Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2018Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2019Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2020Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2021Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2022Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2023Top 40 Innovation Bloggers of 2024
Do you just have someone that you like to read that writes about innovation, or some of the important adjacencies – trends, consumer psychology, change, leadership, strategy, behavioral economics, collaboration, or design thinking?
Human-Centered Change and Innovation is now looking to recognize the Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025.
It is time to vote and help us narrow things down.
The deadline for submitting votes is December 31, 2025 at midnight GMT.
The ranking will be done by me with influence from votes and nominations. The quality and quantity of contributions to this web site by an author will be a BIG contributing factor (through the end of the voting period).
You can vote in any of these three ways (and each earns points for them, so please feel free to vote all three ways):
Sending us the name of the author by @reply on twitter to @innovate
Adding the name of the author as a comment to this article’s posting on Facebook
Adding the name of the author as a comment to this article’s posting on our Linkedin Page (Be sure and follow us)
The official Top 40 Innovation Authors of 2025 will then be announced here in early January 2026.
Here are the people who received nominations this year along with some carryover recommendations (in alphabetical order):
Adi Gaskell – @adigaskellAlain ThysAlex GoryachevAndy Heikkila – @AndyO_TheHammerAnnette FranzArlen Meyers – @sopeofficialArt InteligenciaAyelet BaronBraden Kelley – @innovateBrian MillerBruce FairleyChad McAllister – @ChadMcAllisterChateau G PatoChris BeswickChris RollinsDr. Detlef ReisDainora JociuteDan Blacharski – @Dan_BlacharskiDaniel Burrus – @DanielBurrusDaniel LockDavid BurkusDean and Linda AndersonDennis StaufferDiana PorumboiuDouglas FergusonDrew Boyd – @DrewBoydFrank Mattes – @FrankMattesGeoffrey A MooreGregg Fraley – @greggfraleyGreg Satell – @DigitaltontoHelen YuHoward TierskyJanet Sernack – @JanetSernackJeffrey Baumgartner – @creativejeffreyJeff Freedman – @SmallArmyAgencyJeffrey Phillips – @ovoinnovationJesse Nieminen – @nieminenjesseJohn BessantJorge Barba – @JorgeBarbaJulian Birkinshaw – @JBirkinshawJulie Anixter – @julieanixterKate Hammer – @Kate_HammerKevin McFarthing – @InnovationFixerLeo ChanLou Killeffer – @LKillefferManuel Berdoy
Mari Anixter- @MariAnixterMaria Paula Oliveira – @mpaulaoliveiraMatthew E May – @MatthewEMayMichael Graber – @SouthernGrowthMike Brown – @BrainzoomingMike Shipulski – @MikeShipulskiMukesh GuptaNick JainNick Partridge – @KnewNewNeuNicolas Bry – @NicoBryNicholas LongrichNorbert Majerus and George TanineczPamela SoinPatricia SalamonePaul Hobcraft – @Paul4innovatingPaul Sloane – @paulsloanePete Foley – @foley_peteRachel AudigeRalph Christian Ohr – @ralph_ohrRandy PenningtonRichard Haasnoot – @Innovate2GrowRobert B Tucker – @RobertBTuckerRobyn Bolton – @rm_boltonSaul Kaplan – @skap5Shep Hyken – @hykenShilpi KumarScott Anthony – @ScottDAnthonyScott Bowden – @scottbowden51Shelly Greenway – @ChiefDistillerSoren Kaplan – @SorenKaplanStefan Lindegaard – @LindegaardStephen Shapiro – @stephenshapiroSteve BlankSteven Forth – @StevenForthTamara Kleinberg – @LaunchStreetTeresa Spangler – @composerspangTom Koulopoulos – @TKspeaksTullio SiragusaYoram Solomon – @yoram
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We’re curious to see who you think is worth reading!
