May 9th, 2012 
Rich Webb 
This post complements a previous one on differing roles in brainstorming. This time Braden Kelley has posted a great article at Innovation Excellence on the differing role people play in innovation. Stating his view, which I have come to hold in recent years, that all people are creative, we just express that creativity differently, Kelley reveals nine roles which he believes people excel at:
- Revolutionary – loves change and sharing ideas about change
- Conscript – lots of ideas, but doesn’t easily share them
- Connector – joins up and brings people together
- Artist – makes good ideas even better
- Customer champion – knows what the people ‘out there’ need
- Troubleshooter – overcomes problems in great ideas
- Judge – knows what will and won’t work
- Magic maker – makes ideas into reality
- Evangelist – helps others understand the idea and get on board
To learn more why not head over to the original article or even buy the book:
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