Killer Innovations
Summary: The purpose of this podcast is to remove the mystery about creativity, innovation, ingenuity and reveal that the creation of ideas is not a trick or gift but instead a skill. A skill that can be learned, a skill that can be practiced and a skill that can be mastered by anyone with any education level. In addition to being the CTO of Hewlett-Packard's (HP) Personal Systems Group, Phil McKinney is recognized, through his worldwide speaking engagements, blog (www.philmckinney.com) and weekly podcast (www.killerinnovations.com) as a leading authority on innovation and its impact on business, industries, economies and society. Ask Silicon Valley has tagged Phil with the title of Mr Innovation while The San Jose Mercury News dubbed him the Chief Seer. CIO Insight named Killer Innovations as a must listen podcast. Phil shares his experience and expertise in a practice he refers to as paying it forward. The content on his blog and podcast is made available under a Creative Commons License. Follow on twitter: @philmckinney
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Podcasts:
Based on Chapter 3 from Beyond The Obvious. How do you fight the corporate antibodies - those people who are the roadblocks to innovation.
Background on the how the book Beyond The Obvious came to be
Standard leadership skills are not enough. What are the unique innovation leadership skills needed to win in this highly competitive marketplace?
Doing the obvious means doing the same thing everyone else does which means your average. Average is not a winning strategy. How do you go beyond the obvious and do the unexpected ... do the extraordinary.
Best practices for innovation makes no sense. Best practices make everyone the same -- average. Innovation and creativity is about not being average. Its about standing out and doing something unexpected.
How to teach kids to be more creative so they will be competitive in emerging creative economy
Can you innovate education? This is the results of the grouping exercise from the Killer Innovation Workshop on education
Are you avoiding the trap of corporate entrainment?
The challenge for innovators is not to become discouraged. Those that can stick with it, win!
Don't become complacent with your innovation process. Innovate the way you innovate.
Phil interviews Robert Scoble (@scobleizer) talking about growing up in silicon valley, the early days of corporate blogging, the social network space and emerging trends (battles) that we should all keep an eye on.
A series of interviews with innovation thought leaders. In this interview with Bob Metcalfe, we discuss the inventing of Enternet, founding of 3COM, the role of industry standards, the future of networking, the real history of Metcalfe's law and energy.
A recording of a live speech on the topic of practical innovation skills - how to enhance your skills to compete in the coming creative economy
The is a series of interviews with innovation thought leaders. In this interview with Jim Sutton, we discuss the behind the scenes effort to bring to market the first touch PC back in 1983.
In this interview with Dave Watson from Ford and Steve Bishop from IDEO - they discuss the co-innovation project that resulted in a breakthrough innovation for the Ford Fusion..
