Why do smart leaders consistently make terrible choices about breakthrough ideas? After 30 years making high-stakes innovation decisions—from co-founding and taking a company public to serving as HP's CTO and now leading CableLabs as CEO—I've decoded the decision-making patterns that separate breakthrough choices from costly mistakes.
But what really energizes me is helping others master strategic decision making. Whether through my Killer Innovations podcast (20+ million downloads since 2005), my YouTube channel, my book Beyond the Obvious, or my executive advisory work, I'm passionate about sharing decision frameworks and innovation leadership strategies that actually work under uncertainty.
I believe every leader can improve their business innovation decisions—you just need frameworks that account for how strategic choices actually get made, not how they should get made. That's why I created this space: to share real insights and proven decision-making tools that can transform how you approach breakthrough opportunities.
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The 50-Year Overnight Success: What Dr Bose Taught Me About Innovation Patience
How deliberately slowing down in a world obsessed with speed transformed my approach to breakthrough innovation decisions
How HP and Fossil Handed Apple the Smartwatch Market
The inside story of vision without execution: why being right about the future means nothing without the courage to act on breakthrough insights
The $200M Gut Check That Taught Me Intuition Isn't Magic
What looks like instinct is actually practical thinking skills in disguise. Here is the three-step framework that makes it reliable.
The Secret of Top Innovation Leaders: They Think Like Philosophers
The Philosophy of Innovation Journal: 210 questions for innovation leaders who want breakthrough thinking, not just methods. Early access available.
The Day I Wrote Off Twitter (Before It Was Twitter)
How watching a "dead" company pivot taught me everything about dismissing breakthrough ideas
I Convinced HP's Board to Buy Palm for $1.2B. Then I Watched Them Kill It in 49 Days.
Why smart executives consistently destroy breakthrough technology. The HP Palm WebOS autopsy reveals predictable thinking patterns behind billion-dollar failures.
The Parenting Decision That Will Define Your Child's Future
From Silicon Valley to homeschool to grandparent: the framework that's guided our family through decades of technology adoption decisions.
Why We Have Fewer Friends Than Our Grandparents (And It's Not What You Think)
Our drive for efficiency destroyed the "inefficient" moments where real relationships form—and we're paying the price in unprecedented isolation.
