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5 Biggest Risks To Innovation

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney
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5 Biggest Risks To Innovation

5 Biggest Risks To Innovation

Its been my experience that large and small companies suffer from a common set of risks to their innovation efforts.  These risks are independent of size, industry, longevity or geography. In thispodcast, I present what is needed from executive leadership to remove the risks and what realistically can an innovation leader inside an organization do to succeed when faced with them.

The 5 biggest risks to innovation inside organizations are:

  1. Corporate anti-bodies
  2. Lack of patience
  3. Ambiguous process
  4. Unprotected resources
  5. Poorly defined BHAG.
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Phil McKinney is an innovator, podcaster, author, and speaker. He is the retired CTO of HP. Phil's book, Beyond The Obvious, shares his expertise and lessons learned on innovation and creativity.

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