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Phil McKinney

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.

London Interviews – Future Predictions

A few weeks back, I was in London for press interviews and customer meetings. The press interviews were with The Daily Telegraph, The Inquirer, Computing, Reuters and a podcast with The Guardian.

London Interviews – Future Predictions

Chuck House - former HP executive and inventor of the Moon Monitor

Chuck House is co-author with Raymond Price, of THE HP PHENOMENON: INNOVATION and BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION (2009, Stanford University Press). He is Exec Director of InnovaScapes Institute, which published his memoir of HP Colorado Springs, PERMISSION DENIED, in 2013. House, Chancellor Emeritus of Cogswell Polytechnical College, was also executive director

Chuck House at TEDx

Interview with Chuck House

Download KI_20091025_Interview_With_Chuck_House.mp3 n this episode of the Killer Innovations podcast I interview Chuck House. Chuck is one of those individuals whose impact we’ve all felt but didn’t immediately realize. With the recent anniversary of Neil Armstrong stepping on the moon, Chuck turned

Interview with Chuck House

Yes, I am a Eagle Scout (Forbes video) . . .

During a previous interview session I did with Kym McNicholas at Forbes, I mentioned that we had to be done at a specific time as I had to take my Boy Scout Troop on a campout that weekend.

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Interview with Geoffrey Moore Part 2 of 2

Download KI_20090825_Interview_With_Geoffrey_Moore_Part_2.mp3 As part of the continuing set of interviews with innovation thought leaders, this week’s podcast is part 2 of a 2 part interview with Geoffrey Moore. As with any interview, I came in with a set of planned topics

Interview with Geoffrey Moore Part 2 of 2

100 Best Small Business Podcast List ….

Killer Innovations Podcast has been selected as one of the 2009 Best Small Biz Podcast … Thanks for the recognition. Its is appreciated.

100 Best Small Business Podcast List ….

Geoffrey Moore - Author of 'Crossing The Chasm'

Download KI_20090825_Interview_With_Geoffrey_Moore_Part_2.mp3 Geoffrey Moore is an author, speaker, and advisor who splits his consulting time between start-up companies in the Mohr Davidow portfolio and established high-tech enterprises, most recently including Salesforce, Microsoft, Intel, Box, Aruba, Cognizant, and Rackspace. Moore’s

Crossing The Chasm

Interview with Geoffrey Moore Part 1 of 2

Download KI_20090817_Interview_With_Geoffrey_Moore_Part_1.mp3 As part of the continuing set of interviews with innovation thought leaders, this weeks podcast is part 1 of a 2 part interview with Geoffrey Moore. Geoffrey is the author of Crossing the Chasm, Inside the Tornado, The Gorilla Game

Interview with Geoffrey Moore Part 1 of 2

Art Fong - Hewlett-Packard Employee #9

Download KI_20090802.mp3 Here is an interesting question. If Microwave Engineer Art Fong had decided to turn down Bill Hewlett's job offer back in 1945, how would the Hewlett Packard product line of microwave signal generators, bridges, and a long line of spectrum analyzers be different today?

Art Fong - Hewlett-Packard Employee #9

Interview With Art Fong

Download KI_20090802.mp3 In next in the series of interviews with creators of killer innovations, Phil interviews Art Fong. Art was part of the team that invented microwave during WWII, helped develop FM radio and then joined HP when it was still a small start-up. He went on

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