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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.

An Innovative Parking Solution That Predicts Where You Can Park S13 Ep46

Download An_Innovative_Parking_Solution_That_Predicts_Where_You_Can_Park_S13_Ep46.mp3 Have you ever circled around a busy city block searching for parking? You know how frustrating it can be. If you run a business that depends on drivers finding a parking space, parking becomes mission critical.

Innovative Parking

The Killer Question Mentality

One of the most interesting aspects of how Kroger uses the Killer Questions is that they’ve worked to implement a Killer Question mentality. The employees understand that a Killer Question is about learning/seeing/considering something you wouldn’t have learned/seen/considered otherwise. They incorp

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Non-Obvious Innovation From Unexpected Places Like Paducah Kentucky S13 Ep45

Download Non-Obvious_Innovation_From_Unexpected_Places_Like_Paducah_Kentucky_S13_Ep45.mp3 Innovation is not something restricted to Silicon Valley or other Silicon Valley like location (e.g. Austin, Boston, etc). Innovation can happen anywhere. If you are willing to invest some time and little effort, you can find

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What Is Hot and Not For Innovations at CES 2018

Each year for the last decade or so, we put together a list of what will be the hot innovations for the coming year. This year, I’ve included what I think will be the innovations that will be over-hyped in 2018. so – here is my view of what will hot and not for innovations […]

Innovations at CES

Customizing Beyond The Obvious

I don’t know what your needs are. I don’t know what drove you to pick up Beyond The Obvious, read it, and (hopefully) work through the exercises. It’s possible you weren’t completely sure of your needs at the beginning of the book either. However, you should now have a sense of how you can use […]

Beyond The Obvious

4 Reasons Every CEO Needs An Innovation Coach S13 Ep44

Download 4_Reasons_Every_CEO_Needs_An_Innovation_Coach_S13_Ep44.mp3 Lets face it. Innovation is hard work and requires leadership support if an organization is going to be successful at it. Thus every CEO needs an innovation coach who can come alongside and help the CEO achieve innovation

CEO Needs An Innovation Coach

4 Signs Your Organization Is Headed Toward Innovation Collapse S13 Ep43

Download 4_Signs_Your_Organization_Is_Headed_Toward_Innovation_Collapse_S13_Ep43.mp3 To some organizations, starting an innovation effort seems easy. Just hire some consultants, host a few all-hands meetings and then decree that the organization is embracing innovation. Sustaining innovation over time is incredibly hard. Without a

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The Untold Stories of DARPA - The Government Agency That Changed The World S13 Ep42

Download The_Untold_Stories_of_DARPA_-_The_Government_Agency_That_Changed_The_World_S13_Ep42.mp3 While many are familiar with the story of how DARPA (actually it was its predecessor ARPA) invented the internet. What few are familiar with is the untold stories of of DARPA and how its

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Questions and Scoring Answers

The Five Questions Score your answers to each of the first three questions from 0 to 5. A 0 means that the idea being considered doesn’t move the needle on this question (or, in other words, is a no-go for the time being), while a 5 is a resounding yes. You should ask these five […]

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Innovation At Scale: The Role Of Infrastructure S13 Ep41

Download Innovation_At_Scale_The_Role_Of_Infrastructure_S13_Ep41.mp3 To invent and deliver innovation at scale, infrastructure can quickly become the roadblock that will turn a great idea in to nightmare. For those of us who have been on Twitter for any amount of time, how can we

Innovation At Scale