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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.

Toys That Help Nurture And Encourage Creative Kids S11 Ep36

Download The_Israeli_Startup_Community_-_Modular_Toys.mp3 In this weeks episode, we take a look at toys that help our kids to discover their own creative ability. With the emerging creative economy, creativity is quickly becoming a foundational skill that everyone will need to have to succeed and where

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Interview with Dan Prosser

Dan Prosser, as CEO of The Prosser Group, has over 40 years of experience as an entrepreneur CEO, speaker, teacher and mentor, coaching business leaders, entrepreneurs and micropreneurs to cultivate an uncommon approach to building an extraordinary competitive edge. Dan is the author of the Amazon Best-Seller for multiple

Dan Prosser Author of Thirteeners

What is the biggest innovation challenge organizations face?

Download Ask_Phil_Anything_-_Listener_Questions_S11_Ep35.mp3 In the innovation game, finding and engaging in a community of innovators where you can get your questions answered is important. Otherwise, you face your biggest innovation challenge alone. This weeks show centered around the answers to the most common listener

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Innovation in America: How the Government Helps and Hurts

Formerly a global hotbed of innovation, the United States in recent years and decades has regressed back to the mean as several other countries are catching up. In a previous post, I’ve examined the role our education system plays in hampering (and helping) innovation. But what role does our governm

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Interview with Matt Bross

Matt Bross is the former Global Chief Technology Officer of Huawei, British Telecom and is a well known industry visionary who is passionate about harnessing new technologies and driving service innovations that improve and transform the ability of people to communicate. Matt has a strong track record of understanding key

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Why Do 87 Percent of Companies Fail To Execute Their Strategy? S11 Ep34

Download Why_Do_87_Percent_of_Companies_Fail_To_Execute_Their_Strategy__S11_Ep34.mp3 Why are some companies more successful than others? Why Do Only 13 Percent of Companies Successfully Execute Their Strategy? What are the 87 doing wrong? Topics in the show include: * Why conversations control everything in

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Fighting The Innovation Straitjacket: Innovating Inside Large Organizations S11 Ep33

Download Fighting_The_Innovation_Straightjacket_S11_Ep33.mp3 Innovating inside large organizations can be challenging in the best of circumstances. So how do you go about getting leaders inside of established large companies and organizations get it when it comes to creativity and innovation and be successful? How do you

Innovating inside large organizations is like having am Innovation Straitjacket

200 Years of Great Ideas and Hard Work Led To the Overnight Success of Your Smartphone

As I discussed in a previous post, the basic components of success are the idea, hard work, timing, and maybe a little bit of luck. Here, we’ll look at how that formula worked to create the massive success of the modern cell phone. Success As you walk down the street in any major city in […]

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Inventing Unique Broadband Solutions For Emerging Countries

Download Innovating_Broadband_In_Developing_Countries_S11_Ep32.mp3 Innovation can truly change the world but only if the world can access them. One key innovation is broadband. This week, we dive into a new innovation that is bringing mobile broadband access to the rural and developing countries.  We cover

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Interview with Dr Vanu Bose of Vanu Inc

Dr. Vanu Bose, Ph.D., is the Founder of Vanu Inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and President. Dr. Bose is the principal inventor of the software radio technology that serves as the basis of Vanu Inc.'s products. He also serves on the Board of Directors

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