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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.

Bill Geiser On The Innovation Of Wearables

Bill Geiser is a smartwatch pioneer with 20+ years focus on wearables & smartwatch innovation. He is a serial entrepreneur / intrapreneur with a talent for identifying lucrative, market opportunities and the ability to harvest them evidenced by the fact that he founded two technology start ups acquired by publicly-traded

MetaWatch CEO

Bryan Kramer - Author of Shareology

Bryan Kramer is one of the world’s foremost leaders in the art and science of sharing, and has been credited with instigating the #H2H human business movement in marketing and social. With over 300K social fans and followers, and an intimate understanding of the intricacies and interworking of both

Bryan Kramer

Does neural diversity hiring impact your innovation success? S11 Ep22

Download Neural_Diversity_Hiring_for_Innovation_S11_Ep22.mp3 When I look back over my career and reflect about all of the people I’ve crossed paths with such as former bosses, former team members and former members of my innovation teams -- the one of the key characteristics was breadth

Neural Diversity Hiring Helps Innovation

Tara Roehl - Neural Diversity and Autism - The Impact on Creativity and Innovation

Tara was the guest on the Aug 23rd Killer Innovations radio show. Topic: Neural Diversity and Autism - The Impact on Creativity and Innovation Bio: Tara Roehl is a nationally certified speech-language pathologist. She owns Speechy Keen Speech Therapy, a telepractice-based private practice in Colorado focusing on the social/

Tara Roehl - Speech Language Pathologist

Do we have what it takes to innovate the education system? S11 Ep21

Download Innovating_the_Education_System_S11_Ep21.mp3 It is always the start that requires the greatest effort. ~ J.C. Penney Many believe we are facing one of our largest and most important challenges - the education system. We are transitioning from an information and knowledge economy to that of the

fixing education

Why is Slack Time So Important to Innovation?

In the modern workplace, it seems time is one of the most precious commodities – and getting scarcer by the day. Employees are encouraged to work from the moment they sit down at their desks until the moment they clock out, with minimal breaks in between. Sometimes, even bathroom breaks and opportun

free time to think create and innovate

What is the impact of innovation investment on stock price?

Download Innovation_Metrics_and_Stock_Price_S11_Ep20.mp3 “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win, and expect to win.” ~ Zig Zigler Some believe that innovation is not something that you can manage much less measure. I don'

What is the impact of innovation investment on stock price?

Peter Guber on Stories, Storytelling and How To Select Business Partners

Peter Guber is Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber's most recent films from Mandalay Entertainment include The Kids Are All Right, Soul Surfer, and Bernie. He has also produced Batman, The Witches of Eastwick, and Flashdance. His films have earned over $3 billion worldwide and numerous Academy

Peter Guber

Does being like Steve Jobs and being harsh with your staff get you better performance?

The late Steve Jobs was the visionary who took Apple from the office desktop to the user’s back pocket. His reputation on stage was as a hard-charging, success-driven leader, and his audience responded with cheers and fist pumps as customers flocked to buy his latest brainchild. What was his secret

Steve Jobs Harsh Boss Better Performance

Pinocchio with a PhD: An Appeal for Ethical Innovation

In recent years, a growing number of innovators has falsified or fabricated their ideas and their work in order to gain prestige and undeserved credibility. Furthermore, instead of this scandal being the work of a few innovators led astray, it seems that the issue of unethical behavior in research i

Pinocchio with a PhD: An Appeal for Ethical Innovation