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# Best Time To Innovate and Proactive Ways To Find Ideas
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/best-time-to-innovate-and-proactive-ways-to-find-ideas/
- Published: 2006-07-03T08:39:48.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T14:10:34.000Z
- Author: Phil McKinney
- Tags: Past Shows, Studio Sessions, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-26 05:08

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**Dateline: Atlanta, GA**

**Segment 1: Best Time To Innovate**

- Use a log to track and find your most creative hours
- If you are a Morning Person – 6:00AM to 8:00AM
- Of you are a Night Owl – 10:00AM to noon

**Segment 2: Proactive Ways To Find Ideas**

- Have regular sessions
- Use the dates as a driver for idea generation
- Each person presents under some constraint (time, # of slides, etc.)
- Clear understanding of the follow-up

**Segment 3: Killer Question Of The Week**

**Segment 4: Closing Thoughts**

> *"Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things."*

> Ray Bradbury