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Collaborating for Innovation

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney
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The Innovators Studio podcast cover art: Collaborating for Innovation

Dateline: Washington D.C.

Segment 1: Collaboration for Innovation

  • Motivation for collaboration
  • Criteria for collaboration
  • Innovation challenge (innovation gap and innovation delay)
  • Strong ties -vs- weak ties
  • Vertical networks -vs- horizontal networks
  • Importance of social capital

Segment 2: Weak Signals – Using magazines as a source of inspirationArt

Tech/Science

Business/Strategy

BONUS (not mentioned in the podcast)

  • -Futurist Magazine (www.wfs.org) – published by the World Future Society

Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week

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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.


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