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# Creative Failure Methodology and Becoming An Innovation Evangelist
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/creative-failure-methodology-and-becoming-an-innovation-evangelist/
- Published: 2015-06-20T14:53:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-01T14:10:25.000Z
- Author: Phil McKinney
- Tags: Past Shows, Studio Sessions, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-03-26 05:08

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# Creative Failure Methodology

- When looking for ideas or creative solutions, we tend to ignore the unexpected — and as a result, we fail to take advantage of the creative opportunity
- BF Skimner: Whenever you are working on something and found somthing interesting, drop everything else and study it.

# Innovation Evangelist

Based on Betsy Weber’s post on being an official company evangalist …

- Be a power listener
- Be a “mentoring” teacher
- Be a people person
- Get your whole company on-board
- Get outside your organization
- Open the front door and create a network
- Have passion

# Closing Thoughts

*“Leadership is the art of getting others to want to do something you are convinced should be done”*

Vance Packard