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Five Fears Of Innovators and External Innovation Networks

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney
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Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA

Segment 1: 5 Fears of Innovators: When we come up with a new ideas, we have to face down the fears and doubts that will talk us out of making the idea real. Ideas without execution are a hobby.

  1. Someone has already done it
  2. Once executed, my ideas never turn out as good as I dreamed it
  3. I’ve never done this before …. I don’t know enough …. I don’t have all of the answers
  4. My BLANK (family, friends, co-workers, etc) will think I’m crazy
  5. Someone will steal my idea – so I can’t talk about it

Segment 2: External Innovation: Networks: There are a number of sources of ideas and innovations that you can use.  Don’t depend on one but instead build out a broad network of idea and innovation sources.

  • Venture Capitalists
  • Angel Investors
  • Other Companies
  • Universities
  • Government
  • Industry Groups
  • Individual Inventors

Segment 3: Killer Question

Closing Thoughts:

“To Be truly creative, you have to work beyond what you know.  Pushing the envelope is what being creative is all about”
John Ferrie
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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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