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# High Performance Innovation Teams
- URL: https://www.philmckinney.com/high-performance-innovation-teams/
- Published: 2006-10-01T16:49:05.000Z
- 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: Saratoga, CA**

**Segment 1: High Performance Innovation Teams**

– Create a Bold Outrageous Goal (BOG) - Identify an Enemy - Freedom from the corporate hairball- Assign the "right" resources- The right team mix

- 1 Strong Visionary – the sole of the innovation being creating
- 1 "Radar O’Reilly" – they can fix any issue by working the system
- 1 or 2 Mavericks – the mad scientist types
- 1 Parent – providing "adult" supervision
- Handful of execution demons – they execute, execute, execute
- Bridge/Translators – interface to the rest of the organization

**Segment 2: Killer Question Of The Week**

**Segment 3: Closing Thought**

> *"The best leader is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it"*