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High Performance Innovation Teams

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney

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"
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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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