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Innovation Gravity

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney

Dateline:  Hong Kong

Segment 1: Innovation Gravity

- Ingnore past success - Create new challenges for yourself and your team.  Don’t accept the "same as last time" objectives
- Consider taking an extended break - Swith to something you know nothing about (new job, new responsibility, new company)

Segment 2: Killer Question of the Week

What assumptions am I making on what is achievable for this project?

Segment 3: Closing Thoughts

"Creativity can solve any problem.  The creative act, the defeat of habit by originality, overcomes everything"
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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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