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Success comes from creating jaw dropping new products and not by restructuring the organization

It seems obvious, but it’s not. Many senior executives have the mistaken impression that what is needed is restructuring the organization in order to come up with that new killer product idea. Rather than focusing on structure, focus on creating and nurturing a corporate culture that invests in skil

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney
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It seems obvious, but it's not. Many senior executives have the mistaken impression that what is needed is restructuring the organization in order to come up with that new killer product idea.

Rather than focusing on structure, focus on creating and nurturing a corporate culture that invests in skills and then empowers the organization to create those killer innovations.

Success comes from creating jaw-dropping new products and not by restructuring the organization.

Phil McKinney

For those of you who have known me for a while, I'll leave it to guess when I uttered this quote.

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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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