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The Role Of Innovation – What is the role of innovation in large enterprises?
Download KI_20060729.mp3 The Role Of Innovation This is a recording of a live speech at Sprint on the topic of the Role of Innovation. Why Innovation? Innovation yeilds a 30% return versus 8 to 10% for capital investments Value From Innovation (source: Harvard Business Review, October 2004) * 14%
Five Fears Of Innovators and External Innovation Networks
Download KI_20060716.mp3 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
Best Time To Innovate and Proactive Ways To Find Ideas
Download KI_20060703.mp3 Dateline: Atlanta, GA Segment 1: Best Time To Innovate * Use a log to track and find your most creative hours * If you are a Morning Person – 6:00AM to 8:00AM * Of you are a Night Owl – 10:00AM to noon Segment 2: Proactive Ways To
Overcoming Innovation Block and How To Prevent Innovation
Download KI_20060625.mp3 Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA Segment 1: Overcoming Innovation Block * Random word/picture * Sketch/Draw * Scan the Idea Folder * STOP — Let the unconscious take-over * Read/Watch/Do Something Different — Break the “habit” * Look at history Segment 2: How To Prevent Innovation 1. Hire employees looking for safety
Listening Skill and Rules Of Future Forecasting
Download KI_20060610.mp3 Segment 1: Listening Skills Listening is just, if not more important, than speaking. To re-learn the skill of listening, try these exercises. * Close your eyes and listen to the TV. What do you hear? What do you hear that you normally wouldn’t notice if
Observation Skills and Contradictions
Download KI_20060604.mp3 Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA Segment 1: Observations Skills (exercise) * Observe a man and a woman * Document everything they do (touch their hair, holding hands, reaching into their pockets) until you get to 20 items on your list * Look at the list and try to understand who they
Transition To The Creative Economy
Download KI_20060523.mp3 Dateline: Washington D.C. This is a ‘quick’ podcast containing the speech I gave last week. The topic was the transition from the knowledge/information economy to the creative economy. The audience was local political and business leaders from the Washington D.C. area. Note: This
Personal Barriers To Creativity
Download KI_20060430.mp3 Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA Segment 1: Personal Barriers To Creativity Segment 2: Keeping Up On The Reading Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
Return Of The Lone Inventor
Download KI_20060422.mp3 Dateline: Sacramento, CA Segment 1: The Return of the Lone Inventor Segment 2: Wicked Innovations Segment 3: Killer Question Of The Week
Importance of the Innovation Process
Download KI_20060410.mp3 Dateline: Sunnyvale, CA Segment 1: Importance of the Innovation Process * Align innovation strategy and corporate strategy – Make right bets – Manage the innovation pipeline with speed and efficiency – Recombine the organizational DNA to drive results Segment 2: Weak and Strong Trends Segment 3: Killer Question of the