Killer Innovations
Summary: The purpose of this podcast is to remove the mystery about creativity, innovation, ingenuity and reveal that the creation of ideas is not a trick or gift but instead a skill. A skill that can be learned, a skill that can be practiced and a skill that can be mastered by anyone with any education level. In addition to being the CTO of Hewlett-Packard's (HP) Personal Systems Group, Phil McKinney is recognized, through his worldwide speaking engagements, blog (www.philmckinney.com) and weekly podcast (www.killerinnovations.com) as a leading authority on innovation and its impact on business, industries, economies and society. Ask Silicon Valley has tagged Phil with the title of Mr Innovation while The San Jose Mercury News dubbed him the Chief Seer. CIO Insight named Killer Innovations as a must listen podcast. Phil shares his experience and expertise in a practice he refers to as paying it forward. The content on his blog and podcast is made available under a Creative Commons License. Follow on twitter: @philmckinney
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Podcasts:
Innovation Law #4 - Patience. Innovation takes longer than you think.
Building a foundation of core attributes so that you can create a culture of innovation.
Highly successful companies credit their culture of innovation for their success. What kind of culture do you have?
Take on big innovation programs by building your innovation muscle. How? By growing your expertise and success from incremental innovation to emergent innovation to game-changing innovation.
Before starting work on an idea, validate that it addresses a problem customers have and that your innovation is the best solution to that problem.
Innovation Attitude - Check that you are convinced that you can innovate in your industry, you are willing to fight the self-doubt and that you are willing to get out of your innovation comfort zone
Market Timing of Innovation - How to know when the market is ready for your innovation so that you're not too early or too late.
The ability to pitch your idea is critical to your innovation success. Using the strategic storytelling approach is a great way to engage the listener into supporting your idea.
Based on the work I've been doing with large and small companies since my retirement, I've identified the 5 biggest risks to innovation. They are corporate anti-bodies, lack of patience, ambiguous process, unprotected resources and poorly defined BHAG.
The Laws of Innovation - These are the set of laws that are critical for innovation success. If you violate any one of them, the consequences can be disastrous.
Ideas are the currency in the new economy therefore you need tools to manage this valuable asset as part of your overall innovation strategy.
As part of the getting the innovation mix correct, recognizing that co-innovation is a unique and critical type of innovation is key
As part of the getting the innovation mix correct, innovation from mergers and acquisitions is an important but sometimes overused approach.
Organic innovation, the result of internal resources, is one of the three parts of a proper mix of innovation for every organization.
Defining and managing the innovation mix (organic, M and A and co-innovation) correctly can greatly improve the overall success of you innovation efforts.
