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Igniting Personal Creativity
In my book Beyond the Obvious, I discuss the power of questions to spark innovation in a business or industry. If you’ve read the the book, you know…
Core Attributes For An Innovation Culture
The key foundation for an innovation culture is what I call the “core attributes”. Core attributes are those attributes the organization holds which form the foundation…
On NBC Discussing How Companies Can Be More Innovative (video)
Yesterday, I recorded two segments for NBC’s Press:Here that will appear on Sunday, April 8th @ 9:00AM in SFO and then later on cable in New…
Video of the book launch event at the Computer History Museum
Last Thursday I had the great pleasure of being the guest of John Hollar at the Computer History Museum for an hour-long discussion on Beyond the…
10 Quotes From Bill Hewlett and David Packard That Every Executive Should Read
Below are 10 quotes from Bill Hewlett and David Packard that I use as a periodic kick in the pants.
1. The greatest success goes…
The 7 Immutable Laws of Innovation – Follow them or risk the consequences
Over the years of being in the innovation space, I’ve discovered a set of laws by trial and error. Needless to say, I have the…
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Do You Have A Culture Of Innovation?
Culture of Innovation
Culture is one of those things that is hard to quantify. When I ask executives about their culture, they are confident that…
4 Steps To Grow Your Innovation Skills
When posed with a major (big) innovation effort, why do some people freeze? Is it the size that intimidates them? Yes in a way. But…
CEO Retreat, Silicon Valley
An invitation only event hosted by Phil McKinney.
A two-day event that brings together CEO’s from across a wide range of technologies and industries. The…
Students looking for innovation experience? Then be a summer intern – CableLabs style.
Its that time of year where I start to get the emails asking about possible intern opportunities for those interesting in learning all they can…
Beyond The Obvious is named Top 10 Business Book …. in Austria!
Yesterday I got an email from my publisher (Hyperion) with an attachment When I opened the attachment, I saw that Beyond The Obvious had been named…
Help me give $20,000 to charity
I need your help to give away $20,000 before December 31st.
As I look back on my career, there is no way I can pay…
If you want to be innovative, it helps to be a little bit ‘different.’
The upcoming issue of The World Financial Review has reprinted Chapter 1 from my book Beyond The Obvious titled “Why Questions Matter?”.
The core message of the…
A unique twist on the ‘what’s half of thirteen’ question for photographers
I came across today’s post over at Canon Blogger about my book and how he took a unique twist of my “what’s half of thirteen” question…
1 year later and finally delivering that keynote at Linuxcon
A year ago I was supposed to deliver a keynote at Linuxcon but had to send a replacement as I was still out on medical…
}getabstract has just released a five-page summary of Beyond the Obvious
The }getabstract for Beyond The Obvious has been released. In the nutshell, they summarize the book down to:
{ A method to the madness of innovation…
Joining CableLabs as the President and CEO
It was announced earlier today that I will be joining CableLabs as the next President and CEO effective June 1. The press release is below.…
If You’re A Social Entrepreneur Then Join Me At Sea
Yes — I’m going to sea in 2013. I’ve been asked to extend my mentorship of entrepreneurs beyond the Unreasonable Institute to the new effort - Unreasonable at…
New Translation of Beyond The Obvious
Before the launch of the book, foreign language translations of Beyond The Obvious were negotiated with publishers in Russia, China, Japan and Brazil.
Yesterday I…
Podcast: Interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee
Sir Tim Berners-Lee
This weeks podcast is an interview with Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the world wide web, that occurred during the recent Web…
Goodbye HP
Earlier today, I announced that I will be retiring from HP.
This is not the traditional retirement. I’m not planning on spending my days playing…
11 Simple Rules For Getting Along With Others
One of the challenges for creating a culture of innovation within an organization is the ability to get along with others. Innovation is about constant…
The 7 Immutable Laws of Innovation – Follow them or risk the consequences
Over the years of being in the innovation space, I’ve discovered a set of laws by trial and error. Needless to say, I have the…
10 Quotes From Bill Hewlett and David Packard That Every Executive Should Read
Below are 10 quotes from Bill Hewlett and David Packard that I use as a periodic kick in the pants.
1. The greatest success goes…
4 Steps To Grow Your Innovation Skills
When posed with a major (big) innovation effort, why do some people freeze? Is it the size that intimidates them? Yes in a way. But…
Do You Have A Culture Of Innovation?
Culture of Innovation
Culture is one of those things that is hard to quantify. When I ask executives about their culture, they are confident that…
3 Mistakes Kodak Made In Their Innovation Strategy
With this morning’s announcement that Kodak would seek bankruptcy protection, I reflected back on how and why it reached this point. In my opinion, Kodak…
Joining CableLabs as the President and CEO
It was announced earlier today that I will be joining CableLabs as the next President and CEO effective June 1. The press release is below.…
Core Attributes For An Innovation Culture
The key foundation for an innovation culture is what I call the “core attributes”. Core attributes are those attributes the organization holds which form the foundation…







