Posts Tagged ‘innovation’

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    The “Creating Killer Innovations” CD Is Finally Here!
    The long awaited Creating Killer Innovations CD is finally here!  The CD has been two years in the making and I’m sure that many of you had given up that it would ever become a reality.  To “thank you” for you patience, I’ve arranged for a $5.00 discount on the CD for listeners of the podcast.  See how to take advantage of it below. Creating...
    by philmckinney at February 22nd, 2010 at 08:02 am
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    CIO’s Role In Innovation – Stirring Up Creativity At The Core (Video)
    Many believe that the CIO’s role is to keep the IT “lights” on.  Given the I’m a former CIO, I understand and appreciate the challenges of the CIO job.  Below is the link to a video of some of my thoughts on how IT and the CIO can play a key role in driving the innovation agenda within their organization. Forbes.com video: CIO’s Lead In...
    by philmckinney at February 17th, 2010 at 09:02 am
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    Sundance and 3D (Updated with video)
    With all of the excitement around 3D (Avatar, UP, Monsters Versus Aliens, etc) , the key driver for the future success of the media is in expanding the development of good 3D content.  Because of the newness of the media, there is  the need to share the lessons learned, techniques and technologies to help content creators.  So the members of the loosely organized...
    by philmckinney at January 24th, 2010 at 11:01 am
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    What is the role of government to encourage small business innovation?
    Since the beginning of time, it’s been entrepreneurs that drive the creation of innovation.  True breakthroughs have been the result of an individual or small team who had an idea and the determination to see it through to fruition.  In many cases, ignoring the advice of friends and the lack of what many would call standard market research/validation.   While...
    by philmckinney at January 4th, 2010 at 08:01 am
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    Podcast: Ford And Ideo on Co-Innovation
    Update 1/24/2010: Full transcript now available This podcast is made possible by support from thenextbench.com and the Heritage of Innovation interview series. This weeks interview is with Dave Watson from Ford and Steve Bishop from IDEO discussing their co-innovation project on the Ford Fusion.  The collaboration resulted in the development of the next generation...
    by philmckinney at December 17th, 2009 at 09:12 am
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    US vs China Parents – What skills do children need to be innovative?
    During a recent meeting I attended with educators and government officials, I shared my frustration with the “output” of the current educational system.   In my opinion, the system is optimized to produce graduates with deep technical skills and the ability to take tests.  One competency that I see missing is the ability to apply creative problem solving...
    by philmckinney at December 14th, 2009 at 08:12 am
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    Review of “HP Phenomenon – Innovation and Business Transformation”
    The long anticipated release of Chuck House’s book on HP (HP Phenomenon - Innovation and Business Transformation) has finally arrived and Chuck was so kind as to send me a copy.   At 638 pages, it is the most complete look at the story behind what became HP.   Chuck doesn’t just tell what worked, but also describes in details what didn’t work and...
    by philmckinney at December 12th, 2009 at 10:12 am
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    Podcast: Interview with 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 2.0 conference in San Francisco.  The interview covered a wide range of topics including: The spark that pushed him to create the web The early challenges that almost caused the web not to happen The roles of CEO’s to support the...
    by philmckinney at December 10th, 2009 at 09:12 am
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    Slides From The Keynote At The Open Innovation Summit
    Below are the slides I used during my keynote this morning at the Open Innovation Summit in Orlando.  The topic was “How to Win In The Creative Economy” and touched on: The transtion we are experiencing from the knowledge economy to the creative economy The challenges of innovation (corporate anti-bodies, educational systems, etc) The way to unlock your...
    by philmckinney at December 3rd, 2009 at 03:12 pm