Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney (podcasts)
Step into the world of relentless creativity with the Killer Innovations Podcast, hosted by Phil McKinney. Since 2005, it has carved its niche in history as the longest-running podcast. Join the community of innovators, designers, creatives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries who are constantly pushing boundaries and challenging the status quo. Discover the power of thinking differently and taking risks to achieve success. The podcast covers a wide range of topics, including innovation, technology, business, leadership, creativity, design, and more. Every episode is not just talk; it's about taking action and implementing strategies that can help you become a successful innovator. Each episode provides practical tips, real-life examples, and thought-provoking insights that will challenge your thinking and inspire you to unleash your creativity. The podcast archive: KillerInnovations.com About Phil McKinney: Phil McKinney, CTO of HP (ret) and CEO of CableLabs, has been credited with forming and leading multiple teams that FastCompany and BusinessWeek list as one of the “50 Most Innovative”. His recognition includes Vanity Fair naming him “The Innovation Guru,” MSNBC and Fox Business calling him "The Gadget Guy," and the San Jose Mercury News dubbing him the "chief seer."

For many innovators, making a splash through social media is the subject of long thought and a lot of trial and error. On the other hand, innovators like Elon Musk tend to have the Midas touch when it comes to combining innovation and social media.

It is amazing how much can be learned about an innovator’s style and thought processes from the confines of Twitter, so I’ve put together my personal list of 12 principles of innovation Elon Musk displays in 140 characters or less.

Download to the Killer Innovations Podcast12 Tips on Innovation from Elon Musk’s Twitter Feed S11 Ep6

You can help defray the cost to produce and stream the show by visiting the “Support The Podcast” page at shop.philmckinney.com

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Podcast:  Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams

 Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams

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Podcast: Changing Perspective

Segment 1: Changing Perspective for better innocations

Segment 2: Why is the Killer Innovation approach better?

 

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Podcast: Observations Skills For more information on creativity, innovation and this podcast, please visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Podcast: Creative Economy - Recorded LIVE Change is something we may try to stop but never will.  From the agriculture economy to the manufacturing economy to the knowledge/information economy to that of the creative economy … where wealth creation is dependent upon the capacity of a nation to continually create ideas.  In short, a nation without a vibrant creative labor force does not possess the knowledge base to succeed in the creative economy, and must depend on ideas produced elsewhere.

The creative economy is a new a world in which people work with their brains instead of their hands.   A world in which innovation is more important than mass production.  A world in which investment buys new concepts or the means to create them, rather than new machines.

In this new world … ideas are the new global currency ...

Visit www.killerinnovations.com to download the PPT's used during this speech.

 

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Podcast: Making The Innovation Pitch For show notes, visit the www.killerinnovations.com
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Podcast: Creating White Space Innovations For show notes, visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Podcast: Tools and Tricks to Break Creativity Block Visit www.killerinnovations.com for show notes
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Podcast: India China And The Creative Economy For show notes, visit Killer Innovations
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Podcast: 10 Infrastructure Requirements For The Creative Economy
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Podcast: High Performance Innovation Teams For show notes, visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Podcast: Innovation Economy Speech at Reuters Show notes at www.killerinnovations.com
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Podcast: The Role Of Innovation For show notes, visit http://www.techtrend.com/blog/2006/07/podcast_the_role_of_innovation.html


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Overcoming Innovation Block and How To Prevent Innovation Visit www.killerinnovations.com for show notes
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Listening Skills and Rules For Future Forecasting Visit www.killerinnovations.com for show notes
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Observation Skills and Contradictions For show notes, visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Podcast: Transtion to the Creative Economy  For show notes, please visit the www.killerinnovations.com
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Podcast: Return Of The Lone Inventor For show notes, please visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Outcome Driven Innovation and Innovation Budgets Visit www.killerinnovations.com for show notes
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da Vinci Method and Outcome Based Innovation Visit www.killerinnovations.com for show notes
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Productivity from Innovation and Innovation Education Visit: www.killerinnovations.com for show notes
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Dateline: Cupertino, CA Segment 1: Innovation Rules 1) The same problem & solutions occur again & again 2) Strongest innovations identify & eliminate conflicts (problems/needs) 3) Technology trends are predictable 4) Complexity leads to failure in the market Segment 2: Virtual Anthropology Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week For more information, please visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Creating a Pipeline of Innovation Ideas - Listener contribution: Kevin Williams of the Middle Management Lobotomy Podcast (http://mmlpodcast.libsyn.com/) Segment 2: Weak Signal - Tryvertising Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week For more information, please visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Cupertino, CA and Albuquerque, NM Segment 1: Cost Benefit Analysis - What are the 'costs' for using your product/service? - What are the 'benefits' to your user? - Validate by observation Segment 2: Observations from Listeners - What 'jar' have you put yourself in? Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week Segment 4: Listener Question For more information, visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Washington, D.C. Segment 1: Futurecasting - Define a future - Document it (competitors, customers, industries, governments, etc.) - Link it back to the 'current' - Define the alternative paths to get to this future - Challenge yourself on what you would do different today Segment 2: Weak Signal - India (Listener Contribution) from Rushikesh Kulkarni Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week (Listener Contribution) from Allister Keast For more information, visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Houston, TX Segment 1: Team Diversity From Tom Kelly's new book - "The Ten Faces of Innovations" - The Anthropologist - The Experimenter - The Cross-Pollinator - The Hurdler - The Collaborator - The Director - The Experience Architect - The Set Designer - The Sotryteller - The Caregiver Some additional diversity that I've found creative ...... - The Poet - The "...but" person - The "wild one" - The "young one" - The "grey wisdom" Segement 2: Email comments & questions Segment 3: Killer Questions of the Week For more information, please visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: London, UK Segment 1: Innovation Timing - Price Timing - Adoption Timing - Displacement Timing - Zero Price Timing Segment 2: Weak Signals - Rich Media Shopping Experience Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
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Dateline: Palo Alto, CA Segment 1: Innovation Mentoring - Early career mentor - Pay it forward Segment 2: Weak Signals - Minipreneurs - Ebay - Multi-level marketing Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week For more information, please visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Miami, FL and Palo Alto, CA Segment 1: Stealth Innovations (hiding under management radar) - Go quiet until you have momentum - If possible secure a passionate customer - Trust your gut Segment 2: Weak Signals -- using "top 10 trend" lists to identify opportunities Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week For more information, please visit: www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Palo Alto, CA via New Orleans Segment 1: Katrina Innovations - McGyver Effect - Crisis as a catalyst for innovations Segment 2: N/A Segment 3: Killer Questions of the Week - Reverse Killer Questions For more information, visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Half Moon Bay, CA Segment 1: Overcoming Your Idea Critics Segment 2: The Conceptual Age Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week For more information, please visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Palo Alto, CA Segment 1: Building on the innovations of others Segment 2: Weak Signal - Micro-selling Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week Visit www.killerinnovations.com for more information
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Dateline: Amsterdam Segment 1: Using ethnography to identify ideas from your customers - Develop holistic view of the customer needs (e.g. transportation) - Expose and record "tribal knowledge" (things that people do automatically) - Identify customer frustrations and areas or less than optimal efficiency. Segment 2: Weak Signals - Life Caching Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week Visit www.killerinnovations.com for more information ......
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Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Creating an Innovation Culture Segment 2: Example Killer Innovation - Hint: Cheaper by the dozen Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week Visit www.killerinnovations.com for more information about the show ....
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Along with many in the podcasting community, we've recorded a PSA (Public Service Announcement) to help raise funds for the relief effort. Rather than do the traditional Red Cross PSA, I created one for a charity organization that I'm personally involved with ... and one that I'm confident is providing relief to the area. Please take a listen to the PSA and feel free to forward to other podcasters or media outlets who could help get the message out.
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Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Fast Prototyping - fast (hours, days) versus rapid (weeks, months) - Fast prototypes are not functional - Focus on early and quick customer feedback - Fast prototypes are built by the inventors and not 'model' builders Segment 2: Example of a Killer Innovation Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week Visit www.killerinnovations.com for the link to this podcast and the entire archive of previous shows.
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Dateline: Washington D.C. (on my way to San Francisco and LA) Topic: Biomimicry - The use of biology as a source for ideas and innovations This podcast diverges from the standard format and shares an interview with Janine Benys, author of "Biomimicry: Innovations Inspired by Nature". This interview was provided by: Massive Change Radio (www.massivechange.com), CIUT 89.5 FM (www.ciut.fm) and Jennifer Leonard (www.renegademedia.info) in discussion with Janine Benyus. Link to the full interview with Janine Benys - www.renegademedia.info/media/radio-mp3/Janine_Benyus.mp3
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Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Emergent Innovations Basic characteristics ... - Culture of experimentation/risk taking - Self organizing knowledge systems (e.g. Wiki, Blogs, Communities) - Strong network of relationships - Multiple skills (diversity) - Flexible team structures - Simple rules (min specification, diffusion of authority, widespread availability of info) - Minimize boundries Emergent Innovation example: http://www.mumbai-central.com/specials/tiffin.html Segment 2: Weak Signals - Using stats ... - Trends in management -vs- population trends Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week HOMEWORK ASIGNMENT!!!: Send an email to podcast@killerinnovations.com that describes: - How have you used the information from the podcasts? - What (if any) has been the inpact? For more information ... visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Innovation Success Rate Business Week August 1stlist of innovation success rate http://images.businessweek.com/ss/05/07/toolbox/index_01.htm Segment 2: Applying Killer Innovations Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week Visit www.killerinnovations.com for more information .....
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Dateline: Washington D.C. Segement 1: Collaboration for Innovation - Motivation for collaboration - Criteria for collaboration - Innovation challenge (innovation gap and innovation delay) - Strong ties -vs- weak ties - Vertical networks -vs- horizontal networks - Importance of 'social capital' Segment 2: Weak Signals - Using magazines as a source Visit www.killerinnovations.com to see the list of magazines discussed. Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
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Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Financial Criteria for Killer Innovations - Provide access to signiicant revenue pools (> $1B USD) - Cash flow positive at $25 to $30M USD - EBITDA positive beyond $50M USD - Consistant gross margin from $100M to +$1B USD Segement 2: Example of applying Killer Questions Segement 3: Killer Question of the Week Visit www.killerinnovations.com for more information .....
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Segment 1: Storytelling Segment 2: Weak Signals Segment 3: Killer Question of the week
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Dateline: Washington, D.C. Segement 1: Measuring Structured Innovation - # of ideas - # of proof of concepts - # of customer tials - # reaching commercial launch - revenue within 90 and 180 days of launch - % of revenue from "new" products/services (within the doubling rule for the industry) - % of margin from "new" products/services (within the doubling rule for the industry) Segment 2: Applying Killer Questions The story of Alonzo and Duncan and how they went from a single idea into creating a multi-billion dollar enterprise. Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
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Dateline: Toronto, Canada Segment 1: Structured Innovation Process - Part #2 http://libsyn.com/media/philmckinney/Innovation_Gate_Mile_Stone_Chart_ver1.pdf PDF version of the Gate Milestone Innovation Map Gate Milestone Process Map http://www.techtrendgroup.net/community/viewforum.php?f=3 Killer Innovation Community link to a Visio version of the Gate Milestone Innovation Process map (This is a test site ....) Segment 2: Innovation Rate/Doubling Rule Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
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Killer Innovations Podcast for June 14th Segment 1: Structured Innovation Segment 2: Changing Perspective Segment 3: Killer question for the week
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Killer Innovations Podcast for Monday, June 6th 2005 [b]Dateline:[/b] Washington D.C. Let's face it, it can happen at any moment. A bolt of innovation strikes - the competitive landscape suddenly shifts, and your business and career teeters on the edge of irrelevance. The latest [b]Killer Innovations Podcast[/b] covers: - using scenario planning to prepare for multiple futures (perfect, nightmare and most likely) - computer gaming and the emergence of virtual goods, services and economy - this weeks killer question
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Killer Innovations Podcast for Monday, May 30th 2005 Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Transforming your organization into one that is more creative - Have a good story to tell - Create your own language - Don't mistake tokens for real change - Make innovation a group activity - Expect setbacks Segment 2: Alternative industries for weak signal ideas - Computer technology & Oil - Pharmaceuticals & Telecommunciations - Oil & Pharmaceuticals - Computer technology & Pharmaceuticals - Financial services & Telecommunications - Transporation & Computer technology - Biotechnology & Financial services Segment 3 - Killer question of the week
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Incremental Innovation & the role of Sci-Fi
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The May 15th show ... show #10 .. - Interview with Brain Reactions - Killer Question of the week ...
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Here is the next show ... Visit www.killerinnovations.com for the show notes ....
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Here is the latest podcast from Killer Innovations ....
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