Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney - A Show About Ideas Creativity And Innovation
407 episodes - English - Latest episode: 14 days ago - ★★★★★ - 63 ratingsAn award winning podcast and nationally syndicated radio show that looks at the innovations that are changing our lives and how their innovators used creativity and design to take their raw idea and create a game-changing product or service.
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My Secret to Sourcing Innovation S13 Ep28
September 12, 2017 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBWhen it comes to sourcing innovation, most focus on trying to come up with a clever technical or business hook. Over years of experience of both innovation success and failures, I've uncovered three areas of focus for sourcing innovation that will have significant impact. Before jumping into the three areas of focus, there is a basic […]
Daydreaming: 2 Hours To Boost Your Creativity S13 Ep27
September 03, 2017 12:00 - 38 minutes - 53.6 MBSome of the smartest, most creative people I know spend time doing nothing but thinking. For example Einstein was often criticized for his daydreaming. His form of daydreaming was to run his thought experiments. Experiments carried out completely within his imagination. Our society doesn't embrace or allow for daydreaming. Most organizations view this as being lazy and unproductive. Companies […]
Next Generation Technology: Human Computer Interaction S13 Ep26
August 30, 2017 13:09 - 39 minutes - 27.5 MBWhen I was a software engineer, one area of importance was the design and testing of user interfaces. The work was frustrating because you had to decipher what the user was “thinking” to understand how they would use your software. Over the years, the research has taken on the challenges of human computer interaction with […]
Will Artificial Intelligence Take Over Creativity and Innovation? S13 Ep25
August 22, 2017 16:57 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBAs humans, we have some unique abilities. We are self-aware, we exhibit critical thinking and we have the ability to be creative and innovate. Will that always be the case? Some think that artificial intelligence (AI) will someday take over creativity and innovation. In my opinion, AI will become a tool that will help improve […]
Innovation With Purpose: Inspiring The Near Future S13 Ep24
August 15, 2017 13:09 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBIt’s human nature to want to make a lasting impact with the innovations we create. To do something meaningful and enduring. To create a lasting legacy that makes the world a better place. I call this innovation with purpose. In some cases, we need help to realize a vision we have that manifests this idea […]
How To Avoid The Trap of Success S13 Ep23
August 08, 2017 15:34 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBOnce we have experienced that taste of success, we will do anything to experience it again but instead, we fall into the trap of success. Success leads us down the path of taking a more conservative approach in hopes that we can repeat the success we just experienced. The assumption is that if we repeat […]
The Unintended Consequences From Innovation Adoption S13 Ep22
August 01, 2017 14:43 - 38 minutes - 53.3 MBThe pace of innovation continues to accelerate and in many instences, we are surprised from the unintended consequences from innovation adoption. While innovators focus on the adoption, we overlook the need for society to adapt to these new innovations and the impact it has. Some adaptations are conscious while others are thrust upon society with […]
How Companies Are Using Improv Comedy Skills To Boost Creativity S13 Ep21
July 25, 2017 20:16 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBHelping companies and teams to unlock their natural creative ability can be daunting to innovation leaders. One method that I have found incredibly useful is to use improv comedy skills as a way to get team members comfortable being uncomfortable since in improv, you never know what's going to happen next. Kelly Leonard, Executive Director of […]
A 5th Grade Innovator Whose Idea Could Save Kids Left In The Car S13 Ep20
July 18, 2017 13:42 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBWhat inspirations feed your ideas for innovation? In this case, seeing a news report on a tragic death of a 6 month old baby let a young entrepreneur to create an innovation that could save kids left in the car. Bishop Curry is headed into the 6th grade this fall. Its was a the tragic […]
Skipping College To Start A Business S13 Ep19
July 12, 2017 12:28 - 39 minutes - 54.7 MBWhat would you think if your child, grandchild, niece or nephew came to you and said that they were skipping college to start a business? Almost a year ago, I interviewed Nick Titus who was soon to be a High School Senior about his science fair project that was quickly becoming an innovation that could impact […]
The 8 Things Your Innovation Leader Should Bring To Your Organization S13 Ep18
July 04, 2017 12:30 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBThis is for CxO's or those who want to eventually be a CxO. How are you thinking about innovation within your organization? What are you doing to ensure that you have the right innovation leader in place? Why Is Innovation Important? A recent McKinsey & Company surveyed more than 2,000 executives and asked how important is […]
The Truth And Disappointment Of Orphaned Innovations S13 Ep17
June 27, 2017 18:32 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBOrphaned innovations are those great ideas that could have a significant and positive impact on peoples lives except the market is so small that you can't raise the monies and the support to bring them to market. Orphan drugs is the pharmaceutical industry version of the orphan innovations. Orphaned Innovations In a previous live, I […]
Grassroots Innovation Using The Kickbox Process From Adobe S13 Ep16
June 20, 2017 14:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBInside any size organization, getting everyone engaged on innovation can be daunting. Its not just as simple as saying that innovation is important. You need to show the organization how. At Adobe, Mark Randall reversed engineered his approach to grassroots innovation and structured into a process called Kickbox. He didn't stop there. He and Adobe decided […]
Technology and Innovation For The Growing Gray Wave Of Aging Adults S13 Ep15
June 13, 2017 12:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBThe boomer market is quickly becoming the target demographic that is driving a new category of technology and innovation. The desire to allow those in this gray wave of aging adults to age in place is one area of innovation we all can appreciate. In this weeks show, serial entrepreneur and technology executive Wendi Burkhardt […]
6 Attributes of the Most Innovative People I’ve Interviewed S13 Ep14
June 06, 2017 16:30 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBI've been going back and looking at past shows that had guests in an attempt to trigger ideas for new guests we should invite to be on the show. During the process, I started to see patterns of common attributes across this group that I label as the most the innovative people I've interviewed. The […]
How MBA’s Kill Innovation S13 Ep13
May 30, 2017 13:38 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBWhile most innovators think about innovation across two types, incremental and disruptive, there is actually a third type; little ideas. Little ideas are complimentary to the existing offerings thus low risk. At the same time, little ideas can have high impact. The risk for little ideas is the desire by managements and the MBA's to apply traditional […]
Innovating The Way We Teach Leadership S13 Ep12
May 23, 2017 13:05 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBWhen I was in college, the way we learned was lecture, reading and testing — with a little bit of lab work tossed in for good measure. When it comes to leadership, universities still teaches using this same model. The result is the struggle for graduates to understand the difference between management and leadership. To prepare […]
Lessons Learned From A Successful Innovator Inside a Large Organization S13 Ep11
May 16, 2017 13:48 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBA few shows back, I ranted on why I disagree with an article from an executive at Accenture who said that innovation inside large organizations was impossible. In this show, rather than you listening to more of my experiences, I decided to bring on a listener of the show who has direct experience of being a successful […]
Innovating with Big Data and Artificial Intelligence to Improve Personal Performance S13 Ep10
May 09, 2017 13:02 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBArtificial Intelligence (AI) is quickly becoming a key element for today's innovations. While many think that AI is new, its been around for decades but just now finding the traction it needs to be applied to a broad set of innovations. In today's show, we have a discussion with Kerri McMaster, co-founder and head of […]
How To Be A Disruptive Entrepreneur S13 Ep9
May 02, 2017 12:00 - 40 minutes - 55.2 MBThe hope and dream of every innovator is to come up with an idea that disrupts and transforms industries. To do it multiple times over a career puts that person in to a category of being a disruptive entrepreneur. Our guest this week, Sachin Dev Duggal, is an innovator, serial entrepreneur, and an advocate of enterprise […]
How To Ask Questions To Find New Ideas S13 Ep8
April 25, 2017 19:48 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBWhen you are tasked with coming up with a new produce or service, the immediate reaction for most is to panic. Where and how do you start? The approach I've used for decades and that has helped me to create hundreds of products and services generating billions in revenue — ask questions. There is a […]
Using 30-Day Challenges to Jumpstart Your Creativity S13 Ep7
April 18, 2017 14:01 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBIn June 2007, after finding himself creatively drained, Noah started a personal project — Skull-A-Day. This yearlong art project's objectives was to create challenges that would jumpstart his personal creative energy. What started out as a personal project ended up transforming his creative future. The project went viral and became an Internet sensation which led to a […]
Innovation Culture Requires That We Get Along With Others S13 Ep6
April 11, 2017 13:35 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBCulture is hard and creating and maintaining an innovation culture is even harder. One of the challenges for creating a culture of innovation within an organization is our ability to get along with others. Innovation is about constant change which is uncomfortable and stressful. The result is that some individuals/groups will not respond and actually become quite negative […]
The 5 Innovation Leadership Hacks I Use S13 Ep5
April 04, 2017 17:21 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBAs the saying goes, hindsight is 20/20. As I look back over my career leading innovation teams and organizations, I wish someone had sat me down and shared some of the core fundamentals to innovation leadership. These “hacks” are part of my core rules that I attempt to follow. I'm not perfect and still stumble […]
How To Overcome Impostor Syndrome And Be More Creative S13 Ep4
March 28, 2017 13:02 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBDuring a recent mentoring session with a Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) of a major multi-national company, the executive expressed a private fear. He attributes his past success as “being lucky” .. “being in the right place at the right time”. His fear is someone would find out that “he wasn't that good” and this his […]
Can Large Companies Be Successful At Innovation? S13 Ep3
March 21, 2017 12:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBI came across a recent article where the Managing Director of Accenture Digital made the bold claim that large companies cannot do innovation. More accurately, Narry Singh said, “.. Corporate innovation does not work.” He goes on to claim that innovation at large companies do not work because “.. the firms are too slow to move – […]
Key To Success: Getting Comfortable Being Uncomfortable S13 Ep2
March 15, 2017 12:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBInnovation is all about change. The need to change includes you and your career, the organizations you are a part of and even the governments that serve us. This change requires us to be in a constant state of being uncomfortable. This weeks guest on the show is Gretchen McClain. I met Gretchen back in […]
How Has Innovation Changed Over The Last 12 Years? S13 Ep1
March 07, 2017 14:46 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBIt's hard to believe that it was 12 years ago when I released the first episode of Killer Innovations in to the wild. Its been a wild ride. What I find especially interesting is how has innovation changed over the last 12 years. The original motivation for the show came from my mentor, Bob Davis. […]
How To Innovate Under Financial Constraints S12 Ep48
February 28, 2017 13:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBI am a believer that constraint based innovation creates better ideas. It forces the team to throw out the old rule book and innovate a new approach. The same applies when you are forced to innovate under financial constraints. While my staff doesn't always agree that constraints are good, in my experience a team that […]
How Do You Bring Innovation To Philanthropy? S12 Ep47
February 21, 2017 13:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBEveryday, we can't avoid reading articles that tout the latest and greatest technology and innovation. What we don't see that often is the role innovation can and should play in philanthropy. If you agree that it has a role, how do you bring innovation to philanthropy? This weeks guest, Jared Angaza, has spent his life […]
My Secrets To Personal Creativity S12 Ep46
February 14, 2017 13:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBWe've heard the mantra in the past. We are all creative. We are born creative. That is a nice idea but not helpful when you need to call on your muse to be creative when you need to be creative. What are the secrets to personal creativity? If creativity is natural – then why is […]
Short-Term Thinking Is Dangerous To Long Term Innovation Investments S12 Ep45
February 07, 2017 13:00 - 38 minutes - 53.4 MBAs an officer in two public companies and a Board member for a third public company, I've seen up close and personal the challenges executive leadership faces when trying to balance achieving the quarterly results while knowing that they need to make long term investments in research and innovation. This short-term thinking on quarterly results has […]
How To Successfully Establish And Lead Industry Innovation Efforts S12 Ep44
January 31, 2017 14:00 - 39 minutes - 54.8 MBInnovation is not constrained to individuals, teams or organizations. In some cases, the best to way to innovate is when entire industries comes together to share the effort and the investment necessary. Industry innovation is one approach that is commonly overlook and undervalued. In today's show, we talk with John Osborne who is General Manager […]
5 Myths of Innovation S12 Ep43
January 24, 2017 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBWhen it comes to innovation, there are a collection of unwritten rules of thumb and myths of innovation that both help and hurt innovators. We all use rules of thumbs and myths in our everyday lives such as estimating how long something will take to complete. At the same time, rules and myths can be […]
Winning in the emerging innovation economy S12 Ep42
January 17, 2017 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBInnovation is everywhere – in our pockets, in our cars, in our work and in our home. Where do these new ideas come from? New ideas are the foundation of our future and growing economic driver of society. This emerging innovation economy, which value ideas over anything else, is quickly overtaking the information/knowledge economy that […]
Treat Your Life Like A Startup S12 Ep41
January 10, 2017 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBMany make the mistake of thinking that their lives are going to work out as planned. It never does. What would happen if you treated your life like a startup? The guest for this weeks show, Dr. Anna Akbari, discusses her book, “Startup Your Life: Hustle And Hack Your Way To Happiness.” As an entrepreneur, […]
6 High Impact Innovations I’m Most Excited About S12 Ep40
January 03, 2017 16:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBThis time of year, I take a moment and look at innovations that were announced in the last year whose impact will be significant in the next 12 to 24 months. This year's list contains some intriguing innovations that are less about “new tech” and more about human ingenuity to look at problems and opportunities […]
Top 8 Reasons Why Your Ideas Don’t Get Backed S12 Ep39
December 27, 2016 16:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBIt can be extremely frustrating when your ideas can't seem to secure support or backing. Why? Is it the idea or is it you? In this weeks show, I share some of my personal lessons learned along with the collection of frustrations and lessons learned from my mentoring and coaching clients on the challenges of securing […]
3 Pieces of Innovation Advice For Entrepreneurs S12 Ep38
December 20, 2016 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBGetting innovation advice from actual innovators is invaluable. In this weeks, show, we hear from Tyler Reynolds, the CEO and Co-founder of Trinity Mobile Networks. Tyler and his co-founder, Stephen Hall, are innovators who were inspired to innovate a solution to a problem they themselves had. During the show, Tyler shares how the idea behind Trinity […]
9 Daily Questions That Will Improve Your Career Success Forever S12 Ep37
December 13, 2016 13:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBI have a morning routine where I run down a set of daily questions that help me stay on track and focused on the right things. These question have come about over my years of learning the hard way. The inspiration for the questions came from Ben Franklin who asked himself two questions ever day. […]
The Insider’s Guide to Innovation by M&A S12 Ep36
December 06, 2016 13:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBThere is an explosion in companies who are securing innovation by M&A (mergers and acquisitions). In the last 36 months, 57% of M&A deals were based on innovation. When companies find themselves behind the market, “innovating by acquisition” becomes a quick way to catch-up through the work of others. At the same time, if an […]
6 Limiting Beliefs That Are Killing Your Creativity And What You Can Do About It S12 Ep35
November 29, 2016 13:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBLimiting beliefs are those that constrain you in some way. Just by believing them, we do not think, do or say things because this limiting belief inhibits us. Our limiting beliefs originate from self doubts that then become “rules” we apply to our everday activities. In extreme cases, limiting beliefs can sabatoge our hapiness, our […]
Why Large Company Experiences are the Secret Ingredient S12 Ep34
November 22, 2016 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBWhile many companies recruit for start-up experience, large company experiences can be a secret ingredient to success. The ability to call on executives who have the experience of understanding scale, managing remote staff, complex manufacturing, global markets, selling to large organizations and much more is invaluable. In today's show, we discussed: Barry's career at IBM and the […]
How To Monetize Your Idea S12 Ep33
November 15, 2016 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBAn idea has no value on its own. It's when you find a way to monetize your idea is when value gets created and you benefit from your creative output. There are a number of ways to monetize your idea and here are a few of the ones I've used. 5 ways to monetize your […]
Career Success Through Acquisition S12 Ep32
November 08, 2016 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBWith the never ending M&A activities facing most industries, managing your career success through acquisition is a critical survival skill. In today's show, our guest Andrew Skafel shares his lessons learned in how to not only survive acquisitions but how to navigate the changes to ensure career success. We discussed: Andrew shared is academic background […]
Managing the Fuzzy Front End Of The Innovation Funnel S12 Ep31
November 01, 2016 12:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBManaging the fuzzy front end of the innovation funnel can be daunting especially when management has high expectations from the innovation efforts. This weeks show focused on answering a question emailed in by a listener. The question focused on the challenges of creating an innovation process for a team within a large organization and dealing with […]
Social Innovation: How To Use Creativity To Improve Charity Impact S12 Ep30
October 25, 2016 13:00 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBCreating a social innovation to impact the social problems and opportunities our society faces is incredibly rewarding. Most (but not all) organizations working to address the social challenges are stuck in a rut. They are running their programs the same way they've always done them. In today's world, getting caught in the rut will dome […]
5 Most Common Mistakes Innovators Make When Submitting To Innovation Competitions? S12 Ep29
October 18, 2016 14:30 - 42 minutes - 58.9 MBWinning innovation competitions or innovation awards can be a major achievement and proof of you and your teams ability to innovate. Which innovation competitions or awards should you submit to? Are there any downsides to submitting and winning a competiton or an award? In this weeks show, we discuss the structures and thinking behind innovation competitions and […]
How To Succeed Leading Innovation In Your Organization S12 Ep28
October 11, 2016 18:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBLeading innovation is one of the hardest roles I've ever had in my career. With that said, it is also one of the most exciting and satisfying which is what keeps me in the game. So what does it take succeed in an innovation leadership role? In this weeks show, I share some real-world experiences […]
What Are The Innovation Career Opportunities For The Non-Technical? S12 Ep27
October 04, 2016 12:00 - 41 minutes - 57.6 MBWhile many may link innovation with technology, innovation can be applied to any job in any industry in any geography. If that is the case, what are the innovation career opportunities for those who want to be innovators but who don't have a STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) background? This week, I received an email […]