A podcast for the creative mind with a short attention span. Each episode will challenge you to create ideas by asking unique, funny & sometimes crazy questions. With this short-format show of 5 minutes, you can spend more time innovating and less time listening. The show's host, Phil McKinney, is an award-winning innovator whose technologies and products are used by 100's of millions of people every day. He is the host of the award-winning podcast, Killer Innovations, and author of the award-winning book, Beyond The Obvious. Phil retired as the CTO of HP at the end of 2011. This show is produced and...
Latest episodes
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5 min
The Overlooked Secret to Innovation
As a society, we have a problem. Some years ago, the late Nobel Prize winner Dr. Albert Schweitzer was asked by a reporter, "Doctor, what's wrong with people today?" The famous doc…
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7 min
Affordance
On January 13, 2018, the people of Hawaii woke to a shocking alert on their phones and TVs. An incoming ballistic missile was on its way and that the warning was not a drill. It wa…
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7 min
Exceptionally Normal
It is normal that no two people are exactly alike. Not even twins. So the word normal should not be confused with the word average. If you leave your fingerprints on something, you…
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6 min
Great Leaders Keep Cool Under Fire
My grandfather had an old saying when I was growing up, "Never burn a bridge." At the time, I thought it was a strange saying. It was only later that I realized what he was saying.…
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6 min
Find A Way To Say 'Yes' To Non-Obvious Ideas
The world is made up of 'yes' people and 'no' people. We need more optimistic -- more hopeful people who find a way to say yes to non-obvious ideas. During Thomas Jefferson's presi…
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6 min
Avoiding the Habit Trap
When I was growing up, one time my grandmother baked a fantastic German Chocolate cake. I can see it now -- that moist chocolate cake and rich icing. It was great and everyone in t…
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6 min
Innovation Attitude is Innovation Success
I find it interesting that we usually get from other people exactly what we expect of them. If we are looking for friendship, we will likely receive it. If our attitude is that of…
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6 min
Innovation Requires Getting the Facts Right
There is an old saying that goes something like this, "Speaking with passion but without the facts is like making a beautiful dive into an empty pool." As John Adam's famously said…
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6 min
Change Caused by Innovation
As a result of some digital spring cleaning I was doing, I found and was listening to old shows from 2005 - the first year of my podcast. Honestly, given what I know now, I wish co…
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6 min
Innovation Quality is a Virtue
I was looking through some of my old idea notebooks and came across a quote that I wrote down. It is one of those quotes that cause you to pause and contemplate. To question your o…
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6 min
TNI - Ageism and Innovation
Some have put forth what I believe is a false premise -- that creativity and innovation are for the young. Silicon Valley has clearly bought into this premise. If you are over 40,…
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7 min
Innovation Communities
I'm not sure who said it first but I'll give credit to Tony Robbins for the now famous quote -- "You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with" With a slight…
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6 min
Time Management
As it says in Psalm 90:10, we are allotted threescore and ten years to do with as we please. Of that, we will spend the equivalent of twenty-three years and four months of it aslee…
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7 min
So Your Idea Was Rejected
Your idea was rejected. Criticized. Dumped on. You were told to give up. I have yet to find anyone who likes to have their ideas rejected. But if you want to succeed in innovation,…
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6 min
Innovating Using The Daffodil Principal
Want to know the secret to take ideas and make them real innovations? It is what I call the "daffodil principle" which I learned/stole from an article published by Jaroldeen Edward…
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7 min
Everything I Learned About Ethics I learned in Boy Scouts
Twelve words. Millions of 11-year-old boys, and now young girls, learn it when they join Boy Scouts. It was something that I had to memorize in order to earn my first step along th…
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6 min
What is Your Creative Inspiration?
I really enjoy getting behind this microphone. It is my personal creative outlet that is separate from the day job. What was it that got me to start back in 2005? Like all things,…
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6 min
Should You Use A Data Driven Approach
The inspiration for innovation takes all forms. For some its music. For others its art. And for others its data. When I was CTO, Mark Hurd, the CEO at HP at the time, had a quote t…
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6 min
What They Could Become
Great leaders - in business, government or society, know that when it comes to others, there is always more than meets the eye. Earl Nightingale once shared a story that reminds us…
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6 min
Just Do It!
Any writer, syndicated cartoonist, innovator or perhaps a podcast host; sooner or later will run into what some would call writers' block. They find themselves drawing a blank. The…