Posted on Tuesday, June 7, 2016

8 Ways To Deal With Innovation Antibodies Who are Blocking You S12 Ep10

Answering Listener Questions

by philmckinney

Everywhere you turn, there seems to be someone who is blocking you from making progress on your idea. These innovation antibodies seems to have one more reason as to why your idea won’t work. In this weeks Killer Innovations Show, we are answering a listener question on how to deal with these innovation antibodies. Here […]

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Posted on Wednesday, June 1, 2016

What Are Your Most Pressing Questions on Innovation? S12 Ep9

Answering Live Questions

by philmckinney

This weeks show is what we call an “Ask Phil” episode where we take your questions on innovation via Facebook or via email, and answer them live during the show. The questions answered during the show were: “I loved your post about feeling stupid!!! You give the best advice that is grounded in you immense amount […]

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Posted on Tuesday, March 15, 2016

7 Must-Haves For A Killer Innovation Pitch S11 Ep50

by philmckinney

In this weeks Killer Innovations radio show, we pick up on a series we started in early February to take you from a blank page to brainstorming to a killer idea. Now you need to create and deliver your innovation pitch. As background, those shows covered: How to create and use predictions to create an […]

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Posted on Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Cartoons Creativity and Innovation with Tom Fishburne S11 Ep49

Guest: Tom Fishburne (@tomfishburne)

by philmckinney

This weeks guest on the Killer Innovations radio show was Tom Fishburne. Tom is a cartoonist that pokes fun at marketing, creativity, design and innovation and I’ve shared his cartoons on my blog many times. His work is meant to challenge conventional thinking and to cause teams and leaders to see themselves in the cartoons. While I’m […]

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Posted on Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Innovators Secrets To Time Management S11 Ep40

Guest: Kevin Kruse (@

by philmckinney

In this weeks show we discuss the 15 secrets successful innovators know about time management. As inventors, innovators and creatives, we struggle with prioritization given that we tend to be working on multiple ideas at the same time. I know I struggle. This weeks guest, Kevin Kruse, is a New York Times best selling author has […]

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Posted on Tuesday, December 8, 2015

Kym McNicholas and the Extreme Tech Challenge S11 Ep37

Co-host: Kym McNicholas (@kymbee)

by philmckinney

In this weeks show, Kym McNicholas joins Phil to share her surprise and enthusiasm for Colorado, and specifically the Boulder, start-up scene along with sharing her work with Sir Richard Branson and the Extreme Tech Challenge. Some of the topics the two cover include: Kym reveals some surprises on Phil and his “personal time” activities […]

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Posted on Wednesday, December 2, 2015

Toys That Help Nurture And Encourage Creative Kids S11 Ep36

Guest: Vitali Minin (@modulartoys)

by philmckinney

In this weeks episode, we take a look at toys that help our kids to discover their own creative ability. With the emerging creative economy, creativity is quickly becoming a foundational skill that everyone will need to have to succeed and where better to start than with our kids creativity. What’s the secret to creative kids? We […]

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Posted on Tuesday, November 24, 2015

What is the biggest innovation challenge organizations face?

Answering Listener Questions

by philmckinney

In the innovation game, finding and engaging in a community of innovators where you can get your questions answered is important. Otherwise, you face your biggest innovation challenge alone. This weeks show centered around the answers to the most common listener questions. These questions included: What is the biggest innovation challenge (mistakes) organizations face? How did the […]

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Posted on Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Interview with Matt Bross

by philmckinney

Matt Bross is the former Global Chief Technology Officer of Huawei, British Telecom and is a well known industry visionary who is passionate about harnessing new technologies and driving service innovations that improve and transform the ability of people to communicate. Matt has a strong track record of understanding key global business trends and translating them […]

Posted on Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Fighting The Innovation Straitjacket: Innovating Inside Large Organizations S11 Ep33

by philmckinney

Innovating inside large organizations can be challenging in the best of circumstances. So how do you go about getting leaders inside of established large companies and organizations get it when it comes to creativity and innovation and be successful? How do you get out of the innovation straitjacket? Topics covered in this week show include: What […]

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Posted on Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Inventing Unique Broadband Solutions For Emerging Countries

by philmckinney

Innovation can truly change the world but only if the world can access them. One key innovation is broadband. This week, we dive into a new innovation that is bringing mobile broadband access to the rural and developing countries. We cover such topics as: Dealing with two different types of innovation antibodies The economic challenge of […]

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Posted on Monday, November 2, 2015

Interview with Dr Vanu Bose of Vanu Inc

by philmckinney

Dr. Vanu Bose, Ph.D., is the Founder of Vanu Inc. and serves as its Chief Executive Officer and President. Dr. Bose is the principal inventor of the software radio technology that serves as the basis of Vanu Inc.’s products. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Jumpstart, a non-profit focused on early childhood […]

Posted on Tuesday, October 27, 2015

How to go from invention to innovation to commercialization S11 Ep31

by philmckinney

In this episode, we discussed the process (and challenges) of going from invention, to innovation and then ultimately to commercialization. The question covered: What are the three attributes of a great innovation roadmap? Why are good requirements so critical for successful innovation and commercialization efforts? Can you create metrics that are meaningful for innovation? Is […]

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Posted on Saturday, October 24, 2015

Interview with Tom Cellucci

by philmckinney

Tom appeared on the Oct 25th show. Dr. Tom Cellucci has been a senior executive in both the private and public sectors for over 32 years. He served as the US Government’s first-ever Chief Commercialization Officer, working for both President Bush and President Obama. Tom leads a successful management consulting firm, Cellucci Associates, Inc., based […]

Posted on Tuesday, October 20, 2015

What Kind Of Culture Leads To Innovation Success?

Guest: Dr Natalie Baumgartner / RoundPegg

by philmckinney

Culture is critical for teams and organizations looking to be have significant innovation impact. Based on working across large, small, non-profit and government agencies, I’ve discovered what are a common set of four culture attributes in organizations that were highly innovative. We validate these and other attributes that make-up culture for an organization with this weeks […]

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Posted on Tuesday, October 13, 2015

Innovating A Brand: The Do’s Don’ts and Pitfalls

by philmckinney

[social align=”center”] When someone says innovation, most default to products or services but innovation can be applied to anything. In this weeks, show, we will take a look at innovating a brand. Our guest, Michael Mendenhall, will share his thoughts and experience in successful brand innovation. This Weeks Guest: Michael Mendenhall – CMO for Flextronics […]

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Posted on Monday, October 5, 2015

A Look Inside A Next Generation Startup Accelerator S11 Ep28

by philmckinney

This weeks show takes a look at Boomtown – a next generation startup accelerator that has greatly improved the accelerator model. Boomtown startups currently enjoy a 96% survival rate and 78% of them are generating revenues. Guest: Toby Krout of Boomtown Toby Krout is an entrepreneur, investor, and startup coach. He co-founded Boomtown, a startup […]

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Posted on Monday, September 14, 2015

The difference between a good idea and a great idea is the timing S11 Ep25

by philmckinney

What goes into creating an idea that can impact 100’s of million of people? If I polled most people they would say it’s the “idea”. The core of the “idea” is table stakes but it does not guarantee success. Others would say PR and marketing. While PR and marketing are important – it does not guarantee success. So what are we […]

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Posted on Sunday, August 30, 2015

Bill Geiser On The Innovation Of Wearables

by philmckinney

Bill Geiser is a smartwatch pioneer with 20+ years focus on wearables & smartwatch innovation. He is a serial entrepreneur / intrapreneur with a talent for identifying lucrative, market opportunities and the ability to harvest them evidenced by the fact that he founded two technology start ups acquired by publicly-traded firms. His most recent company he founded […]

Posted on Monday, August 24, 2015

Bryan Kramer – Author of Shareology

by philmckinney

Bryan Kramer is one of the world’s foremost leaders in the art and science of sharing, and has been credited with instigating the #H2H human business movement in marketing and social. With over 300K social fans and followers, and an intimate understanding of the intricacies and interworking of both social technologies and social behaviors, Bryan […]

Posted on Friday, August 21, 2015

Tara Roehl – Neural Diversity and Autism – The Impact on Creativity and Innovation

by philmckinney

Tara was the guest on the Aug 23rd Killer Innovations radio show. Topic: Neural Diversity and Autism – The Impact on Creativity and Innovation Bio: Tara Roehl is a nationally certified speech-language pathologist. She owns Speechy Keen Speech Therapy, a telepractice-based private practice in Colorado focusing on the social/pragmatic and executive functioning needs of students with ADHD, […]

Posted on Monday, August 17, 2015

Do we have what it takes to innovate the education system? S11 Ep21

by philmckinney

It is always the start that requires the greatest effort. ~ J.C. Penney Many believe we are facing one of our largest and most important challenges – the education system. We are transitioning from an information and knowledge economy to that of the creative and innovation economy which requires a different skill set. Many are […]

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Posted on Saturday, August 8, 2015

Peter Guber on Stories, Storytelling and How To Select Business Partners

by philmckinney

Peter Guber is Chairman and CEO of Mandalay Entertainment. Guber’s most recent films from Mandalay Entertainment include The Kids Are All Right, Soul Surfer, and Bernie. He has also produced Batman, The Witches of Eastwick, and Flashdance. His films have earned over $3 billion worldwide and numerous Academy Award nominations. Peter is also a co-owner of three professional sports teams: the […]

Posted on Monday, July 27, 2015

August 16th with Paul Zane Pilzer

by philmckinney

Paul Zane Pilzer is an economist, social entrepreneur, professor, public servant, and the New York Times bestselling author of ten books and dozens of scholarly publications. Pilzer completed Lehigh University in three years and received his MBA from Wharton Business School in 15 months at age 22. He became Citibank’s youngest officer at age 22 […]

Posted on Sunday, July 19, 2015

Doing The Impossible S11 Ep18

by philmckinney

“It’s kind of fun doing the impossible” ~ Walt Disney Doing The Impossible Have you ever felt like you did something that others said couldn’t be done? There is not better feeling than completing something that the antibodies said couldn’t be done. Even when they try to use government regulations as a roadblock. When you look […]

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