The Innovators Studio with Phil McKinney

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...

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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 an...

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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 Jennif...

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 Eme...

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 .....

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...

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...

Segment 1: Storytelling Segment 2: Weak Signals Segment 3: Killer Question of the week

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...

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 te...

Killer Innovations Podcast for June 14th Segment 1: Structured Innovation Segment 2: Changing Perspective Segment 3: Killer question for the week

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...

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...

Incremental Innovation & the role of Sci-Fi

The May 15th show ... show #10 .. - Interview with Brain Reactions - Killer Question of the week ...

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