Thu, 30 April 2015
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 Podcast: 12 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 Show Credits:
Direct download: 12_Tips_on_Innovation_from_Elon_Musk_S11_Ep6.mp3
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Sun, 13 July 2008
Lessons Learned From Creating Innovation Teams For show notes, please visit www.killerinnovations.com
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Sun, 29 June 2008
Segment 1: Changing Perspective for better innocations Segment 2: Why is the Killer Innovation approach better?
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Sun, 1 June 2008
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Sun, 20 April 2008
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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Sun, 14 January 2007
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Mon, 1 January 2007
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Mon, 25 December 2006
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Sun, 10 December 2006
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Sun, 15 October 2006
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Sun, 1 October 2006
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Sat, 16 September 2006
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Sat, 29 July 2006
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Mon, 3 July 2006
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Sun, 25 June 2006
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Sat, 10 June 2006
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Sun, 4 June 2006
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Tue, 23 May 2006
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Sat, 22 April 2006
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Sun, 9 April 2006
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Tue, 28 February 2006
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Mon, 20 February 2006
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Fri, 10 February 2006
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Sat, 4 February 2006
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Sun, 22 January 2006
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Sun, 8 January 2006
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Sun, 1 January 2006
Outcome Driven Innovation and Innovation Budgets
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Sun, 18 December 2005
da Vinci Method and Outcome Based Innovation
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Tue, 13 December 2005
Productivity from Innovation and Innovation Education
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Mon, 5 December 2005
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
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Wed, 23 November 2005
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
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Sun, 13 November 2005
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
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Sun, 6 November 2005
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
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Tue, 1 November 2005
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
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Mon, 24 October 2005
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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Mon, 17 October 2005
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
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Wed, 12 October 2005
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
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Mon, 3 October 2005
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
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Sun, 25 September 2005
Dateline: Half Moon Bay, CA
Segment 1: Overcoming Your Idea Critics
Segment 2: The Conceptual Age
Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week
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Mon, 19 September 2005
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
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Mon, 12 September 2005
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
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Mon, 5 September 2005
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
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Mon, 5 September 2005
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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Sat, 27 August 2005
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Sat, 20 August 2005
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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Mon, 15 August 2005
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Sat, 6 August 2005
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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Mon, 1 August 2005
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?
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Sun, 24 July 2005
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
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Sun, 17 July 2005
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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Sun, 10 July 2005
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
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Sun, 3 July 2005
Segment 1: Storytelling
Segment 2: Weak Signals
Segment 3: Killer Question of the week
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Sun, 26 June 2005
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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Mon, 20 June 2005
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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Mon, 13 June 2005
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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Mon, 6 June 2005
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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Mon, 30 May 2005
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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Sun, 22 May 2005
Incremental Innovation & the role of Sci-Fi
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Sun, 15 May 2005
The May 15th show ... show #10 ..
- Interview with Brain Reactions
- Killer Question of the week ...
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Thu, 12 May 2005
Here is the next show ...
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Thu, 5 May 2005
Here is the latest podcast from Killer Innovations ....
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