Financial Criteria for Killer Innovations

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 […]

Storytelling & Weak Signals – How to use storytelling to ignite passion for your ideas

Dateline: Sacramento, CA Segment 1: Storytelling as a way to build support for your idea A good “story” needs to … – Connectedness – Link audience to the idea via a protagonist – Strangeness – must violate the listeners expectations – Comprehensibility – allow the listener to gain a better understanding Segment 2: Weak Signals […]

Measuring Structured Innovation & Applying Killer Questions

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 […]

Structured Innovation Process & Changing Perspective

Killer Innovations Podcast for Tuesday, June 14th 2005 Dateline: San Francisco, CA Segement 1: Structure Innovation Process – 30% return on innovation compared to 8%-10% for traditional infrastructure – PDMA Survey (Best Firms -vs- The Rest of the Firms) # of Firms (85 , 298) % of Success (79.8% , 52.5%) % of Sales (49.2% […]

Structured Innovation Part 2 & Innovation Rate

Dateline: Toronto, Canada Segment 1: Structured Innovation Process – Part #2 PDF version of the Gate Milestone Innovation Map Gate Milestone Process Map Segment 2: Innovation Rate/Doubling Rule Segment 3: Killer Question of the Week http://media.libsyn.com/media/philmckinney/philmckinney_2005_06_20.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More

Scenario Planning & Computer Gaming

Killer Innovations Podcast for Monday, June 6th 2005 Dateline: Washington D.C. Segment 1: Scenario Planning Questions to help your thinking around multiple futures . . . . 1) What is the “perfect” future for your business? 2) What are the 5 challenges you will face if the “perfect” future comes to pass? 3) What would […]

Transforming your organization & Alternative industries

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 […]

Incremental Innovations & Role of Sci-Fi

Successful characteristics for incremental innovation Provable Divisible Reversible Tangible Fits prior investments Familiar Congruent with future direction Publicity value Role of sci-fi (science fiction) in innovation Discussion of writers like Philip K. Dick and their role as a possible source for ideas about the future. To learn more about how to find ideas that turn […]

Interview with Brain Reactions & Killer Question

The May 15th Killer Innovations Podcast (Show #10) has been posted. Segment 1&2 – Interview with Brain Reactions Contact info for Brain Reactions …. web site info@brainreactions.com +1-608-335-0791 Segment 3 – Killer Question of the Week http://media.libsyn.com/media/philmckinney/philmckinney_2005_05_15.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | RSS | More