Phil McKinney

Nurture your kids creativity. One idea is to create fun &...

Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:48:47 -0800

Nurture your kids creativity. One idea is to create fun & challenging games such as “secret spy” laser course.

What some call failures, others call practice for future...

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 22:03:47 -0800

What some call failures, others call practice for future success.

Fill - Drink - Repeat

Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:51:57 -0800

Fill - Drink - Repeat

Help our veterans with innovations that can help them

Thu, 29 Mar 2012 13:33:46 -0700

Help our veterans with innovations that can help them:

The Veterans Affair (VA) has announced their 2012 Innovation Competition which is open to everyone from industry leaders and start-ups to non-profits and universities with the focus being to improve health care and services for Veterans.

Total awards of up to $50M

"The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time."

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 16:25:00 -0700

“The time you enjoy wasting
is not wasted time.”

What are the Laws of Innovation and how does your organization...

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:49:00 -0700

What are the Laws of Innovation and how does your organization stack-up?

The 6 Features Needed In Your Idea Management System

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:43:00 -0700

The 6 Features Needed In Your Idea Management System

With the transition from the information/knowledge economy to...

Mon, 06 Jun 2011 09:10:06 -0700

With the transition from the information/knowledge economy to the creative economy, it’s more important than ever to make sure our kids are ready to compete in the workforce. The reality is that the schools are not preparing them so it falls on the community (parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc) to mentor them.

So what are some tools and approaches to helping our kids discover and nurture their creative interests?

As output from the Killer Innovation Workshop on education, here...

Tue, 31 May 2011 16:00:06 -0700

As output from the Killer Innovation Workshop on education, here is the high-res version of the grouping diagram (~ mindmap). This image and closeup’s of the individual sections is available on Flickr.

On May 6th 2011, 11 people volunteered their time to participate...

Tue, 31 May 2011 07:50:00 -0700

On May 6th 2011, 11 people volunteered their time to participate in a Killer Innovations workshop to “Innovate Education”. The following video shows the “grouping exercise” for the ideas generated during theworkshop.

You have to watch this powerful video … Join me in hacking...

Sun, 22 May 2011 15:31:18 -0700

You have to watch this powerful video … Join me in hacking autism by volunteering your time and expertise. Visit www.hackingautism.org to learn more ..

The challenge for a corporate innovator is not to get dragged...

Thu, 19 May 2011 09:35:00 -0700

The challenge for a corporate innovator is not to get dragged down into the normal, uninspired rate at which the organization operates. Innovation is about change - its about operating differently - its about fixing the innovation gap (lack of good ideas) and the innovation delay (speed of bringing innovations to market).

This force that pulls everyone to operate at the normal speed of the organization is a real-word example of entrainment.

Picture of me speaking at the AlwaysOn event … I love how...

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 12:50:00 -0700

Picture of me speaking at the AlwaysOn event … I love how the orange background classes with my hair (of what’s left of it)