Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney - A Show About Ideas Creativity And Innovation
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Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney - A Show About Ideas Creativity And Innovation
An award winning podcast and nationally syndicated radio show that looks at the innovations that are changing our lives and how their innovators used creativity and design to take their raw idea and create a game-changing product or service.
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How To Improve Your Logical Reasoning Skills
You see a headline: “Study Shows Coffee Drinkers Live Longer.” You share it in 3 seconds flat. But here's what just happened—you confused correlation...
Why Thinking Skills Matter Now More Than Ever
The Crisis We're Not Talking About We're living through the greatest thinking crisis in human history—and most people don't even realize it's happenin...
How to Build Innovation Thinking Skills Through Daily Journaling
Most innovation leaders are performing someone else's version of innovation thinking. I've spent decades in this field. Worked with Fortune 100 compan...
The WSJ Got Quarterly Reporting Wrong
Michael Dell and his investors spent twenty-five billion dollars to buy back Dell Technologies. But they weren't really buying a company. They were bu...
How to Get Smarter by Arguing with People Who Disagree with You
What if I told you that the people who disagree with you are actually your secret weapon for better thinking? Just last month, my wife and I had a he...
How to See Opportunities Others Miss
In 2005, I had a ten-minute conversation at San Jose Airport that generated billions in revenue for HP. But here's what's fascinating: three other HP...
5 Questions That Spot Breakthroughs Before They Happen
In October 1903, The New York Times published an editorial mocking the idea of human flight, stating that a successful flying machine might take “from...
I Evaluated Over 30,000 Innovation Ideas at HP: Here’s Why Most Failed
Your best innovation ideas aren't losing to bad ideas – they're losing to exhaustion. I know that sounds counterintuitive. After 30 years of making bi...
How To Master Lateral Thinking Skills
A software engineer grabbed a random word from a dictionary – “beehive” – and within hours designed an algorithm that saved his company millions. Whil...
Why ‘Fail Fast’ Innovation Advice Is Wrong
The most popular piece of innovation advice in Silicon Valley is wrong—and it's killing great ideas before they have a chance to succeed. I can prove...
Innovation Partnership Autopsy: HP, Fossil, and the Smartwatch Market
Innovation partnerships can create breakthrough markets—or hand them to competitors through terrible decisions. I know because I lived through both ou...
Why Great Innovators Read Rooms, Not Just Data
You know that moment when you walk into a meeting and immediately sense the mood in the room? Or when a proposal looks perfect on paper, but something...
Why Your Best Employees Are Sabotaging Your Decisions (And How to Fix It)
The $25 Million Perfect Presentation Picture this: You're in a conference room with 23 executives, everyone has perfect PowerPoint presentations, engi...
3 Innovation Decision Traps That Kill Breakthrough Ideas (And How to Avoid Them)
Every breakthrough innovation starts the same way: everyone thinks it's a terrible idea. Twitter was dismissed as “breakfast updates.” Google looked “...
The $1.2 Billion Innovation Disaster: 5 Decision Mistakes That Kill Breakthrough Technology (HP WebOS Case Study)
In 2011, HP killed a $1.2 billion innovation in just 49 days. I was the Chief Technology Officer who recommended buying it. What happened next reveals...
How AI Dependency Is Rewiring Your Child’s Creative Brain (And What Parents Can Do About It)
University of Washington researchers discovered something that should concern every parent: children who use AI to create can no longer create without...
Human-AI Creative Partnership: How to Harness AI While Preserving Your Innovative Edge
The most innovative creators don't use AI as a replacement – they use it as a strategic partner in a carefully choreographed dance of human and machin...
How to Strengthen Creative Thinking: The 10-Minute Daily Brain Workout Based on Neuroplasticity Research
Humans who committed to four thinking exercises for 10 minutes daily generated 43% more original solutions than the most advanced AI systems. Welcome...
Train Your Brain to Outthink AI: Boost Creativity 40% (2025)
Harvard neuroscientists confirm: creative thinking uses neural pathways that AI can't replicate – and never will. Hello, I'm Phil McKinney, and welcom...
Your Brain on AI: The Shocking Decline in Creative Thinking (2025)
Our ability to solve complex problems without AI has plummeted 30% in just five years. That's not just a statistic – it's the sound of your brain cell...
The Five Questions That Unlock Breakthrough Innovation
In 2007, two designers struggling to pay rent in San Francisco had a seemingly simple thought: “What if people could rent out their spare rooms to tra...
How to Improve Your Strategic Thinking Skills
While most people scramble to adapt when the unexpected happens, a select few are already three steps ahead. They saw the change coming, prepared for...
5 Critical Thinking Skills for Digital Literacy: Spotting Misinformation & Manipulation
Your phone pings. A bold headline lights up your screen. A friend shares a “must-see” video. But how do you know what's real? In today's hyperconnecte...
7 Physical Thinking Tools That Will Improve Your Creativity More Than AI
In a world obsessed with digital tools and AI-generated solutions, it's easy to forget the original engines of creative transformation—our hands, our...
Think Like Bill Gates: The 6-Step System That Built Microsoft and is Changing the World
What made Microsoft possible? Binary code, four kilobytes of memory, and 10,000 hours of deliberate practice. But what truly set Bill Gates apart was...
Think Like Steve Jobs: 6 Strategies Behind Billion Dollar Ideas
When you think of game-changing innovation, one name stands above the rest—Steve Jobs. His ability to reimagine entire industries didn’t come from tec...
Pay It Forward: How Three Words Created Podcasting’s Longest-Running Innovation Show
Have you ever wondered what it takes to build something that lasts? Not just a fleeting success, but a platform that grows, evolves, and continues to...
Tesla vs Edison: The Innovation Methods That Changed The World
On a stormy night in the 1880s, two men were working relentlessly to shape the future of electricity. In Menlo Park, Thomas Edison meticulously tested...
How To Think Like Thomas Edison
In 1878, gas lamp manufacturers celebrated their dominance, believing their industry was untouchable. But in a small workshop in Menlo Park, Thomas Ed...
How To Think Like Nicola Tesla
Picture this: A man stands in a dusty Colorado laboratory, surrounded by crackling electrical arcs illuminating the night sky. While others might flin...
Building an Innovation Studio Part 2
Ever wondered what it takes to build a space that sparks creativity and enables innovation? I've been on a journey transforming my studio from a simpl...
The 90-Second Rule
Ever wondered why simple decisions feel like defusing a bomb? In this week's episode, we unpack the 90-Second Rule – a game-changing approach to conqu...
Why Google’s Innovation Strategy is Failing
Google spends over $45 billion on R&D a year, yet its graveyard of failed innovations keeps growing – Google+, Glass, Stadia, and countless others. Bu...
Consume Less to Create More
Ever notice how you can spend hours scrolling through “inspiration” but end up feeling creatively drained? You're not alone. In this eye-opening episo...
What Nokia, Kodak, and Blockbuster All Missed: The Groupthink Factor
It was a quiet moment in a Nokia conference room that would eventually cost $100 billion. An engineer stood nervously, holding a prototype of a full t...
15 Innovation Jobs That Don’t Require a Degree
What if the biggest predictor of success in innovation wasn't what everyone thinks? Our research tracking 1,000+ innovation professionals revealed a s...
The Experimenter Mindset
Why do some innovators bounce back stronger from every setback? In this episode, we dive into the fascinating story of a product demo that literally...
How to Be a Professional Innovator
In poker, strategies divide professionals and amateurs. A professional poker player participates in only 15% of hands, while amateurs engage far more...
How To Build An Explorer Mindset
Want to know why some people get excited about uncertainty while others run from it? It's all about having an explorer mindset. Think of it as having...
How to Build a Success Mindset
Your brain often lies to you about what’s possible. Success isn’t just about skills, connections, or even luck. The real differentiator is your mindse...