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How to Build Innovation Thinking Skills Through Daily Journaling

30.9.2025

Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney - A Show About Ideas Creativity And Innovation

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Most innovation leaders are performing someone else's version of innovation thinking. I've spent decades in this field. Worked with Fortune 100 companies. And here's what I see happening everywhere. Brilliant leaders following external frameworks. Copying methodologies from people they admire. Shifting their approach based on whatever's trendy. But they never develop their own innovation thinking […]

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How to Build Innovation Thinking Skills Through Daily Journaling
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How to Build Innovation Thinking Skills Through Daily Journaling

Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney - A Show About Ideas Creativity And Innovation

Weitere Episoden von „Killer Innovations with Phil McKinney - A Show About Ideas Creativity And Innovation“

How To Make Better Decisions When Nothing Is Certain

You Think in Analogies Every Day (And You’re Doing It Wrong)

How To Master Causal Thinking

How To Improve Your Logical Reasoning Skills

Why Thinking Skills Matter Now More Than Ever

How to Build Innovation Thinking Skills Through Daily Journaling

The WSJ Got Quarterly Reporting Wrong

How to Get Smarter by Arguing with People Who Disagree with You

How to See Opportunities Others Miss

5 Questions That Spot Breakthroughs Before They Happen