Innovation
Accelerating Execution in the Startup World
April 28, 2016
Phil McKinney, CEO & President of CableLabs, often says that “idea without execution is just a hobby.” Unfortunately, in the startup world, this outcome plays out over and over again. The list of startups that find a clever idea, build a minimum viable product and then slowly fade away after demo day is tragically long. […]
Is Virtual Reality the Next Big Thing?
September 8, 2015
In the Advanced Technology Group at CableLabs I get to play with all the best toys, trying to work out what is a challenge or an opportunity, and what is a flop waiting to be unwrapped. 3D is a great case study. I first got to work with 3D TV in 1995 (in a prior […]
Learning to Innovate – The Innovation Bootcamp
August 6, 2014
The Importance of Innovation Companies depend on the ability to innovate in order to remain competitive. Traditionally, we consider innovation to involve fun and creativity. However, innovation can be hard work requiring both willingness and an ability to generate ideas. According to Linda Hill and co-authors of Collective Genius in the recent Harvard Business Review […]