Event
Innovation Boot Camp Fall 2019
Ignite Your Innovation Leadership!
Innovation Boot Camp is a 3 ½ day intensive workshop for anyone wanting to be more creative, influential and impactful with new ideas. This leadership training is based on the FIRE framework and methodology developed by Phil McKinney, Author, Syndicated Radio Show Host and CEO of CableLabs.
WHY ATTEND?
• Hear from experts and work with innovation coaches
• Go on private tours at select Boulder/Denver companies
• Learn new ways to generate and pitch ideas in our small group setting
• Accelerate your “time to innovate” with a customized innovation toolkit
• Join our innovators community to foster relationships and educational opportunities beyond Boot Camp
WHERE:
CableLabs Office, 858 Coal Creek Circle, Louisville, CO 80027
A member-only event.
From Past Events
What Boot Camp Alumni Say
“The group that puts this on, ‘walks the walk and talks the talk’.”
“[Boot Camp] doesn’t look like your day job…..
but afterward, you can’t wait to make your day job better!”
“It was an amazing program that really challenged my thinking on innovation.”
CABLE TOPIC: Next-Generation Broadband Economics and Access
RegisterSpeakers
Phil McKinney
President and CEO, Award-Winning Podcaster and Author, CableLabs
Phil McKinney is President and CEO of CableLabs. In this capacity he heads the research and development organization responsible for charting the cable industry’s technology and innovation roadmap.
Prior to joining CableLabs, he was the vice president and chief technology officer of the $40 billion (FY12) Personal Systems Group at HP. He was responsible for long-range strategic planning, research and development (R&D) and product roadmaps for the company’s PC product lines, including mobile devices, notebooks, desktops and workstations. In addition, Phil was founder and leader of HP’s Innovation Program Office (IPO). The IPO was chartered to identify, incubate and launch adjacent and fundamentally new technologies, products and services that would become the future growth engines for HP.
Recently (February 2012), Phil released his first book on innovation and personal creativity titled Beyond The Obvious, published by Hyperion. The book is available in hardcover, digital and audio formats. The book will soon be available in Russian, Chinese, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean and Japanese.
His influence on innovation and creativity includes:
- Sharing his expertise in innovation and creativity, free of charge (in an approach he refers to as “paying it forward”) through his award winning podcast Killer Innovations™ (available on iTunes). It has been named by CIO Insight as a “must listen” podcast.
- Vanity Fair named him the “The Innovation Guru”
- MSNBC and FOX Business both call him “The Gadget Guy”
- His uncanny ability to predict what’s coming next caused him to be dubbed as the “chief seer” by The San Jose Mercury News.
- He was named as one of the “25 Most Influential People in Mobile Tech” by LAPTOP Magazine.
- He is a contributing columnist for Forbes where he writes the column “The Objective” for Forbes.com
Phil serves on the:
- Advisory Board for Hacking Autism
- Board of Directors for The Computer History Museum
- Executive Board of the Santa Clara County Council for the Boy Scouts of America
Phil McKinney
President and CEO, Award-Winning Podcaster and Author, CableLabs
Phil McKinney is President and CEO of CableLabs. In this capacity he heads the research and development organization responsible for charting the cable industry’s technology and innovation roadmap.
Prior to joining CableLabs, he was the vice president and chief technology officer of the $40 billion (FY12) Personal Systems Group at HP. He was responsible for long-range strategic planning, research and development (R&D) and product roadmaps for the company’s PC product lines, including mobile devices, notebooks, desktops and workstations. In addition, Phil was founder and leader of HP’s Innovation Program Office (IPO). The IPO was chartered to identify, incubate and launch adjacent and fundamentally new technologies, products and services that would become the future growth engines for HP.
Recently (February 2012), Phil released his first book on innovation and personal creativity titled Beyond The Obvious, published by Hyperion. The book is available in hardcover, digital and audio formats. The book will soon be available in Russian, Chinese, Portuguese (Brazil), Korean and Japanese.
His influence on innovation and creativity includes:
- Sharing his expertise in innovation and creativity, free of charge (in an approach he refers to as “paying it forward”) through his award winning podcast Killer Innovations™ (available on iTunes). It has been named by CIO Insight as a “must listen” podcast.
- Vanity Fair named him the “The Innovation Guru”
- MSNBC and FOX Business both call him “The Gadget Guy”
- His uncanny ability to predict what’s coming next caused him to be dubbed as the “chief seer” by The San Jose Mercury News.
- He was named as one of the “25 Most Influential People in Mobile Tech” by LAPTOP Magazine.
- He is a contributing columnist for Forbes where he writes the column “The Objective” for Forbes.com
Phil serves on the:
- Advisory Board for Hacking Autism
- Board of Directors for The Computer History Museum
- Executive Board of the Santa Clara County Council for the Boy Scouts of America
Scott Brown
VP of Ventures & Outreach, UpRamp
Scott Brown has been a long-time technologist and eight-time entrepreneur with a strong history of building companies from inception to profitability. Currently, he is the VP of Ventures & Outreach for the global connectivity industry as part of CableLabs. In addition, Scott is the Executive Director of UpRamp, an industry-wide platform that connects radical entrepreneurs to the most powerful network in the world. UpRamp is all about doing deals, not demo days.
As an active angel investor, advisor and bestselling author, Scott has helped hundreds of startups perfect their pitch with a framework he created called (C)lean Messaging. Available on Amazon, (C)lean Messaging is a system to help innovators and entrepreneurs talk to humans.
A sought-after speaker, Scott has presented around the world for Fortune 500 companies, startup events, TEDx, and many more. His unique perspectives on corporate innovation and entrepreneurship have inspired thousands. From Hamlet to hiring, and (C)lean Messaging to the Speculative Startup, Scott is known to speak about the magic that happens when ideas collide.
In 2016, Scott is credited with inventing the world’s first bacon-wrapped tot.
Scott Brown
VP of Ventures & Outreach, UpRamp
Scott Brown has been a long-time technologist and eight-time entrepreneur with a strong history of building companies from inception to profitability. Currently, he is the VP of Ventures & Outreach for the global connectivity industry as part of CableLabs. In addition, Scott is the Executive Director of UpRamp, an industry-wide platform that connects radical entrepreneurs to the most powerful network in the world. UpRamp is all about doing deals, not demo days.
As an active angel investor, advisor and bestselling author, Scott has helped hundreds of startups perfect their pitch with a framework he created called (C)lean Messaging. Available on Amazon, (C)lean Messaging is a system to help innovators and entrepreneurs talk to humans.
A sought-after speaker, Scott has presented around the world for Fortune 500 companies, startup events, TEDx, and many more. His unique perspectives on corporate innovation and entrepreneurship have inspired thousands. From Hamlet to hiring, and (C)lean Messaging to the Speculative Startup, Scott is known to speak about the magic that happens when ideas collide.
In 2016, Scott is credited with inventing the world’s first bacon-wrapped tot.
Expert Speakers
Select industry leaders will share their key insights and critical information to help you understand our topic or their best practices for break-through innovation.
Expert Speakers
Select industry leaders will share their key insights and critical information to help you understand our topic or their best practices for break-through innovation.
Boulder/Denver area private tours
We go on the road and inside select innovative companies so you gain key topic insights and see innovation in action.
Boulder/Denver area private tours
We go on the road and inside select innovative companies so you gain key topic insights and see innovation in action.
Innovation Panel
On the last day of Innovation Boot Camp, you will meet and pitch to a panel of battle tested innovators who will ask critical questions and provide priceless feedback to you and your team.
Innovation Panel
On the last day of Innovation Boot Camp, you will meet and pitch to a panel of battle tested innovators who will ask critical questions and provide priceless feedback to you and your team.
Innovation Coaches
Steve Glennon
Distinguished Technologist of Advanced Technology Group, CableLabs
Steve Glennon
Distinguished Technologist of Advanced Technology Group, CableLabs
Steve Glennon leads, creates and develops innovations with multi-billion-dollar market impact for the benefit of the worldwide cable industry. Having worked with digital human representation and holographic telepresence in virtual and augmented reality for several years, his current focus is on delivering ultra-low latency access networks to support lag-free gaming, and ultimately to support distributed rendering of VR and AR. He is also working to revolutionize how Wi-Fi is used for mobility.
Prior to CableLabs, Glennon held roles in business development, software architecture and software engineering management.
Glennon spent twenty-five years developing high-volume digital video platforms and products, including over fifteen million digital satellite set-top boxes and some of the earliest video products for the PC while at IBM. He has also served as an adjunct faculty member in the University of Colorado – Boulder’s Inter-Disciplinary Telecommunications Program and holds fifteen patents for hardware and software systems.
Glennon earned a Bachelors degree in Physics and a Masters degree in Electronics at the University of Durham.
Lori Lantz
Vice President of Human Resources, CableLabs
Lori Lantz
Vice President of Human Resources, CableLabs
Lori is a Colorado native with a passion for human development. Lori spent 18 years in the field of Human Resources in the healthcare industry before joining CableLabs in 2015 as a Talent Development Partner. She is now part of the CableLabs executive team as the Vice President of Human Resources with a focus on strategic talent management. Holding a Master’s degree in Organizational Leadership, her favorite accomplishments have been to create meaningful and motivational leadership academy programs and team building strategies which increase employee engagement and overall organizational performance. When not at work, Lori is passionate about music which includes singing, fostering her two childrens’ love of music, and attending music festivals and live concerts at every opportunity.
Chad Riland
Program Manager of Innovation, CableLabs
Chad Riland
Program Manager of Innovation, CableLabs
Chad in his role as Program Manager, has a significant focus on Innovation at CableLabs. Since mid-2015, innovation has been central to his career. Chad is an advocate for creativity, developing good ideas, and helping bring those ideas to life, and to market. Prior to his focus in innovation, Chad spent the majority of his career in software, managing and leading software development and software architecture teams, as well as, architecting, and developing software across various industries predominantly with Utilities, Telecommunications, and Agriculture. Chad obtained his bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Maryland College Park. Chad enjoys working with peers to create world class solutions to the problems they have.
Dan Smith
Patent Director, CableLabs
Dan Smith
Patent Director, CableLabs
Dan Smith is the Patent Director at CableLabs working on everything from optical and quantum computing, virtual reality, self-organizing networks, data backhaul systems, wireless communications and co-existence, etc. In this role he facilitates brain storming sessions in all technology areas, works with Jud Cary to manage CableLabs’ intellectual property (IP), and drafts and prosecutes CableLabs’ patents. Dan is also the CEO of The Cairn Group, a patent prosecution company which provides a business perspective to IP for start-ups and small companies, and founder of The Spot Bouldering Gym.
Lisa Warther
Senior Project Manager, Kyrio
Lisa Warther
Senior Project Manager, Kyrio
Lisa Warther has over 20 years’ experience implementing innovation projects and ideas at companies of all sizes, from Start-ups to Fortune 500 companies. She loves taking an idea and figuring out how to make it work in reality. Lisa’s passion, determination, and love of learning merges together as she works to implement her innovation projects. She is a Certified Project Manager and Scrum Master and leverages agile methodologies in implementations. When Lisa is not busy implementing new ideas, you can find her on some sort of adventure. She enjoys travel, skiing, mountain biking, hiking, and camping.
Agenda
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10/15/19
8:00am to 7:15pm
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Morning
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BREAKFAST (8:00 - 8:30am)
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INTRODUCTION TO FIRE FRAMEWORK AND METHODOLOGY (8:30am)
Keynote Speaker: Phil McKinney -
TOPIC KICKOFF
Speakers on the Boot Camp topic -
MORNING ACTIVITY
Work in small groups to challenge assumptions and prepare yourself for break-through ideation -
LUNCH
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Afternoon
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AFTERNOON ACTIVITY
Work in small teams to select your FOCUS -
Evening
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IN-FIELD ACTIVITY (until 7:15pm)
Understand customers better through in-field activity includes dinner. -
10/16/19
8:00am to 5:30pm
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Morning
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BREAKFAST (8:00 - 8:30am)
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GOING “BEYOND THE OBVIOUS” AND DEALING WITH INNOVATION ANTIBODIES (8:30am)
Keynote Speaker: Phil McKinney -
TOURS
Tour locations to be determined. Past locations include Google, Cisco, Adobe, SalesForce, etc. -
LUNCH
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Afternoon
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AFTERNOON ACTIVITY
Work in small groups to ideate and select topic idea -
CLOSING (until 5:30pm)
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10/17/19
8:00am to 7:15pm
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Morning
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BREAKFAST (8:00 - 8:30am)
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EXECUTION AND THE 7 LAWS OF INNOVATION (8:30am)
Keynote Speaker: Phil McKinney -
PROTOTYPE WORKSHOP
Learn best practices for prototyping and work in small teams to bring your idea to life -
LUNCH
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Afternoon
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AFTERNOON ACTIVITY
Work in small groups to build out your idea via Lean Canvas -
PITCHING ELEPHANTS
Keynote Speaker: Scott Brown -
Evening
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DINNER
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PREPARE YOUR PITCH (until 7:15pm)
Work with your small group to prepare your pitch -
10/18/19
8:00am to NOON
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Morning
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BREAKFAST (8:00 - 9:00am)
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THE PITCH PANEL (9:00am)
Small groups pitch to a panel of Innovation Leaders for priceless feedback -
ASK PHIL ANYTHING
Keynote Speaker: Phil McKinney -
WRAP-UP
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Noon
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LUNCH (until 1:00pm)
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