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Ideas Are Not Innovations!

Ideas inspire people to change how we do the things we do. But ideas by themselves are just an inkling of what could be. Ideas that remain ideas forever eventually become ideas of the past, things we once thought could change the world. But never did. No one ever changed the world by just thinking [

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney
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ideas inspire innovations. ideas require action to become an innovation.

Ideas inspire people to change how we do the things we do. But ideas by themselves are just an inkling of what could be. Ideas that remain ideas forever eventually become ideas of the past, things we once thought could change the world. But never did.

No one ever changed the world by just thinking about ideas.

Ideas are not innovations. Ideas inspire innovation that brings about change — to society, to technology, and even to the ways we live our lives!

Don't just stop at ideas; ideas without action are dead in the water. An idea with action brings innovation into existence.

Innovation is what makes us better. Innovation propels humanity forward. Innovation prepares us for the future. Innovation saves us from our past.

Be a catalyst for change. Don't let ideas remain ideas forever. Turn ideas into innovations that change the world for the better.

Ideas are the starting point of all innovation. But it's through action that we make ideas into innovations that change the world for the better.

A normal post is ~1,000 words. Anything less than 300 words is what I call a “micro post” — a quick encouragement/thought.

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Phil McKinney is an innovator, podcaster, author, and speaker. He is the retired CTO of HP. Phil's book, Beyond The Obvious, shares his expertise and lessons learned on innovation and creativity.

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