The Key to Innovation? Asking the Right Questions

Complete video at: http://fora.tv/conference/igniting_innovation

Randy Komisar, partner at Kleiner Perkins, discusses the importance of intellectual honesty in creating a culture of innovation. He explains that being honest means admitting what you don't know, and admitting what you don't know allows you to ask the right questions.

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ACT I: HERE

Innovation in Silicon Valley
Leaders and innovators in Silicon Valley/the West Coast share perspectives, examine opportunities and debate challenges for ratcheting up innovation and growth.

Takeaway session about what can be learned from companies who have reinvented themselves or pivoted.

Speakers:

Richard Dickson, Partner, Fenwick and West
Sudhakar Ramakrishna, EVP of Unified Communications Solutions, Polycom
Randy Komisar, Partner, Kleiner Perkins
Will Price, CEO, Flite
Ujjal Kohli, CEO, Rhythm NewMedia Inc.

As the finale event of its 25 Anniversary Celebration year, Churchill Club proudly presents Igniting Innovation & Mastering Change: A Day-long Conversation in Three Acts, a series of discussions presenting new perspectives and examining opportunities for advancing information locally, nationally, and around the world. Speakers and audience members will engage in discussions and focus on takeaways and insights throughout the day in three segments: 1) Here: Innovation in Silicon Valley; 2) There: Innovation in America and Around the World; 3) ...& Then: Inventing the Future

Churchill Club is Silicon Valley's premier business and technology forum. The 25 year old, 7,000 member, nonprofit organization has built a reputation for dynamic, in-the-news programs featuring Silicon Valley CEOs, up-and-coming executives and national leaders. Members of the Churchill Club represent a range of industries, companies, and expertise. Individual and corporate members include influential leaders from Silicon Valley's top companies, managers of both technical and non-technical groups, entrepreneurs, and executives from the service sector.

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[sensur1]

@johammbass

To ask the right questions is better than finding the right answer to the wrong questions. This is virtually mandatory in science.

[tristbjorn]

@johammbass yeah yeah 12yo think he got it all figured out. Go back to the sandbox.

[Kirbynessness]

The key to Herp?  Derp.

[johammbass]

Elitist retards, one word - incentive (mostly a financial one).

Stop over complicating questions that are really simple.

[marsCubed]

Skilled, democratic, social.

Copyleft hardware; rep-rap, Freeduino.

Hovering droids delivering pizza directly to windows; GPS, video link. Much more energy efficient than elevators, bike + rider.

Soon everyone will want one.

Connected tech people are a coming industrial revolution. As hobbies, 'puters merge we all get production systems in our homes.

Millions of people making a part each becomes possible.

Property redefined.

Ideas people like eventually beating anything capitalism could do.

[airforcemax]

Thank you and I am glad I subscribe.

[elsquibbs]

This is a great video. You cannot solve a problem/fill a market void and innovate appropriately unless you identify and recognize exactly what the problem/market void is to begin with. Solid content.

[doford]

I didn't hear the word "design" once :P