Jim Miller and Mateen Greenway (a couple of other fellows here at HP) just posted an article on hp.com about Three Ways to Thrive in an Uncertain Economic Upturn . These are a different perspective of some of the same issues Jean and I talked about in our Innovation During a Downturn podcast a few weeks...
A few times on this blog I've talked about the use of the downturn as a jumping off point for innovation and advantage . The other day Jean Lehmann and I were interviewed by about why now is a prime time for innovation. I've put a link to the MP3 file here. Click here to play this audio clip
Every July, the title of the World’s Busiest Airport shifts to a small airport in Wisconsin as between 10,000 and 15,000 air crafts visits the Experimental Aircraft Association’s annual Airventure fly-in at Oshkosh Wisconsin. Originally started by the Homebuilt Aircraft Movement, pilots who...
Sorry this blog entry has been queued up while we were working through some internal logistics... On May 16 th 1960, Theodore H. Maiman demonstrated the first functioning laser at Hughes Research Laboratories in Culver City, California. The laser has more impact on the IT industry every year. Lasers...
I mentioned a while back that the next wave of computing will appear to be a product of the financial downturn . One of the reasons for this is not just the continued new technologies developed during the downturn whose deployment is delayed; it is the intersection of those technologies with other advances...
In the previous post (based on a discussion with Kas) the following fads were used as examples: 1970 - Efficiency 1980 - Productivity 1990 - Quality 2000 - Innovation An interesting pattern is that each following wave addresses a side effect of the previous wave. A total dedication to efficiency lowers...
This is the first of two entries based upon a discussion Kas Kasravi had with the other fellows. He described to us a thought that came to him in the middle of the night, like a lighting bolt out of the blue. Fads have a close relationship to the mania that surrounds The Next Big Thing. Fads in the business...