Posts Tagged ‘david packard’

  • 11 Simple Rules For Getting Along With Others
    One of the challenges for creating a culture of innovation within an organization is the ability to get along with others.  Innovation is about constant change which is uncomfortable and stressful.  The result is that some individuals/groups will not respond and actually become quite negative (corporate anti-bodies) to the innovation effort.  What are you to do?  How...
    by philmckinney at August 4th, 2010 at 07:08 am
  • Podcast: Interview with Chuck House
    In this episode of the Killer Innovations podcast I interview Chuck House. Chuck is one of those individuals whose impact we’ve all felt but didn’t immediately realize. With the recent anniversary of Neil Armstrong stepping on the moon, Chuck turned out to be timely in this interview. Why? He’s the inventor of the early display technology that resulted in Chuck...
    by philmckinney at October 29th, 2009 at 08:10 pm
  • Podcast: Interview With Art Fong
    Photo:  Art showing Phil his HP id badge which he still carries In next in the series of interviews with creators of killer innovations, Phil interviews Art Fong.  Art was part of the team that invented microwave during WWII, helped develop FM radio and then joined HP when it was still a small start-up.  He went on to create innovations that at one point...
    by philmckinney at August 2nd, 2009 at 09:08 pm
  • Podcast: Interview with David Cochran on the how of creating the first scientific calculator
    This is the 1st in a series of interviews of individuals and teams who have created what I would consider killer innovations.  In this episode, I recorded an interview with David Cochran, the original Product Manager of the HP35 calculator.  Per the entry in Wikipedia: The HP-35 was Hewlett-Packard’s first pocket calculator and the world’s first...
    by philmckinney at June 20th, 2009 at 10:06 pm