On Tuesday, I joined the Churchill Club panel “March On Wireless”.  The other participants included: Mike Bell VP, Ultra Mobility Group, Intel Hakan Eriksson, CTO, Ericsson Eric Klein, VP Technology Planning, Nokia The moderator for the panel was Don Clark, San Francisco Deputy Bureau Chief, Wall Street Journal. The panel went on for ~90 minutes so...

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...

Last week, I gave a keynote speech at Edelman’s Leadership event in Chicago.  Once a year, the company brings together the top ~100 executives from around the world.  Richard Edelman asked me to present a talk at lunch about the “future of technology”.  I took some liberty with the topic and focused on the needed skill of “planning for the future”....

For this weeks podcast, I’m turning the tables on reporters. Usually, I’m the one getting interviewed by the press. But for this weeks podcast, I interviewed Robert Scoble. Why? Well, in his own way, he has innovated the way people deliver news and how technology evangelists can be active parts of a company to help get the word out directly to the consumers....

The video of the “Hacking The Future” speech I gave at Maker Faire 2010 has been posted over at Fora.tv.  The foundation for the speech is the precept that the world in changing at an ever increasing pace.  To ensure we, as a civilization, are prepared for this changing future, we need to spend the time and try to understand what the future will/could look...

My wife would argue that my office looks like a computer museum.  I’m sitting here looking at a stack of old IBM punch cards, an  original Compaq lugable, old HP Jornada’s  and 100’s of other gadgets …. not to mention my collection of Byte and Wired magazines.   I will admit it, I’m a pack rat.  So it seems appropriate that I would get...

I’m a firm believer that the difference between a good idea and a great idea is getting the timing right.  There are a number of items to consider when deciding when is the right time to bring an innovation to market including: Is there a technology coming that will transform the experience/market? Are customers ready to accept and adopt this innovation? Is...

The long anticipated release of Chuck House’s book on HP (HP Phenomenon - Innovation and Business Transformation) has finally arrived and Chuck was so kind as to send me a copy.   At 638 pages, it is the most complete look at the story behind what became HP.   Chuck doesn’t just tell what worked, but also describes in details what didn’t work and...

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...

    A video of the presenting at the 2009 Forrester IT Forum on the topic of: "Enabling Innovation – A Strength In Any Economy" The content addressed the challenges of innovation during especially tough economic times. The material has been tailored to the audience of CIO’s and other senior IT executives of leading corporations. The content...