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When you put together a kick ass innovation team, be careful as they will take that innovation skill and apply it to your retirement party.…

How do you innovate a brand?
 
Back in 2008, the HP corporate marketing teams was tasked to innovate the brand.  To my surprise since…

Earlier today, I announced that I will be retiring from HP.
This is not the traditional retirement.  I’m not planning on spending my days playing…

I’m thrilled to say I’ve just wrapped up the manuscript to my first book, Beyond the Obvious: Killer Questions That Spark Game-Changing Innovation, published by…

If you’re a regular reader/listener of the blog and podcast, Chuck’s name is a familiar one.  In the past, I interviewed Chuck for the podcast…

Below are the slides to the speech I gave at this years NAB Show in Las Vegas.  The “speech” description was:

“The Media In A …

Below are the slides from a speech I recently gave where I discussed the innovations that will define the landscape over the next 10 years.…

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…

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…

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…

For this week’s podcast, I’m turning the tables on reporters. Usually, I’m the one getting interviewed by the press. But for this weeks podcast, I…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

A video of the presenting at the 2009 Forrester IT Forum on the topic of: “Enabling Innovation – A Strength In Any Economy.”
The content…

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…

Last Friday, I sat down with Brian Caulfield (Senior Technical Writer at Forbes.com) to discuss the killer questions and the card deck.
Enjoy . .…

I was asked a few months ago by Maker Faire to share the “how” of creating killer innovations. For those of you not familiar with…