innovation Archives - Eric Christensen

Beyond The Obvious by Phil McKinney–A System for Innovation

January 20, 2012January 20, 2012erchristensenLeave a comment

How do you innovate and create? How do you get beyond the obvious answers and assumptions that can limit you? How do you create a robust company that can withstand jolts to the system, whether natural disasters, regulatory change, or the next generation of technology? Phil McKinney, former Hewlett Packard Vice President and Chief Technology…

A Response to Neal Stephenson’s Call to Innovation Among SF Writers

October 7, 2011erchristensenLeave a comment

A few days ago, a talk by Neal Stephenson (author of the newly-released REAMDE) was posted online. Stephenson recalls how both he and his parents have seen tremendous scientific developments: planes, cars, television, nuclear weapons, space travel. He notes that science fiction authors similarly wrote about about worlds were even more fantastic inventions were commonplace,…