{"id":1155,"date":"2008-07-26T07:00:56","date_gmt":"2008-07-26T07:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/2008\/07\/26\/innovation-in-silicon-valley\/"},"modified":"2019-08-07T14:34:34","modified_gmt":"2019-08-07T21:34:34","slug":"innovation-in-silicon-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/svapm.org\/?p=1155","title":{"rendered":"Innovation in Silicon Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;        1024x768   --><!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;     Normal   0         false   false   false                                 --><!--[if gte mso 9]&amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;     --> <!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:\"MS Mincho\"; \tpanose-1:2 2 6 9 4 2 5 8 3 4; \tmso-font-alt:\"\u00ef\u00bc\u00ad\u00ef\u00bc\u00b3 \u00e6\u02dc\u017d\u00e6\u0153\u009d\"; \tmso-font-charset:128; \tmso-generic-font-family:roman; \tmso-font-format:other; \tmso-font-pitch:fixed; \tmso-font-signature:1 134676480 16 0 131072 0;} 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table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\"; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\"; \tmso-ansi-language:#0400; \tmso-fareast-language:#0400; \tmso-bidi-language:#0400;}  --><\/p>\n<p>One input I received while conducting focus groups and interviews about what managers want from the <a title=\"www.pmisv.org\/symposium08\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pmisv.org\/symposium08\">PMI NorCal Symposium 2008<\/a> is to hear about companies like Hewlett-Packard.\u00a0 As an alumnus myself (22 years at HP), I appreciate the unique contributions established by Bill [Hewlett]and Dave [Packard].\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"96\" width=\"69\" alt=\"Chuck House\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/house.thumbnail.jpg\" \/>I still remember the frankness and honesty of a presentation Chuck House made to executives from a major customer during their HP factory visit.\u00a0 <!--more-->I first I was aghast at the &#8220;dirty laundry&#8221; he revealed.\u00a0 Then I came to realize that this honestly and willingness to put the &#8220;nasties&#8221; on the table is a real asset to address issues and make changes, especially when you do it sooner rather than later when problems tend to escalate.\u00a0 How can we get more companies to emulate these best practices?<\/p>\n<p>David Packard presented engineer Chuck House with a medal for &#8220;extraordinary contempt and defiance beyond the normal call of engineering duty&#8221; for continuing with a project that Packard requested be discontinued: and which became a successful product.\u00a0 This entrepreneurship trait continued throughout Chuck&#8217;s career as an executive at HP and other companies, such as Science Policy and Societal Impact Director at Intel Corporation.\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"96\" width=\"78\" alt=\"House book cover\" src=\"https:\/\/svapm.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/house-book-copy.thumbnail.png\" \/>His roles include inventor, intrapreneur, leader, manager, instructor, professional service provider, board member and coach for start-up businesses.\u00a0 Experience his outspoken insights about innovation and successful companies&#8230;and preview his new book on the topic.<\/p>\n<p><em>Be  inspired: be challenged: transform!<\/em><br \/>\nRandy Englund, Englund Project Management Consultancy, <a title=\"Englund PMC web site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.englundpmc.com\/\">www.englundpmc.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One input I received while conducting focus groups and interviews about what managers want from the PMI NorCal Symposium 2008 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