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How to Outfox the Innovation Police

How to Outfox the Innovation Police. Warren Robinett, HP Labs Aug. 17, 2011. Overview. This talk is for people who have ideas they want to see get tried out. If you just want to show up and get paid, it is dangerous to even listen to me. You may end up getting fired.

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How to Outfox the Innovation Police

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  1. How to Outfox the Innovation Police Warren Robinett, HP Labs Aug. 17, 2011

  2. Overview • This talk is for people who have ideas they want to see get tried out. • If you just want to show up and get paid, it is dangerous to even listen to me. You may end up getting fired. • I’m going to share some strategies that I used (or should have used). • The strategies will be illustrated with video clips and war stories from my career.

  3. Strategy: Don’t Tell Them What You’re Doing Clip: Atari 2600 video game Adventure War Story: Easter Egg

  4. Quit and Go Elsewhere If you’re not willing walk away from a toxic situation, you will end up stuck in one. You have to know when to hold ‘em, and when to fold ‘em.

  5. Start a Company Clip: Rocky’s Boots for the Apple II War Story: The Learning Company

  6. Convince Them War Story: Sometimes you can. But there are a lot of immovable objects out there.

  7. Find a Mentor War Story: (TLC) I was smart enough to think of this, but not smart enough to do it.

  8. Have Patience War Story: TLC: Shouldn’t have quit.

  9. Pay the Tax Clip: Virtual Reality at NASA Ames War Story: If the benefits of a large organization are worth it, pay the tax without whining.

  10. Fund Yourself Clip: Snap ‘N Click Math Game War Story: Snap N Click: Never saw the light of day.

  11. Find an Oasis Clip: UNC VR Room Clip: Nanomanipulator

  12. Ignore the Naysayers Clip: VR Molecules Clip: VR Bird Clip: VR Dog War Story: Serious Graphics

  13. Find a Patron War Story: Where is Ted Williams’s soul?

  14. Ride the Tiger Clip: CBS News on VR War Story: Media Feeding Frenzy

  15. Satisfy a Need Memristive Crossbar (HP Labs) War Story: Phil Didn’t Write

  16. Summary: Strategies of Independence • Quit and Go Elsewhere • Don’t Tell Them What You’re Doing • Ignore the Naysayers • Fund Yourself • Ride the Tiger

  17. Summary: Strategies of Cooperation • Start a Company • Convince Them • Have Patience

  18. Summary: Strategies of Mutuality • Find an Oasis • Pay the Tax • Satisfy a Need • Find a Mentor • Find a Patron

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