HP Innovation Journal Issue 04: Fall 2016 | Page 2

Time travel is one innovation our Labs team hasn’t cracked yet.
Just now, I wish we had. I would invite our founders Bill and Dave to the first Global
Partner Conference of the new HP Inc. And I’d hand them a copy of this Journal.
I think they’d smile when they opened it up to the “Rise of the Makers” feature
article. It would be a perfect snapshot of HP’s past and future: the quintessen-
tial, original makers reading about today’s Maker Movement. They’d be pleased
and excited by the role HP is playing in the Maker community, and how vibrant
the spirit of innovation continues to be. They’d no doubt remark upon how lucky
today’s makers are to have such amazing tools at our disposal. (Why, making in
the late 30’s was like walking five miles in the snow to school, barefoot!)
I’d show them how far and wide their company has grown, with channel part-
ner relationships as the backbone of our business. Their earliest emphasis on
innovation and good relationships laid the foundation for the partnerships we
have today. Partnerships that yield incredible new technologies and solutions
to complex problems. Partnerships that help us deliver those solutions to cus-
tomers around the globe.
I often say that “innovation is culture.” This is true when technology developed
in our labs finally arrives in the form of an exciting new product. It’s equally true
when you look at process innovation and digital transformation — critical and
ongoing activities for the new HP, for our channel partners, and for our custom-
ers in every industry.
In this issue of the Journal, you can read about many ways that HP innovations
are having an impact: in medicine, in music and the arts, in sustainability efforts,
and of course on a generation of makers who are about to bring their innova-
tions to life using the 3D printer we are delivering this fall.
It has never been more exciting to be at HP. I wouldn’t mind a little time travel
to see how today’s breakthroughs will change the world in 20 years. But for all
the reasons you’ll read about in this issue and countless more, today’s a pretty
amazing time to be in. 

Shane Wall
Chief Technology Officer
and Global Head of HP Labs
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