Skip to content

How To Innovate A Retirement Party

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.  As you can see from the image, the team decided to take some license when it came to the cake.  The entire thing is edible (yes – even the devices). In […]

Phil McKinney
Phil McKinney
1 min read
Innovating Phil McKinney's HP Retirement Party

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.  As you can see from the image, the team decided to take some license when it came to the cake.  The entire thing is edible (yes – even the devices).

In addition to the cake, they also created a retirement video.  I enjoyed the video up to the point of them showing some video bloopers. I knew I should have made sure they were deleted.

Below are some more photo's of me with the retirement cake.  In my personal opinion, I don't see the resemblance.

Phil with his retirement cake
Side by side with the retirement cake
BlogCareerHPphil mckinneyretirement

Phil McKinney Twitter

Phil McKinney is an innovator, podcaster, author, and speaker. He is the retired CTO of HP. Phil's book, Beyond The Obvious, shares his expertise and lessons learned on innovation and creativity.

Comments


Related Posts

How To Quit Defending Decisions You Know Are Wrong

The reason you can't let go isn't logic. It's that quitting would threaten who you believe you are.

How To Quit Defending Decisions You Know Are Wrong

Shell Had Six Years to Prepare. I Had Four Months.

Outstanding leaders under pressure aren't making great decisions. They're executing decisions they already made. The difference is preparation. And most leaders skip it.

Playbooks will go up in flames if you are not ready and have to make decisions under pressure such time constraints.

An Open Letter to HP's Board, and Every Board Governing an Innovation-Dependent Organization

What innovation-dependent organizations need from their boards, and four places to start.

Dawn of opportunity for HP to bring back a Silicon Valley innovation leader