On Wednesday, April 9th, guest speaker Gary Richman came to a CLI session sharing his experiences with product innovation. To the class, he gave a personal anecdote where he and engineers at Excel developed a touchscreen notebook. At the time, the idea was very much disregarded by industry professionals and even by Steve Jobs, who saw no use for the touchscreen on a notebook. With his team, Richman conducted a trial run with a demo without Excel’s knowledge or consent. He then recorded user reactions, capturing their delight on camera, with a majority agreeing they would like to at least have the option of a touchscreen on their laptop. The video was shown to Excel’s higher-ups, who decided to greenlight the idea.<\/p>\n
I think Gary Richman’s story is a fascinating one that showcases resilience and perseverance, It also teaches the lesson of trusting in your own ideas even when faced with criticism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2467,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","points","type-points","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/smier6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/smier6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/smier6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/points"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/smier6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2467"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/smier6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/smier6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/points\/13\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/community.cob.sjsu.edu\/smier6\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}