HP Innovation Journal Issue 08: Winter 2017 | Page 35

In the next issue:
Creating an
efficient and
secure future
three approaches that we believe can
have the same revolutionary impact on
productivity that we were able to achieve
with the inventions of steel and steam in
the 1800s, and petroleum, antibiotics,
and electricity in the 1900s.
The first is the intersection of biolog-
ical and computing technologies known
as BioConvergence. BioConvergence
enables us to make things using the
principles, materials, and processes of
nature and the advancements in digi-
tal technology. Thanks to this blending
of cyber, bio and physical, we have the
ability to efficiently produce and cus-
tomize products using local resources
in ways never before imagined. We’ve
already seen lit hium-ion batteries made
with alfalfa seeds and pine resin. And
we may one day see the entire Internet
backed up on a single gram of DNA. The
productivity gains across the supply and
demand chain are limitless.
Just as cyber and bio technologies
can come together to help us produce
products more efficiently, they also can
help us work and live more efficiently.
This type of convergence can allow us
to become Beyond Human, augmenting
our abilities and helping us overcome
limitations and obstacles. We are al-
ready augmenting our minds thanks to
technologies like Siri and Alexa, and our
bodies with the use of exoskeletons and
smart pills. But these are just the begin-
ning of what will be possible — allowing
us to work and live longer, smarter and
more efficiently.
The final approach looks at efficiency
gains in how we do business and bring
products to market. Frictionless Business
combines disruptive technologies such
as artificial intelligence, Blockchain, and
the Internet of All Things to increase
transaction efficiency, enabling a more
dynamic negotiation across the entire
value network — sourcing, design, de-
mand generation, and product delivery.
A dynamic supply chain has the poten-
tial to dramatically reduce and eliminate
points of friction from design, through
production and sales, reducing what are
currently years of production, down to
weeks or days.
Taken together, these revolutionary
approaches will transform how we make
things, how we sell things, and how we
work and live. They have the power to
reshape some of the trends leading us
down a path of resource constraint and
limited growth. Instead, they’ll point us
to an efficient future, achieving radical
productivity gains, creating resource
abundance, and improving our quality
of life for years to come. 

Shifting socioeconomic trends
paint a picture of a resource-con-
strained future — one that could
result in a drag on our global
economy and supply chain. How
can HP, our customers, and part-
ners respond? Our next issue un-
veils the 2018 Megatrends report
where we’ll explore the different
approaches and disruptive tech-
nologies that will allow us to
reshape these trends, moving
from a constrained to radically
efficient future with large growth
potential. We will also delve into
the impact cybercrime continues
to have on the global economy,
business processes, government
regulations, and technology in-
novations, and ways HP and the
industry plan to battle these
threats. 
Doug Warner is VP and Global Head
of Tech Vision & Strategy at HP. He
began his career at HP as the Director
of Strategic Development, Digital
Imaging.
@dougwarner
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