This conference focuses on skills and leadership development at all levels of our organization and even though I wasn't at HP in 1992, I know how proud HP was and still is for that recognition. As CEO, one of the things I'm most proud of is HP's long-standing commitment to recognizing and promoting people based on merit. True meritocracies are hard to find in the world of business. This issue becomes of course even more salient in tough times, when the stakes get even higher. A world-class workforce is essential.
Organizations live or die based on the quality and the diversity of their people.
The companies and organizations that operate on a true meritocracy . . . Diversity is a critical business imperative. Businesses need diversity in all its forms . . . Because diversity stimulates a healthy tension . . . Diversity, in my view, fuels creativity, which I believe is at the heart of invention.