Alex Goryachev

Even Leonardo de Vinci would be amazed by innovation in today’s Italy. Most people, including myself, usually travel to Italy to marvel at its rich history of culture around the arts, architecture, and food. On my most recent visit, however, I had the opportunity to glimpse the future, explore 21st-…

There’s no way to sugar coat it: innovation cannot be confined within the four walls of your organization. To survive in the digital era, you must tap into as many resources as possible from inside and outside your company. The value of employee-driven innovation cannot be overstated, but sourcing a…

By 2021, spending on smart city technology is expected to reach $135 billion. But a truly ‘smart’ city needs more than connected street signs, self-driving cars, smart parking meters and hyperloops to thrive. Although such technologies promise to streamline transportation, enhance public safety and…

Stretching the imagination of what’s possible. That’s how we often think about Cisco’s global network of 14 Co-Innovation Centers, and it applies perfectly to our newest Center in Singapore we inaugurated last Friday. Cisco’s Singapore Co-Innovation Center not only expands our global network, but ad…

Digital disruption, accelerated global competition and heightened consumer expectations are transforming industries around the globe, reshaping markets, creating new business models and overturning long-standing incumbents. As a result, companies are realizing they must become more innovative – and…

Set in one of the most creative, smart and attractive cities, we launched the official opening this evening of Cisco’s Barcelona Co-Innovation Center, the latest addition to our global network of 12 Co-Innovation centers worldwide. Like all our centers, this one will serve as a local hive of innovat…

Startups and larger companies don’t have to be fierce competitors. They can work together to help each other thrive. We all know that relationships take work. They require compromise, balance and playing up one another’s strengths and weaknesses. The same applies to business partnerships. Big…

Innovation does not occur in a vacuum. Nor does it occur when different departments operate within their own silos. For innovation to become a true competitive differentiator, companies need to encourage cross-functional collaboration – bringing together a diversity of the brightest minds across all…

What exactly is innovation? How would you define it? While business leaders seem to agree that innovation is necessary to survive in today’s competitive marketplace, coming to a consensus on exactly what that means is easier said than done. For some business leaders, innovation means developing enti…