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Fast, Flexible and Non-Linear – Hiring for Innovation
No matter the industry, company or team, finding and hiring the right talent is an exciting and challenging process. In my experience, hiring for innovation adds yet another layer of complexity to this effort, as it requires candidates to have a set of unique skills and managers to be able to assess…
Innovation and Superheroes: The Importance of Origin Stories
Like so many people, I love superheroes. I especially appreciate the origin stories about how these characters came into being and evolved over time. We all know mild-mannered reporter, Clark Kent, originated from the Planet Krypton and evolved into different variations of Superman. Bruce Wayne was…
Turning on the Smart Lights of Innovation
At the Cisco Toronto Innovation Center, we’re always looking to the future, including how the Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming virtually every industry. We see this firsthand as our Center provides a “home” for Cisco Canada to partner with customers, academia, and start-ups. Together, teams…
How is Your Organization Intersecting with IoT?
At the Cisco Toronto Innovation Centre, we’re always looking to the future, including how the Internet of Things (IoT) industry is transforming. We see this firsthand as our centre provides a “home” for our Cisco sales teams to partner with customers, academia, and start-ups. Together, teams rely on…
Will Your Company Follow and Fail—Or Lead and Succeed?
Mobility continues to change how people interact with data—and what data types they want to interact with. In addition, better availability and accessibility of data, now in real time, increases an individual’s ability to make informed choices. This digital transformation is putting pressure on comp…
Toronto Innovation Centre: An Insider’s View of Innovation
When you run an Innovation Centre, people often turn to you for clarity on what innovation means—or should mean—to their business. Problem is, innovation can be a vague term. Worse, innovation is often an overused, overstated, and an under-delivered concept. Do you need to create massive business t…
Cisco Toronto Innovation Centre hosts a weekend of FinTech hacking with TD
Since its launch earlier this year, Cisco’s Toronto Innovation Centre has become a busy place! It’s where we come together with partners and customers to discuss challenges19, explore possibilities and imagine the future today through digital transformation. The Innovation Centre is also a pla…