Innovation

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…

IoT infrastructure plans may seem intimidating, but they don’t have to be, says Cisco’s Maciej Kranz. The internet of things (IoT) is digitally transforming businesses before our eyes. Throughout the past few years, companies across industries embarked on their IoT journeys with high hopes, focusing…

One billion. That’s a number I’m sure you’ve heard around Cisco before. If you haven’t, it’s the number of people we want to positively impact by 2025. To meet our goal, Cisco’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) team has put a number of programs in place, including but not limited to, Cisco Netw…

(Note: This article was co-authored by Maciej Kranz and Alex Goryachev) We’ve all heard the romantic anecdotes of entrepreneurs. These entrepreneurs are the ones that work in corporations while working on their innovation. These are they who toiled furiously day and night in their garage, or took o…

If you are older than about 30 years old, you will probably remember the VCR—or video cassette recorder. When they first came out these devices were big, bulky and difficult to use. In order to program your VCR you had to consult the manual (400 pages long and written in poor English), press a multi…

What is it to “hack” something? How can a “hack” make something better? It wasn’t until the end of my own journey through a “hackathon” that the concept was so perfectly articulated. The morning of the HackIT finals – the day of judgement for groups like mine participating in the 2018 Cisco HackIT I…

In my last post, I introduced the advancing ways corporations are incorporating social responsibility into their business, from donations to product redesign. Today, I’ll dive deeper into the innovation success factors that drive both social and business impact. The innovation toolbox is broad and…

There’s no silver bullet for online security, especially when it comes to user authentication. And enterprises aren’t alone in the struggle to keep up with the needs and demands of authentication. At the center of all of this lies user behavior and the challenge it presents to security. Startups suc…

Many of the decisions we make every day in business can have a positive impact on our community. The practices we use to innovate—design thinking, experience research, and new project management techniques—are also the tools we use to make a difference in the world. And doing good in the world can c…