collaboration

June 12, 2014

EDUCATION

#HigherEdThursdays – Collaboration Redefines Higher Education.

The University of Nebraska at Omaha (UNO) students are learning in ways that would have seemed impossible just a decade ago. The University’s College of Education, which is renowned for its innovative and progressive learning environment, made it their mission to give students  a professional and gl…

Lessons from LEGO To Drive “Out-of-the-Box” Thinking

Are your Master Builders free to create? Are your Ordinary Builders helping them to execute? And more to the point, are you acting like the evil President Business, hindering innovation, placing talent in silos, and keeping your organization frozen in the past? If so, you may find an unlikely role m…

May 20, 2014

PARTNER

Away by the Bay at Cisco Live!

Wow! It’s been a whirlwind beginning to Cisco Live 2014. I’ve already met many partners and customers and we’re only about halfway through the week! Folks are excited to be part of such a huge event here in San Francisco.  In fact, check out this shot of folks streaming into the room for John Chambe…

May 19, 2014

PARTNER

Collaboration for Every Desk – And Every Partner

Cisco Collaboration’s mission is to put exceptional, easy-to-use collaboration in every room, on every desk, and in every pocket. You’ve seen us start to deliver on this mission for every room. And with today’s news we are now delivering this for every desk. Simple, no-compromise collaboration means…

Understanding Your Customers – Cisco FSI’s Key Takeaways From Retail Banking 2014

We recently attended Retail Banking 2014 in Orlando, FL, where a wealth of information and best practices were shared, with much of the focus on how the banking industry is moving forward with the evolution of the customer experience. This year’s conference focused on the issues that bankers must de…

May 7, 2014

INSIDE CISCO IT

Building a New IT Organization

If someone asked you how to build a new IT organization from the ground up, what would you advise? A Cisco Sales employee asked me that very question last week. Her global customer had recently spun off a new regional group which was planning to do just that –build a completely new IT enterprise org…

Cisco at ENTELEC – Heads up on what you’ll see

  Look out for Cisco at the upcoming presence at ENTELEC 2014. We’ll have both Exhibition space with demonstrations and a speaking slot. ENTELEC is the Energy Telecommunications and Electrical Association focusing on communications and control technologies used in Oil & Gas and Electr…

Delivering a Next-Generation Customer Experience

Hi, readers! You haven’t heard from me recently, as I’ve been travelling and talking to Cisco customers. My colleague Jason Bettinger and I recently had a wonderful time at CDM’s Customer Experience Summit in Chicago, IL. CDM Media Summits bring together leading C-level executives, analy…

March 26, 2014

FINANCIAL SERVICES

Delivering a Next Generation Customer Experience – Cisco at CDM’s Customer Experience Summit

We had a wonderful time at CDM’s Customer Experience Summit in Chicago, IL last week. CDM Media Summits bring together leading C-level executives, analysts and solution providers to network and attend interactive agenda sessions on the latest business topics and trends. At the event, we gave the op…