collaboration

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…

Last week I was with many of our customers attending Cisco Live Barcelona. Barcelona is a wonderful example of a vibrant, contemporary city, the host of the annual Smart City Expo. Around the city, modern structures like Frank Gehry’s Golden Fish (El Paix) and the Museu Blau (Herzog and de Meuron) b…

Studies show that even under perfect driving conditions, speeding over short distances leads to marginal savings in getting to your destination. Add a few traffic lights, a couple of curves, a bit of traffic or weather, and the time-saving benefits taper down to little or none. So why cutoff, tailga…

Time is our most valuable asset. We never seem to have enough. Whether helping family, colleagues or our communities, we always seem to come up short. But what if there was a way to add a little sand to the hour glass? Well, there is. Thanks to a generous volunteer program, flexible working environm…

We often hear stories of collaboration customers who grow frustrated with how complicated it can be to achieve their desired business outcomes, especially when they need to create an “out-of-the-box” solution on their own. And they have a point. A lot of the difficulty in getting your collaboration…

Place-ism is the bias that “knowledge work” should happen in a specific place in a particular way. A common example of place-ism is the belief that when it comes to multi-person activities like meetings, these should happen in meeting rooms. It is easy to see where such an attitude came from. Up unt…

It’s 2019. You’ve returned to the office with a fresh start, positive outlook, and a clean inbox. You’ve planned out your entire Q1, H1, FY19 and you’re raring to go. Right? If that doesn’t sound like you, not to worry, you’re not alone. For the rest of us, I’ve jotted down a few #workgoals that wil…

Why are huddle spaces so important and relevant now? Because we’re no longer in the age of “oil and water at work.” What do I mean by that? Well, since people started working together in offices, let’s say for the past 100 years, meetings and collaboration efforts have had two primary ingredients: p…

Aragon Research just revealed its annual Web and Video Conferencing report and it’s no surprise to us that Cisco is positioned as a Leader. I’m really excited to see Cisco Webex once again placed highly among recent head-to-head comparisons in the Web and Video Conferencing market. We’ve been commit…