digitization

February 10, 2017

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Empowering Employees To Execute with Actionable Accountability

To enable actionable accountability, establish clear measurement criteria based on roles and responsibilities. Then enable people to act and challenge the metrics to align to a new business model allowing them to measure that progress. Remember that criteria should be cross-functional and applied th…

February 2, 2017

CLOUD

Getting to Better Business Outcomes with Cloud

I’ve spent a lot of time hearing from our customers about cloud adoption and there are three things they all agree on: (1) it’s essential to digitization, (2) not everyone starts the journey in the same place, and (3) there is no one-size-fits-all strategy. Some customers need support for new…

January 31, 2017

INNOVATION

Ten Predictions on How Innovation Will Disrupt Business and Culture in 2017

Companies will disrupt themselves to survive the digital age To survive relentless market disruptions ignited by the digital economy, established companies in every industry sector will have to massively disrupt their own cultures and employees. In-company “activists” will provoke their own innovat…

January 25, 2017

EDUCATION

Creating the Workforce of Digitization

Digitization is changing every part of today’s enterprise. To take advantage of new business opportunities, organizations are moving quickly to design and deploy new technologies like cloud, mobility, analytics, the IoT and next-generation security. The challenge is finding the workforce skilled in…

Cisco’s FY16 CSR Report: Empowering Global Problem Solvers

This blog originally appeared on The Platform. We live in the age of digitization where astonishing opportunities emerge when people and devices connect. Mobile technology empowers remote workers. IoT-based factories achieve new levels of efficiency. Sensors monitor the availability of clean drinkin…

December 13, 2016

SECURITY

Why the “Seven Steps of Cyber Resilience” Prove Critical for Digital Transformation

Organizations aren’t just talking about digital transformation – they’re doing it: More than 75 percent of global business leaders cite digitization as a top strategic priority and nearly seven in ten say their company will meet its digital transformation objectives this year, according to a recent…

December 12, 2016

EXECUTIVE PLATFORM

Cisco’s FY16 CSR Report: Empowering Global Problem Solvers

We live in the age of digitization where astonishing opportunities emerge when people and devices connect. Mobile technology empowers remote workers. IoT-based factories achieve new levels of efficiency. Sensors monitor the availability of clean drinking water. We are innovating and reaching people…

December 8, 2016

MANUFACTURING

Navigating the Aging Workforce Tidal Wave

In the United States, an available and consistent labor pool has been a differentiator to help manufacturing companies drive their business forward. Now we see the changing dynamics of an aging workforce that is starting to form a “perfect storm” that we need to ensure never hits our shorelines! Ou…

November 21, 2016

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

Building the Internet of Things:  A How-To Book on IoT

The Internet of Things (IoT) has become one of the most talked-about technology trends over the past few years. Yet many customers remain confused. Line-of-business managers don’t really care that much about the technology behind billions of connections. They care about business outcomes. They aren’…