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After publishing “Building the Internet of Things” some 16 months ago, readers told me they gained a deeper understanding of why they should get moving with IoT projects. Going beyond the hype, the book underscored that IoT is real, success cases abound in multiple industries, and users are realizin…

Water is everywhere. It covers 70% of our planet and makes up nearly 60% of the human body. Despite its abundance, 663 million people around the world lack access to safe water. Another 2.4 billion people lack access to a toilet or latrine, while more than 3.5 million people die each year because of…

Successful executive chefs surround themselves with experts. If they didn’t, they’d disappoint customers. When that happens customers disappear and their “favorite” restaurant goes belly-up. Collaboration is a key ingredient. Executive gourmets hire great sous-chefs, friendly hosts, and superb waite…

I love reinventing myself. I thrive on finding different ways to bring a sense of “newness” to my day, every day. As you can imagine, doing this can take a lot of energy and requires a lot of dedication, but it’s also been the most fulfilling journey of my life. In just one week, I created the best…

As a parent with two sons active in athletics, I spend a lot of time attending sporting events. I am fascinated with how coaches evaluate the performance of their players to help them improve. At the professional level, coaches use historic data to win. One example is the way a baseball manager posi…

The world is being transformed by the recent and rapid proliferation in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) from directly improving our personal lives to enterprise applications around security, business intelligence, automation, analytics, spam filtering, conversational interface…

What does video-first really mean, anyway? I define it as making it even easier for people to visually connect and collaborate in richer ways — no matter where they are in the world. I use video for most of my meetings because I need to connect with my team, customers, and partners whether I’m in an…

Digital innovation is one of the most exciting opportunities of our time. It seems like the futuristic depictions that once felt fictitious are quickly becoming reality. We can video call on our watches, cars can drive themselves, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) help us find victims amidst fire and…

Starting a family isn’t always an easy path. My journey to becoming a mom was a bit more of a bumpy road. Just before I became a part of Cisco, just before the company I worked for was acquired and folded into the Cisco family, I started fertility treatments (IVF.) I had a beautiful daughter, but it…