millennials

Workplace Transformation: The Art of Communication For the last 15 years I have been centralising my working world around e-mail. One of the first things I received when I started my first job, was not a laptop or a pen, it was an e-mail address! It was my identity and it soon became my personal ass…

  This post comes from Stacy Shrader, an intern with the collaboration marketing team and a rising senior at Virginia Tech with a dual degree in business management and public relations. “We don’t have the budget to bring the candidate in for that interview.” Human resources professional…

I was just in Austin, Texas, at SXSW. While there, I spoke at Cisco Spark Haus about the Cisco design language – and how magic happens when California meets Norway. I’m often asked about our approach, so I thought I’d share some of my Texas conversation. The baseline question I get is: What do…

Millennials are often judged as being ‘lazy, impatient and self-entitled.’ We want it all and we want it now (myself included!) But is that really a bad thing? Look at all the innovations that our impatience and need for convenience has sparked. The moment we wake up, we check our mails, read the da…

Who’s your audience – millennials or unicorns? Of course, the answer is neither, because neither exist. It’s pretty much impossible to define what a millennial is – try it, Google has plenty of results. It’s become a shorthand term for the stage in life somewhere between skateboards and mortga…

Hello team!  It’s been two weeks since we were in beautiful Cancun for Cisco Live. We miss the energy and excitement of the event but we’re glad to be back to share our wonderful experience with you all.  The IT Management Program consisted of three days of presentations. Each day focuse…

Agility pays. Look around you. Businesses that are thriving today are “agile.” Agility is becoming a true differentiator for business success. Agility creates a stronger environment for innovation and adaptability — and creates a cultural shift in doing things. Think about this. Why did Blockbuster…

The workforce is aging and many organizations are having trouble recruiting younger talent. By the year 2025, Millennials will make up 75% of the workforce. Creating a familiar and engaging work environment is critical in attracting these young workers. It’s no question: The proliferation of mobile…

Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byer’s Mary Meeker recently released her annual “2016 Internet Trends Report.” As always, it was a wealth of information. That being said, all her data — 213 slides worth — blew my mind. The seemingly endless facts and figures opened my eyes to both the goo…