oseas ramirez

December 12, 2016

INNOVATION

Getting the Right Mindset, Key to Innovating Like a Startup

In my previous post, I shared the challenges of innovating within a large enterprise, and how we approached this learning from startups whenever possible. I shared the first of five steps we’ve learned so far: Getting the right people on the bus. On this post I would like focus on Step 2: Getting th…

December 2, 2016

INNOVATION

Forget Buying a Bus Pass, Commandeer the Entire Innovation Bus!

In my previous post, I shared the challenges of innovating within a large enterprise. I also shared some solutions, including our creation of Startup//Cisco—our grassroots effort to accelerate startup up DNA within Cisco. Since launching this program a year ago, we’ve experienced success (see my pre…

October 24, 2016

INNOVATION

Even Large Companies Can Innovate Like a Startup! Here’s How.

Innovation is hard work. Even more so at large corporations where we face not only the intrinsic challenges of innovating, but also the pains that come with size. Entrenched silos. The challenge of aligning individual performance incentives and the organization’s overall direction. Focusing on makin…