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The Age of Intelligence is here, and Cisco is in the midst of a transition — again.  This transition is driven primarily not by AI and machine learning, but by the voices of our customers and their need to consume technology in new ways and digitally transform their businesses. While Cisco est…

Among an array of superpowers such as flight, invisibility, and laser eyes, mind control is a superpower that some may desire. What if I told you that we already possess the power of mind control – but for our minds specifically? It does not require any special training or heroic backstory, but sim…

Yogi Berra once said, “When you come to a fork in the road, take it.”  Now, for those who don’t know Yogi Berra – he was a Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees who won 10 World Series rings, the most of any player in history. Yogi’s advice, while often peculiar, seemed sound on this front.…

My daughter is a force to be reckoned with.  Morgan was born at 25 weeks and 1 day weighing only 1 pound and 5 ounces.  Before she was able to leave the hospital, she had multiple milestones to overcome including learning how to breathe.  Something that we take for granted, my daughter worked hard t…

Cisco Connect Not very often does the sales systems engineers (SE) team have the opportunity to drive a project from scratch, all the way up to implementation and operation. This month we will have this opportunity again: Delivering Cisco Connect in Brazil! #CiscoConnectBR is an event for partners a…

12 months. 12 habits. It takes about 30 days to change a bad habit or start a good habit. That’s why I’m so glad that my team and I (that’s a total of 41 engineers) invested in the year-long process through Habits of Heroes that not only enhanced our ability to be able to better coach and mentor our…

At Cisco, we’re no strangers to stretching our minds into creative brainstorming sessions that last for hours, and collaborating together to solve solutions. But, I found myself wondering if our bodies are as flexible as our minds? Many people think that to be fit you need to become an Olympic athle…

Recently I attended a training for my career development. I’m a VCSE specialist in MANO for Service Provider at Cisco, and this was an opportunity to get some pre-sales training with a Service Provider focus. I got there early, and had a few moments to get settled and look around. 90% of my fellow t…

About one month ago, the Global Virtual Engineering (GVE) team within Cisco’s Sales organization ran their first #CiscoSE #CiscoChat in partnership with our friends at the Cisco Networking Academy.…