Connected Futures: A Cisco podcast exploring business innovation insights
Summary: The Connected Futures podcast program explores business trends, technology innovations, and best practices fueling an increasingly digitized landscape. As an extension of the digital magazine, Connected Futures, the series features conversations with industry experts, marketplace analysts, and business-minded thought leaders from around the world. Discussions reveal key strategies and insights focused on the potential value of a digital economy and how organizations can evolve to capitalize on these benefits.
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A lot of talk about disruption is on the assumption that it's about negating negative forces where actually, quite often it's about leveraging the power of the newly possible to do things, which genuinely create game-changing results." So says Tom Goodwin, head of innovation at Zenith Media and author of author of Digital Darwinism: Survival of the Fittest in the Age of Business Disruption.
In this podcast, Connected Futures executive editor Kevin Delaney speaks with some leading luminaries in the security space. For some great insights on how to prepare for today's cyberthreats - as well as tomorrow's.
Estonians are looking pretty smart these days. With 88 percent fast broadband penetration helping to fuel smart lighting, smart traffic, smart buildings and smart just about everything - they are setting what Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo called the gold standard for digital transformation in the public sector. In this podcast, Connected Futures executive editor Kevin Delaney chats with Anna Piperal, Estonia's "e-ambassador" - about a digital success story that continues to inspire the world.
“I don’t think that the end of routine means the end of jobs,” the futurist Gerd Leonhard stressed. “I think it just means the end of routine.” Kevin Delaney, Connected Futures executive editor, chatted with Gerd about a world in which machines replace jobs — but, ultimately, won’t replace humans. A world that may be closer than you think.
At Mission Control, Failure — and Panic — Are Not Options As a NASA flight director and director of mission operations, Paul Sean Hill managed some pretty dicey situations. Like the time in 1991 when a cooling-system failure imperiled the shuttle Discovery, demanding quick action that ran counter to many experts’ opinions. In this podcast, Kevin Delaney, Connected Futures executive editor, chats with Paul about how the “steely-eyed missile men” of NASA learn to stay cool in a crisis.
Siri, Alexa and those ever-chattier bots on retail sites are interacting with us in all-new ways. But as smart as they are, sometimes it still seems as if we may as well be speaking another language. In this podcast, Connected Futures executive editor Kevin Delaney speaks with James Landay about the coming revolution of smart, talking machines in the workplace.
Experts weigh in on how digital transformation is creating clean water in some of the world’s most challenging places. In this podcast, Connected Futures’ executive editor Kevin Delaney speaks with: Amir Peleg, founder and CEO, TaKaDu Annie Feighery, CEO, mWater Leo T. Kenny, senior scientist and technologist, Planet Singular Kevin Wandolowski, senior manager of monitoring and evaluation, Water for People Anil Menon, global president of Cisco’s Smart+Connected Communities group
In this podcast, Connected Futures executive editor Kevin Delaney speaks with Col. Scott Snook, an expert on leadership at Harvard Business school. Col. Snook has led soldiers in combat, taught at West Point, and is the author of Friendly Fire: The Accidental Shootdown of U.S. Black Hawks Over Northern Iraq. And he has some fascinating insights into the changing nature of leadership in the digital age.
The Internet of Things promises unheard of efficiency and opportunities. But no one said it would be easy. And few companies possess all the skill sets to go it alone. In a Cisco survey, partners proved to be a critical factor among the only 26 percent of companies that reported having even one fully successful IOT implementation. But managing multiple partners on a complex project can raise its own challenges.
Imagine a city that’s clean, safe, and economically vibrant? Not to mention, fun, creative, and smart. Who wouldn’t want to live there? In this podcast, Kevin Delaney, co-author of the paper Digital Cities: Building the New Public Infrastructure, seeks answers from: Bob Bennet, chief innovation officer of Kansas City, Mo. Jesse Berst, founder of the Smart Cities Council Dr. Sumit Chowdhury, founder of India’s Gaia Smart Cities Lou Zacharilla, Intelligent Communities Forum
In this podcast, Kevin Delaney, co-author of the Cisco research report Internet of Things: Challenges, Breakthroughs, and Best Practices, speaks with some leading lights in the technology world about their IoT successes and challenges.
Few industries were more impacted by digital disruption than print media. And few newspapers were more rooted in tradition than The New York Times. In this podcast, Connected Futures executive editor Kevin Delaney chats with The Times’ chief technology officer, Nick Rockwell. Along the way, Nick shares insights that apply to business and tech leaders in any industry dealing with the upheavals of the digital age (that is to say, all industries).
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