Connected Futures: A Cisco podcast exploring business innovation insights
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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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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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@Cisco_Mobility
Language:
English
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jeastman@golinharris.com
Episodes
Transforming the public sector, from cities to farms
3/2/2020
Public sector innovations are powering a more inclusive future, from inner cities to rural farms.
And Cisco's Marcus Moffett is helping to make it happen.
The company's CTO for U.S. public sector, Moffett is committed to technology transformation in education, transportation, government, and public safety, while working to close the digital divide and create new opportunities.
In a free-ranging discussion with Kevin Delaney, senior writer for Cisco's Strategy and Storytelling team,...
Duration:00:30:57
The promise of AI
1/31/2020
For Joseph Bradley, artificial intelligence has the potential to support an Inclusive Future, in which opportunity, education, and equality touch even the most disadvantaged people on the planet.
But Bradley, Cisco's global vice president of IoT, blockchain, AI, and incubation businesses, is also quick to share his concerns. The author of Questioneering: the New Model for Innovative Leaders in the Digital Age, he fears the unconscious bias that can be programed into AI. Along with the...
Duration:00:40:51
Meeting the security threats of 2020
12/18/2019
Cisco's Bret Hartman shares key strategies for thwarting cyberthreats in the coming year
Bret Hartman has been in cybersecurity since he was a young Air Force lieutenant. Followed by stints at the NSA, IBM, and EMC. Along the way he's seen the focus of shift from hardware to cloud and on to machine learning and AI.
But Hartman, who is vice president and CTO of Cisco's security business group, never lost sight of the importance of human creativity and collaboration in security - as new...
Duration:00:38:31
The Wireless World of Industry 4.0
10/30/2019
Manufacturing has made astonishing progress in recent decades. But there are even greater changes to come, as the Internet itself undergoes its next level of transformation. 5g and WiFi 6 will be a big part of this, by fully enabling data-intensive manufacturing solutions like AI, virtual reality, advanced robotics, and predictive maintenance. The end result? Factories (and products!) that will be cleaner, safer, and more productive than ever before.
In this podcast, Cisco’s Kevin Delaney...
Duration:00:22:49
A Wireless Revolution for the Smartest Cities
9/24/2019
The next wave of urban transformation will incorporate technologies like AI, robotics, and advanced video analytics in exciting new ways. But such data-intensive solutions demand a new dimension in wireless connectivity.
In this podcast, Cisco's Kevin Delaney explores what the experts are saying about the promise of 5G and WiFi 6 to meet the those demands. While helping to create cities that are cleaner, safer, and a whole lot smarter.
With:
• Bas Boorsma, authorand managing...
Duration:00:23:27
Making the Business Case for Rural 5G
6/25/2019
A Cisco-led effort is proving 5G's potential to create value in even the most remote places.
Many rural locations are abundant in resources and creative drive. Yet a lack of connectivity holds them back.
An initiative called 5G RuralFirstis trying to change all that. Spearheaded by Cisco and principal partner the University of Strathclyde, it's showcasing 5G's ability to connect the unconnected and spur growth in even the most remote places - and everything from salmon farms and...
Duration:00:23:15
Cracking the Digital Transformation Code
6/4/2019
Author James Macaulay shares winning strategies for executing business transformation
We all talk about being agile, adaptable, and comfortable with change. But in an age when disruption is relentless and the need for transformation seemingly perpetual, few organizations are managing change effectively.
James Macaulay is coauthor of Orchestrating Transformation: How To Deliver Winning Performance with a Connected Approach to Change. And he has some key answers: As to how change itself...
Duration:00:43:43
Revolutionizing the Live Concert Experience
4/9/2019
If you've have an unforgettable experience at a big concert or music festival this year, there's a pretty good chance that Matt Clair helped to make it happen.
The CIO of Clair Global, Matt is in the third generation of a family business that has been revolutionizing the concert experience since the 1960s.
But back when Matt's grandfather and grand-uncle were innovating live sound for the likes of Cream and Blood, Sweat, and Tears, they could not have envisioned the challenges and...
Duration:00:36:47
The Perfect Meeting: It's Not Just a Myth
2/27/2019
We've all suffered through ponderous, aimless, time sucking meetings. Meetings that were ill-planned, included the wrong people, and were dominated by the loudest voice in the room.
And yet, meetings are more critical than ever. If you get them right, they're the key to collaboration, innovation, and the kind of shared vision that can lead to true success, not to mention happier workers.
So, just where are meetings going wrong?
In this podcast, Kevin Delaney, executive editor of...
Duration:00:29:41
Integrate, Prepare, and Measure: Thwarting Cyberattacks in 2019
12/19/2018
Cisco's Chief Security Officer shares his top-of-mind concerns for the coming year.
As Cisco's chief security and trust officer, John Stewart has a unique perspective on global trends in security - what the bad actors are developing and how smart companies can stop them. By integrating security into the very fabric of their cultures; preparing for attacks, whether by stopping them before they cause trouble or minimizing them once they do; and measuring progress along the way.
In this...
Duration:00:25:27
From Megacities to Remote Villages, Africa Shows How Public WiFi Can Serve as a Cornerstone for Developing Nations.
12/13/2018
"I think this is just the beginning of a revolution in terms of what internet can do for society," said David Bunei, Cisco's country manager for East Africa. "The more we have low-cost devices that are able to access WiFi, the more we'll see society shifting economically as well as socially."
Across the African continent, low-cost or free public WiFi services are playing a key role in bridging the digital divide - as tech giants and startups alike find innovative solutions for the unique...
Duration:00:18:39
'A Low-Level, Perpetual' State of Cyberwar
11/5/2018
Author David Sanger believes cyberweapons demand a wide range of new solutions - spanning businesses, governments, and innovators.
Cyberweapons are cheap, stealthy, and powerful. They can launch a devastating Pearl Harbor level attack, knocking out power grids, government agencies, and financial institutions.
Or they can cause more subtle disruptions, stealing information, influencing voters, or throwing off missile trajectories or nuclear bomb efforts.
It's this flexibility that...
Duration:00:28:19
A Strategic CIO, on Culture and Talent
10/24/2018
"CIOs are being asked to step up our game," said Cisco CIO Guillermo Diaz Jr., "to be business liaisons, the bridge between the technology and business outcomes."
To do that, however, demands sweeping culture change in IT - which Diaz calls the hardest part of digital transformation.
A true strategic CIO, Diaz has been a driving force in Cisco's transformation from a hardware to a software and solutions company - by embracing and supporting emerging technologies and new business...
Duration:00:36:07
Driving Cybersecurity, from the CEO’s Office
10/19/2018
For Steve Durbin, cybersecurity isn't just a tech issue. It's a business issue, a culture issue, and above all, a leadership issue.
So no matter how effective your CIO or chief security officer, they're going to need help. From the board and the rest of the C-suite, especially the CEO.
In this podcast Connected Futures executive editor Kevin Delaney chats with Steve Durbin, the managing director of the Information Security Forum.
It's a free-ranging discussion about what senior...
Duration:00:40:37
Disrupting Education, for the Augmented Age
8/30/2018
At a time when AI and machine learning stand poised to replace many rote human tasks, are schools and colleges preparing the workers of tomorrow? And are business leaders creating the enterprise cultures that will support continuous learning in a climate of constant disruption?
In this podcast, Heather McGowan, a thought leader at the intersection of education, business, and technology, chats with Connected Futures executive editor Kevin Delaney. About how the very foundations of learning...
Duration:00:26:53
Driving Your Own Disruption in a Dog-Eat-Dog Digital Market
7/27/2018
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.
The problem, Goodwin adds, is that too many companies are not sensing the newly possible, or...
Duration:00:49:07
Cyber Experts on the Ever-Expanding Cyberwar
6/26/2018
The potential for a major cyberattack strikes fear in the hearts of business and technology leaders everywhere. But while things seem bad now, threats are increasing exponentially and the impact of new technologies like AI and machine learning are just beginning to be realized - for defenders and attackers alike.
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...
Duration:00:20:55
Estonia's 'E-Ambassador' on Smart Solutions for Citizens
6/6/2018
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.
But it's Estonia's secure, super-streamlined e-government solutions that are really getting noticed. This in a country that struggled to emerge from Soviet-era...
Duration:00:37:29
A Futurist’s-Eye View on How Work Is Changing
5/7/2018
“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.”
That means fundamentally human qualities like design, storytelling, creativity, and innovation will loom in importance. But business leaders still need to prepare for some major upheavals.
Kevin Delaney, Connected Futures executive editor, chatted with Gerd about a world in which machines replace jobs — but, ultimately, won’t replace humans. A...
Duration:00:35:05
How NASA’s Mission Control Keeps Cool in a Crisis
4/16/2018
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.
Along the way, Hill, author of Leadership, from the Mission Control Room to the Boardroom, picked up some down-to-earth wisdom that would be valuable for any leader —...
Duration:00:29:07