TEI 219: How Cisco innovates to beat competitors and deliver value

Global Product Management Talk is pleased to bring you the next
episode of... The Everyday Innovator with host Chad McAllister,
PhD. The podcast is all about helping people involved in innovation
and managing products become more successful, grow their careers,
and STANDOUT from their peers. About the Episode: I love hearing
how companies improve their innovation capabilities and foster a
culture of innovation. Anytime I hear such stories, I always find
lessons for how other organizations can also improve their
capability. In my experience, this best occurs by enabling the
largest number of employees to participate in innovation
activities. More employees thinking and acting like innovators
results in more innovation for the organization. Cisco has had a
program for the last four years that is built around an Innovation
Challenge and Innovation Centers. It grew out of work with startups
that expanded to Cisco employees. To learn about this, our guest is
the Managing Director of the Cisco Innovation Centers, Alex
Goryachev. Alex enjoys turning disruptive concepts into emerging
business models. He has a good cross-functional background for
doing so, serving in senior roles in product development,
marketing, finance, and sales.