by Steve Liguori | Jun 28, 2016 | News & Media
Cisco recently ran an internal innovation challenge for employees — its first ever. I was honored to work on the program as an entrepreneurial coach with Alex Gorbachev, Cisco’s innovation director. We learned a lot about how to stoke up thousands of...
by Steve Liguori | Jun 21, 2016 | News & Media
I served as an entrepreneurial coach for the recent Cisco Innovate Everywhere Challenge, which sparked ideas from more than 2,000 internal innovators around the world. As Cisco Innovation Director Alex Goryachev told Innovation Leader, “We’re an amazing company with...
by Steve Liguori | Jun 14, 2016 | Steve's Insights
The Cisco Innovate Everywhere Challenge – And Its Aftermath “Steve, that was fantastic. In fact, a finalist just told me that the Innovate Everywhere Challenge has been their best experience EVER at Cisco,” said Alex Goryachev, Cisco Director of Innovation. Alex...
by Steve Liguori | Mar 8, 2016 | Steve's Insights
We Need a New Operating System for Corporate Entrepreneurs When I assert that big corporations not only can but must act like startups, I hear rank skepticism. So many business leaders, students, entrepreneurs, managers, consultants and assorted other experts respond...
by Steve Liguori | Feb 16, 2016 | News & Media
Every year PwC polls CEOs across the globe on challenges and issues facing business, and every year the survey results have a common theme: innovation is both a disruptor and a transformer. PwC agrees. Executives who foster innovation can help their companies find...