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Network World: Cisco Unearths Its Inner Startup Culture

Network World: Cisco Unearths Its Inner Startup Culture

Today I'm sharing a Network World story about how Cisco awakened its inner startup culture through the Cisco Innovate Everywhere Challenge. The Challenge was the company's first-ever internal innovation competition, designed to spur corporate entrepreneurs to produce...

How GE Plans to Act Like a Startup and Crowdsource Breakthrough Ideas

How GE Plans to Act Like a Startup and Crowdsource Breakthrough Ideas

Last year, the aviation engineers at General Electric found themselves with a jet engine bracket problem. At 4.48 pounds each, the brackets, little pieces of metal that support engine components, were weighing the plane down. Now, in the grand scheme of airplanes, a five-pound bracket seems pretty harmless, but it was a problem nonetheless, and one GE thought was solvable.

Video: Winners of the Cisco Innovate Everywhere Challenge

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...