Connections #013 – It’s all about Collaboration
Jeff Sheard is the Channels Director for Cisco Systems in Sydney, Australia.
In this Episode, Jeff discusses how Cisco is using new Web 2.0 applications & other tools, such as Facebook, Second Life and Immersive Telepresence as tools for Online Collaboration – and the productivity benefits & cost savings they deliver.
This includes saving $200 Million p.a. in travel expenditure – not to mention the reduction in Corporate Carbon Footprint.
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Stan Relihan
Expert Executive Search: www.expertsearch.com.au
December 4th, 2007 at 5:42 am
Hi Stan and Jeff,
Great podcast. Would be very interested in additional CISCO podcasts. Interesting times we live in.
December 5th, 2007 at 1:05 am
Great podcast! Web 2.0 also offers great traction when it comes to SEO. If you can, please check out my recent podcast at http://www.StartupStoryRadio.com.
December 5th, 2007 at 1:51 am
Stan & Jeff,
Good work, very relevant topic to today’s environment.
Please let me know about future podcasts.
Noel
December 5th, 2007 at 2:48 am
Well done.
Cheers,
Arnnei
Mega AS Consulting Ltd
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December 5th, 2007 at 2:49 am
Stan,
This type of venue is great. It’s informative and I look forward to hearing about more subjects.
December 5th, 2007 at 5:30 am
Great listening……..yes trust and security is a global issue both in the workplace and on your mobile computing device. We also can do more to reduce our global footprint as the guys have pointed out.
I certainly enjoyed the informative discussions.
December 5th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Stan & Jeff,
Great topics of discussion. Thank you for sharing this with us.
Best Regards,
Blake
December 5th, 2007 at 11:09 am
This is a great “rubber meets the road” podcast. Thanks to Jeff for his time and insights in the new interactive media and their application in global companies like Cisco. Key results via collaboration and real time productivity is what I seek to apply in my space as a PMP on IT project.
It is a credit to the top down management at Cisco to shift business strategic tools via engaging and educating their users in these new tools to benefit their consumers and shareholders.
Cheers,
Robert D. Watkins
http://www.rdwatkins.com
December 5th, 2007 at 12:10 pm
G’day Stan
Another great podcast. Really good to hear from someone like Jeff who’s been around for a while and especially to hear how they’re using Facebook.
Great format and length. Keep up the great work.
Talk to you soon.
Glen McFarlane
December 5th, 2007 at 6:22 pm
Great podcast…great job…congratulations
December 6th, 2007 at 7:05 am
Stan & Jeff,
Very interesting subject. Great listening. Thank you for such a good podcast.
Best Regards,
Piotr
December 6th, 2007 at 9:39 am
Hi Stan,
Another brilliant podcast. Thank you Jeff for sharing.There are several business benefits to web-based social networking that were mentioned that struck a chord with me. As you know I recently arrived in Melbourne without any network at all, and the following are some of the key things that have added tremendous value to me as a Transformation Catalyst:
-Information sharing (even Intellectual Property) globally
-Collaboration by multiple parties to achived similar objectives
-Transformation of individual and company culture and ethos
-Greater resource as a knowledge repositiory
-Awesome way to test and share ideas
-Critical platform to bridge generational gaps between Millenials, X-Y’s, and Boomers
-Virtual meetings via IM achieve a high level of producitvity and assist is driving efficiency ratio’s
Call me biased, but the social networking has gone beyond just being a tool, it is now becoming an art.
That’s significant!
Warm regards,
Justin
December 15th, 2007 at 11:36 pm
An important and informative conversation, Stan and Jeff. The internet is collaboration. Its power comes from joining things up and sharing. Nothing is definitive with the internet either. What’s popular now will be superceded unless it has “open” attributes. I was interested to find out how Cisco Systems is evolving as a company. I would like to see a demo of “TelePresence” to see how it shapes up against the competition.
January 29th, 2008 at 5:13 am
Hi Stan,
Very topical and insightful disucssion – traces a cycle of idea that was ahead of its time, as society was not able to absorb the idea and then how does the idea takes life, with people able to see it making their life simpler and easier – helps us to rediscover of the basic of society – collaboration.
Best Regards
Sandeep
July 30th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Just listened to this episode again after hearing about Cisco’s recent Holographic Telepresence presentation – see my blog story http://connecthoughts.blogspot.com/2008/07/cisco-telepresence-on-stage-holographic.html
I must say that although Jeff’s interview was conducted six months ago, the message and insights are still as relevant as ever.
Worth another listen..