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What if your office building could read the room - literally? In this episode of The Enterprise Edge podcast, host Mark Vigoroso sits down with Bob Cicero, Cisco's Americas Future-Proofed Workplace Director and a 25-year company veteran who joined the company during the dot-com boom and never stopped taking calculated risks. Bob pulls back the curtain on how Cisco's own flagship office in Penn One, New York achieved a 5X increase in collaboration spaces within the same 58,000 square feet - not by redesigning the furniture, but by putting technology first. He reveals why the humble badge swipe is the worst data source in corporate real estate, how Cisco's network infrastructure is now powering everything from desk sensors to real-time air quality monitoring, and why the companies that started collecting workplace data four years ago are now sitting on a goldmine as AI arrives to make sense of it all. From biometric wearables that could one day auto-adjust your meeting room's temperature mid-conversation, to budget-sharing breakthroughs between IT and facilities teams, this episode is a masterclass for any real estate, IT, or operations leader who's tired of paying for beautiful empty offices. Stream it now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE and COMMENT!
By Mark Vigoroso, Founder and CEO, The Enterprise Edge | ex-CEO, CMO, CRO, CCOWhat if your office building could read the room - literally? In this episode of The Enterprise Edge podcast, host Mark Vigoroso sits down with Bob Cicero, Cisco's Americas Future-Proofed Workplace Director and a 25-year company veteran who joined the company during the dot-com boom and never stopped taking calculated risks. Bob pulls back the curtain on how Cisco's own flagship office in Penn One, New York achieved a 5X increase in collaboration spaces within the same 58,000 square feet - not by redesigning the furniture, but by putting technology first. He reveals why the humble badge swipe is the worst data source in corporate real estate, how Cisco's network infrastructure is now powering everything from desk sensors to real-time air quality monitoring, and why the companies that started collecting workplace data four years ago are now sitting on a goldmine as AI arrives to make sense of it all. From biometric wearables that could one day auto-adjust your meeting room's temperature mid-conversation, to budget-sharing breakthroughs between IT and facilities teams, this episode is a masterclass for any real estate, IT, or operations leader who's tired of paying for beautiful empty offices. Stream it now, and be sure to LIKE, SHARE and COMMENT!