Kate O'Keeffe

4 min read

Keeping conflict minerals out of their global supply chain is a “wicked problem” for electronics manufacturers. Here’s how Cisco’s CHILL is exploring potential solutions.

4 min read

Unlike a traditional product development cycle, CHILL has created a model where it’s faster, easier and cheaper to try something than to spend endless hours debating.

3 min read

Its up to us to ensure equal opportunity for future generations. Make the commitment and take the time to mentor and encourage younger women and minorities, and consciously foster inclusion. The tide is turning, lets fill the glass!

3 min read

But what happens after the lab? What happens when the lights go out, the “I’m In” paddles are put away, and the executives go back to their regular jobs?

1 min read

The truth is, we don’t know what the future will bring. Because we haven’t finished creating it yet. It’s a work in progress, and many people are asking, what kind of future will it be?

1 min read

Whatever you think the future might bring, one thing is certain—it will be about transformation and choice.

2 min read

Analytics can democratize knowledge and drive new insights—so that every worker becomes a knowledge worker. It can help keep workers safe, and make workplaces more inclusive.

2 min read

From the cubical farm to the borderless office, the workplace has changed significantly. What’s the next stage in workplace evolution?

4 min read

Automation and artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting many industries and causing sweeping economic changes in certain segments. But they are also creating opportunities.

1 min read

Technology and changing organizational structures like the gig economy are redefining work and workers. We continue our comic-book view of the Future of Work with the augmented worker.

3 min read

What kinds of skills will the worker of the 21st century need to thrive in an era of AI and automation? And how will companies find, recruit and train them?

2 min read

We have to be able to imagine the future in order to create the future we want. Join Kate O’Keeffe on an imaginary journey into the Future of Work.

1 min read

At our next Cisco Hyperinnovation Living Lab, we will focus on the future of work. Will intelligent robots take our jobs? And which superheroes (or villains) will shape the future?

3 min read

What will work look like in 10 years? We haven’t been great at predicting the future, but this time we have the opportunity to shape it. Kate O’Keeffe discusses areas of work that are ripe for innovation.

3 min read

Innovation is everywhere, and this week it was at Cisco Live! Kate O’Keeffe shares her top five Cisco Live moments.

3 min read

How do you build a startup from scratch? As leader of CHILL, Kate O’Keeffe has helped make it happen.

3 min read

What do you get from two days of intense, customer-focused, industry-wide innovation? You just might witness the birth of a brand new startup.