The business need
Cisco needed to modernize its underutilized and outdated office at PENN 1 in New York City for new hybrid work models.
Challenge
Cisco needed to address its underutilized, outdated real estate portfolio in the shadow of the pandemic to create an office that was safe, sustainable, and a place where employees would want to come work.
- Mismatched workforce and workplace strategies: The NYC office spaces were no longer fit for form and function and new ways of working. Cisco needed to place more emphasis on collaboration and employee experience and wellbeing
- Lack of data insights: Cisco needed a way to visualize the existing workplace data from across the network and get it into the hands of workplace planning, real estate and IT teams who could utilize it for informed decision making.
- Designing for the future: The new workplace needed to be equipped to evolve for future needs.
- Sustainability and efficiency: Cisco needed to improve energy usage to help advance net-zero sustainability goals.
Solution
Cisco real estate, IT, and workforce resources teams worked together to redesign the Cisco office at PENN 1 in New York City with best-in-class Cisco technology to create a sustainable, positive working environment for employees.
Hear from the team
Bob Cicero, Future-Proofed Workplaces for Real Estate Leader and Mark Miller, Director, Collaboration Center of Excellence, explain how integrating networking and collaboration into the very fabric of the building enabled us to transform PENN 1 into a hub of innovation and sustainability that is truly a magnet for our employees.
