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Annie Hardy

Senior Visioneer at Cisco

Austin, TX, United States

Futurist. Bridge Builder. Alchemist. Entrepreneur. My expertise ranges from product innovation and marketing to research and strategy for global tech companies. I delight in championing human-centered ideas, establishing productive collaborations, and leading inclusive innovation in my teams, offices, and community. Discover more at www.anniehardy.io.

Available For: Advising, Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking
Travels From: Austin, Texas
Speaking Topics: future of the internet, future of work, future of trust

Annie Hardy Points
Academic 0
Author 26
Influencer 42
Speaker 0
Entrepreneur 0
Total 68

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Company Information

Company Type: Enterprise
Business Unit: Customer Experience
Theatre: Global
Minimum Project Size: Undisclosed
Average Hourly Rate: Undisclosed
Number of Employees: Undisclosed
Company Founded Date: Undisclosed
Media Experience: 10 years

Areas of Expertise

5G
AI
AR/VR
Blockchain
Customer Experience 30.27
Data Center
Diversity and Inclusion 31.17
Emerging Technology
Future of Work 30.17
Innovation 30.16
IoT 30.03
Metaverse 34.65
NFT
Smart Cities
Design Thinking 30.59
Cryptocurrency 30.38

Industry Experience

Automotive
Consumer Products
Financial Services & Banking
Healthcare
High Tech & Electronics
Higher Education & Research
Industrial Machinery & Components
Insurance
Media
Pharmaceuticals
Professional Services
Telecommunications

Publications

1 Analyst Report
The Risk of Exclusion in the Metaverse
Cisco
November 17, 2022
The Metaverse promises to change the future of interactions and collaboration. However, as it takes shape and reveals its true nature, we see emerging risks for employers, application developers, designers, and device manufacturers alike. In this Industry Perspective, Cisco's Senior Visioneer Annie Hardy digs into Extended Reality trends and technologies to explore how the Metaverse may develop exclusionary spaces that foster bias.

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Tags: Diversity and Inclusion, Future of Work, Metaverse

10 Article/Blogs
Human-Machine Interactions of the Future: Unpopular Opinions [Part 3]
Cisco
October 21, 2022
This is third and final installation of a 3-part blog series on a Cisco Futurist’s perspectives on some buzzy terms and technology trends.

At Cisco, I’m responsible for looking at the future of human-machine interaction, where there is a ton of buzzy terms and trends being bandied about. In the first and second installations of this blog series, I defined some key concepts and shared my first three unpopular opinions about Web3, the Metaverse, and decentralization.

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Tags: Innovation, IoT, Metaverse

Selling Human-Centered Design to the C-Suite: A Poem
Import from medium.com
October 21, 2020
By che — Own work, CC BY-SA 2.5, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/indexI decided to write some poetry to describe a common woeThe roots of which are often softened by leadership, though.Business is running based on theories, and not based on fact -And scientists, designers, researchers are no

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

Words from a Privileged white woman seeking to become an ally.
Import from medium.com
June 05, 2020
My friend Oji Udezue wrote an article recently (“Inequality is a zero-day flaw in America’s source code”) about his experience moving from a “first-class existence in Nigeria (everyone is black)” to becoming a black man in America — which astounded him and made him cringe.I met Oji

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

Intellect, Smarts, and Identity: Naming and Claiming my value
Import from medium.com
May 21, 2020
Image by Mariana Vusiatytska, 2016–12–12 — on Wikimedia Commons.Today, I was thinking about how I’ve always seen my potential. I never thought of myself as intelligent. Kinda smart in some ways, maybe. But not intelligent. And I think that lots of kids out there right now may be increasi

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

Women farmers are finally getting counted. And it’s about time.
Import from medium.com
February 18, 2020
Pink boots. Huge tractors. 36% of the farmers in the US, but with only 10% of the government funding.Farming has a bias problem.A recent article from Huff Post opened my eyes and got me thinking about farms, farm workers, and farm equipment. And with the 2020 census around the corner, these ruminat

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

Recycling Gone Wrong: Condom Re-use as a Design for Equity Problem
Import from medium.com
April 15, 2019
This topic is exceptionally controversial and decidedly gross. The CDC issued a tweet in July of 2018 about a shocking occurrence in…Continue reading on Medium »

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

Attributing Corporate Sustainability to The Pivot
Import from medium.com
February 14, 2019
From Sears to Starbucks: Pivoting to Thrive in the face of ChangeThis week, Andre Calantzopoulos, CEO of Phillip Morris International, shared an astounding revelation during an interview with SkyNews.“At the end of the day, the ambition we have is to replace cigarettes as soon as possible.” 

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

How that hyperactive kid in class blew me away.
Import from medium.com
November 30, 2018
Today, I had the pleasure of being a part of career day at my local elementary school, talking with five different classes about what I do. Discussing market research is an interesting activity among 4th graders who neither understand nor value this seemingly dry topic.Ms. Hansen’s fourth-grade c

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

The only thing constant. (hint: it’s not the kilo.)
Import from medium.com
November 15, 2018
Have you by chance heard that the definition of the kilogram is about to change?It’s a fascinating story; Le Grand K was crafted in 1879 as a cylinder of platinum and iridium that perfectly represented the weight of one metric kilogram, a little over 2 pounds. For generations, Le Grand K - or Big

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

What about the pipeline for female entrepreneurs in traditional gender-normative cultures?
Import from medium.com
November 12, 2018
I’m far more of a practical philosopher than an ideological one. I love debates and discussions around what *should* be best in the context of how we can get there starting *today*.With this in mind, my opinion is that the conversation around global entrepreneurship has a rarely discussed gap.We

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Tags: Customer Experience, Design Thinking

1 Media Interview
Discover the Future of the Metaverse with Cisco Senior Visioneer | Snack Minute Ep. 91
YouTube
February 28, 2023
Explore the future of the Metaverse and Web3 with Cisco's Senior Visioneer Annie Hardy in this exclusive Snack Minute episode 91. Learn about the evolving human-machine interaction, the latest trends, and the spatial and immersive augmented experience of the Metaverse beyond virtual reality gaming. Annie shares her insights on the risks and guardrails of the Metaverse and discusses Cisco's cutting-edge solutions, including Webex Hologram and Vection Technologies' metaverse plug-in 3D Frame. Discover how to engage with the Metaverse safely and effectively and protect your company and customers in this Wild West of innovation. Don't miss the opportunity to interact with one of the leading experts on the Metaverse and Web3. Join the conversation with Annie in the comments section and share your thoughts on the future of this groundbreaking technology.

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Tags: Metaverse

1 Podcast
Chickonomics with Annie
Cisco Podcast Network
June 29, 2021
When Annie couldn’t find the knowledge she was looking for, she created her own group Chickonomics. Learn how Annie created a safe space to discuss personal finances and how the space is already assisting its members. Looking to work somewhere that values ingenuity and go getters?

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Tags: Cryptocurrency, Design Thinking, Innovation

1 Whitepaper
The Risk of Exclusion in the Metaverse
Cisco
December 28, 2022
The Metaverse promises to change the future of interactions and collaboration. Yet, there are risks for employers. Cisco Senior Visioneer Annie Hardy, explores how exclusionary spaces may emerge.

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Tags: Metaverse

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