{"id":1072,"date":"2023-09-08T14:54:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jacksonholdingcompany.com\/how-i-work-travis-pouliots-new-york-state-of-mind\/"},"modified":"2023-09-08T14:54:30","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T14:54:30","slug":"how-i-work-travis-pouliots-new-york-state-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacksonholdingcompany.com\/how-i-work-travis-pouliots-new-york-state-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"How I Work: Travis Pouliot\u2019s New York state of mind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how Cisco how employees find success and happiness as they set their own paths for hybrid work \u2014 the good, the challenges, and the strides being made.More RSS Feeds: https:\/\/newsroom.cisco.com\/c\/r\/newsroom\/en\/us\/rss-feeds.html<\/p>\n<p>\u200b\u00a0Learn how Cisco how employees find success and happiness as they set their own paths for hybrid work \u2014 the good, the challenges, and the strides being made.More RSS Feeds: https:\/\/newsroom.cisco.com\/c\/r\/newsroom\/en\/us\/rss-feeds.html\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.cisco.com\/c\/r\/newsroom\/en\/us\/a\/y2023\/m09\/how-i-work-travis-pouliot-new-york-state-of-mind.html?source=rss\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a>\u00a0Cisco Newsroom: Collaboration\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsroom-c-hero__body\">\n<p>Article<\/p>\n<p>Learn how Cisco how employees find success and happiness as they set their own paths for hybrid work \u2014 the good, the challenges, and the strides being made.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsroom-c-hero__image\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"container responsivegrid\">\n<div class=\"cmp-container\">\n<div class=\"aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12\">\n<div class=\"container responsivegrid newsroom-grid-wrapper aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--12\">\n<div class=\"cmp-container\">\n<div class=\"aem-Grid aem-Grid--12 aem-Grid--default--12\">\n<div class=\"cmp-container\">\n<div class=\"aem-Grid aem-Grid--8 aem-Grid--default--8\">\n<div class=\"newsroom-component newsroom-rte aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--8\">\n<div class=\"newsroom-c-rte\">\n<p><em>By Majka Klemmer and Diane Poduch, illustration by Sara Baldwin<\/em><\/p>\n<p>What would you do if you got an unexpected request in the middle of your workday to head straight to the office and host a customer?<\/p>\n<p>a. Panic<\/p>\n<p>b. Make up an excuse that you can\u2019t do it<\/p>\n<p>c. Excitedly say yes and make your way there<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re Sales Business Development Leader Travis Pouliot, you pick option c.<\/p>\n<p>Travis is a 15-minute subway ride from Cisco\u2019s Penn 1 office in New York City. And he loves making connections with new people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsroom-media-player aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--8\">\n<div class=\"newsroom-c-media-player\">\n<div class=\"newsroom-c-media-player__container\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vP8CxydE7LQ\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"> <\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsroom-component newsroom-rte aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--8\">\n<div class=\"newsroom-c-rte\">\n<p>Since April 2022, Travis has hosted 100 customers at Penn 1.\u00a0 He does collaboration demos, talks about our business strategy, and leads \u201cwalking briefings\u201d\u2014 mile-long walking tours around the office showing how Cisco works in a hybrid environment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I often get called to come in the office and help in emergencies,\u201d Travis explains.<\/p>\n<p>Travis hosts at least one party at his apartment every year to meet more Cisco employees. While he doesn\u2019t physically sit with any of his team members, he\u2019s gotten to know some folks around the office.<\/p>\n<p>During last year\u2019s holiday season, he asked two early-in-career employees to manage his party guest list. When his doorbell rang, he didn\u2019t exactly know who was pressing the button.<\/p>\n<p>But it all turned out great.<\/p>\n<p>Travis Pouliot (third from right in the front) hosted a holiday party in December 2022 and met many Cisco employees for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>When he\u2019s not hosting customers or journalists at Penn 1, Travis does Webex competitive analysis and studies interoperability with Microsoft, Zoom, and others.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have more non-Cisco gear than Cisco gear in my apartment,\u201d he laughs. \u201cI look at what the industry offers to make sure we are competitively differentiated in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Travis enjoys the flexibility in how he gets his work done each day, whether it\u2019s sitting in the Grand Community Lounge and absorbing the vibe of the office or working alongside his two French bulldogs in his Greenwich Village apartment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"image aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--8\">\n<div class=\"cmp-image\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsroom-component newsroom-rte aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--8\">\n<div class=\"newsroom-c-rte\">\n<p><em>Travis Pouliot (third from right in the front) hosted a holiday party in December 2022 and met many Cisco employees for the first time.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsroom-component newsroom-rte aem-GridColumn aem-GridColumn--default--8\">\n<div class=\"newsroom-c-rte\">\n<p>\u201cThe energy in the office is quite high,\u201d Travis shares. \u201cI thrive off that, and I thrive off interacting with people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEven if I just go in the office for a few hours in the morning and spend the rest of the day at home, that gives me energy. No matter what your job is, I think there should be an opportunity to have a human connection. Hybrid work does just that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Check out Travis in action and get inspired by how he works.\u00a0You might be in the mood for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vk6014HuxcE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this song<\/a> afterward.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hear it for Travis and New York.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cmp-relatedarticles__items\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.cisco.com\/c\/r\/newsroom\/en\/us\/a\/y2022\/m10\/how-i-work-how-alok-menon-discovered-his-rhythm.html\" class=\"cmp-relatedarticles__item\">\n<div class=\"cmp-relatedarticles__image\"><\/div>\n<p>Innovation Impact<\/p>\n<p>How I Work: how Alok Menon discovered his rhythm<\/p>\n<p>How hybrid work has boosted morale and commitment<\/p>\n<p>        <\/p><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.cisco.com\/c\/r\/newsroom\/en\/us\/a\/y2023\/m05\/building-future-tech-careers-at-valiant-cross-academy.html\" class=\"cmp-relatedarticles__item\">\n<div class=\"cmp-relatedarticles__image\"><\/div>\n<p>Innovation Impact<\/p>\n<p>Building future tech careers at Valiant Cross Academy<\/p>\n<p>In Montgomery, Ala., Cisco Networking Academy empowers young men with the skills for tomorrow\u2019s jobs<\/p>\n<p>        <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"newsroom-component newsroom-back-to-top\"><a class=\"back-to-top-link\" title=\"Back to Top\">\n<p>    <\/p><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how Cisco how employees find success and happiness as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cisco-newsroom-collaboration"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.3 (Yoast SEO v23.3) - 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