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" A well-run organization turns over 10% of their organizations, including senior leadership. I don't have the heart to do that. "

John T. Chambers

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" Our success at Cisco has been defined by how we anticipate, capture, and lead through market transitions. Over the years, I've watched iconic companies disappear - Compaq, Sun Microsystems, Wang, Digital Equipment - as they failed to anticipate where the market was heading. "

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" At Cisco, we are moving to collaboration teams, groups coming together that represent sales, engineering, finance, legal, etc. And we're training leaders to think across silos. "

John T. Chambers

" The definition of success is that the company doesn't miss a beat. Do I love what I do? Oh yeah - I love it more than ever. You've got to have that energy level 24/7. But you've also got to make sure the transition is smooth. Being realistic, most high-tech companies haven't done that well. "

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" Never ask your employees to do something you wouldn't be willing to do yourself. "

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" When you're a large company with significant market share, it's tempting to view market disruptions as a threat, but we view them as an opportunity. "

John T. Chambers

" Widening the talent pipeline sufficiently will require a generational commitment to teaching math and science, providing technical training, and mentoring young people of all backgrounds so they understand the full range of possibilities that a career in technology affords. "

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" When a market isn't in transition, gaining market share is hard - you're fighting to take one or two points of share from competitors. "

John T. Chambers

" In France, President Francois Hollande is leveraging the next wave of the Internet to jumpstart economic reforms and create jobs for hundreds of thousands of citizens. A historically socialist government, France has had the courage to quickly implement unique partnerships with the business community to drive entrepreneurial spirit and thinking. "

John T. Chambers

" To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country. "

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" Digital is going to have five times the impact than the information era. Just because you led the first transition as a company or country, that doesn't mean you will lead in this one. "

John T. Chambers

" Once you put in backdoors, once you allow a government to intercept anything they want, you have to give it to other governments around the world. Once you do that, there is no privacy; there is no security. There is no protection for democracy. "

John T. Chambers

" I don't make fun of people. I call people by what they want to be called. What does your best friend call you? What does your spouse call you? It helps you emotionally connect to people. "

John T. Chambers

" Almost every move in the market is either a move to align with where Cisco is going or to align to compete against us or to utilize that technology. "

John T. Chambers

" My mistakes are always around moving too slow or moving too fast without process behind it. And it's something that, if we're not careful, we'll repeat again and again. "

John T. Chambers

" I learned another lesson from Jack Welch. It was in 1998, and at that time, we were one of the most valuable companies in the world. I said, 'Jack, what does it take to have a great company?' And he said, 'It takes major setbacks and overcoming those.' "

John T. Chambers

" Our line of business structure has served us very well in the past, when customer segments and product requirements were very distinct. "

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" Wearable technology will tell us how well we are sleeping and whether we need to exercise. Sensors in the street will help us avoid traffic jams and find parking. Telemedicine applications will allow physicians to treat patients who are hundreds of miles away. "

John T. Chambers

" I support both Democrats and Republicans on many issues. I'm more interested in where they are on technology. "

John T. Chambers

" We changed the world many ways with the Internet. "

John T. Chambers

" I think we have a tax policy that was designed before Microsoft even went public. I think we've got to change - we're at a huge disadvantage around the world. "

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" The business community is very comfortable with Romney. "

John T. Chambers

" Organized crime and rogue nation states and terrorists are very much focused on the Internet of things. The challenge that goes with connectivity is always security. The bad guys go wherever the return is, and now it's more lucrative for bad guys to focus on cybercrime than traditional crime. "

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" If every company becomes a technology company, business models and transitions are going to occur. From a CEO's perspective, this is going to be the biggest technology transition of all times. "

John T. Chambers

" Everything becomes connected, and cyber security becomes the top issue for CEOs. An average company has 40-60 security vendors, and they have a violation every three months with viruses. "

John T. Chambers

" I think technology can change every country regardless of political party. "

John T. Chambers

" I had an issue with dyslexia before they understood what dyslexia was. One of my teachers, Mrs. Anderson, taught me to look at it like a curveball. The ball breaks the same way every time. Once you get used to it, you can handle it pretty well. "

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" When a leader doesn't do his or her job, it isn't just a problem with the person. They take their whole organization down. "

John T. Chambers

" I don't enjoy politics. I like to get things done, and I like Republicans and Democrats, and that doesn't always work well. "

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" Do you have the same vision of where industry is going as the target of your acquisition? If visions differ, you might get together economically for a while, but then you are going to have problems. "

John T. Chambers

" It's easy for me to see how a business proposition is going to play out, or who our next-generation competitors are, from taking this data point from this customer and another data point from another customer... and jump to Z. "

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