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" I have interacted with several top leaders. Modi is among the three smartest leaders I have met. "

John T. Chambers

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" The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have the courage to take good business risks because if you don't, you never win. "

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" It would surprise you how many government and business leaders with dyslexia. Some people view it as a weakness, and maybe it is. What dyslexia forces you to do, you don't go A, B, C, D, E... to Z. I can go A, B... Z with speed. "

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" The start of 2016 offers great promise as the world awakens to the power of connectivity and increasing digitization. The new Digital Age is upon us, and it is unlike anything we have experienced before. "

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" What I've realized is most leaders cannot reinvent themselves at the CEO level or at the operational level. "

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" It's connectivity that really makes the industrial Internet work: it's giving the right information at the right time to the right person or right machine to make the right decision. "

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" 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. "

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" 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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" We're going to become the number one security company. "

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" As a country, we must come together to provide the training, certifications, and jobs that our veterans have earned and deserve. "

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" Cities, too, are embracing digitization. Barcelona has installed in-ground parking sensors and launched connected public transportation as part of its Smart City strategy. "

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" Today's world requires a different leadership style - more collaboration and teamwork, including using Web 2.0 technologies. If you had told me I'd be video blogging and blogging, I would have said, 'No way.' And yet our 20-somethings in the company really pushed me to use that more. "

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

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" What NDS did is allow us to move into video capability with large service providers or cable providers - and the ability to do this out of the cloud. And that allows you to do it faster. "

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" 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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" You have venture capitalists. We view them as experts who also help finance your company and give directions and also some pretty candid discussions about what you have to do better. "

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" 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. "

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" We will see growth in the U.S., and we will selectively acquire in the U.S., but we prefer to use our global opportunity. "

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" The 'No.1 IT company' isn't by volume, it's in relation to business customers because those are my customers, not the consumer. Who do they view as their most important partner? That's my definition of the 'No.1 IT company.' "

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" 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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" By exciting citizens about the new digital opportunity, breaking down silos of competing groups to form a truly open innovation ecosystem and shifting day-to-day resources to focus on big long-term investments for the future, countries can ensure that they break through and bridge the digital gap. "

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" When I think about developing solutions, I think about how we can use technology to make a difference. "

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