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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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" In September 2014, the USIBC members indicated an investment figure of $41 billion that was likely to be invested over a 2-3 year period. "

John T. Chambers

Over

September

Year

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

" 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. "

" Often, what I tell a new CEO asking for advice, or one of my own new leaders, is the two most important decisions that your team is going to watch is the first person you hire and the first person you promote - because you are saying that's the type of person I want. "

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

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

" I think Mr Trump is going to be a good president. "

" There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked. "

" If you asked would I have done a startup in India, the answer is yes. "

" There is no secure data center in the world; they have all been broken into. We can help you prepare for it and minimize the damage when it does occur. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" We'll have a sales leader go run engineering. A lawyer go run business development. A business development leader go run our consumer operations. We're going to train a generalist group of leaders who know how to learn and operate in collaboration teamwork. I think that's the future of leadership. "

" Some people need a command-and-control environment. "

" Government leaders need to ask themselves if they are positioning their country to reap the full potential of the digital economy. "

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

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

John T. Chambers

Support

Democrats

" 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. "

" I had two parents who were doctors, and my mom was valedictorian in multiple classes. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

John T. Chambers

Today

Leadership

" 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. "

" 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. "

" You've got to really enable the next generation of start-ups. "

John T. Chambers

Got

Generation