370: John Chambers, the former CEO of Cisco, reflects on his 25 years at Cisco, from his greatest professional regret, to the key factors behind Cisco’s massively successful acquisition strategy, to the critical importance of culture. We also discussed his work with the leaders of France and India to digitize their countries, what he looks for when evaluating companies to invest in, insights from his new book, Connecting The Dots: Lessons For Leadership In A Startup World, among other topics.
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“While some of my critics would say that I spread myself too thin at times and was too ambitious, that was not my biggest regret. I respectfully disagree with that argument, and in fact, I believe we should have been even more aggressive."
