The industry has to learn how to do CEO succession well. If your definition of success is Intel or Microsoft or HP or IBM, that's not a good track record, and yet they are the most successful ones. — John T. Chambers Copy Share Image
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… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
We don't go into a market without a chance of a 40 percent share and sustainable differentiation. We wouldn't get into wiring oil rigs… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
Every company, city, and country is becoming digital, navigating disruptive markets, and Cisco's role in the digital transformation has never been more important. — John T. Chambers Copy Share
To go back to a 1950s voice mentality with Title II and net neutrality would be a tremendous mistake for our country. — John T. Chambers Copy Share
There are two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those who don't know they have been hacked. — John T. Chambers Copy Share
The window was open for us to play in the consumer as data, voice, video came together. This is where you have to have… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
Once you put in backdoors, once you allow a government to intercept anything they want, you have to give it to other governments around… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
What makes Silicon Valley really work? It's a unique combination of great educational institutions - especially at Stanford - that generate engineers and a… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
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 Copy Share
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… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
People who might normally have to travel hours to a distant city to see a cardiologist can now do so virtually, through Cisco technology,… — John T. Chambers Copy Share
