Cisco Quote by John T. Chambers
“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.”
About This Quote
Source Speech: Internal Cisco Leadership Meeting, 2015
Encourages breaking departmental barriers and fostering cross‑functional teamwork for better problem solving.
In simple terms: Work together across departments.
Key Takeaway
Promote cross‑team collaboration.
Themes
teamwork
leadership
integration
Mood
optimistic
strategic
Type
motivational
business
When to use this quote
- product development
- client projects
- strategic planning
Key Concepts
organizational design
systems thinking
Questions to Reflect On
- How can leaders model cross‑functional thinking?
- What incentives encourage collaboration?
A Different Perspective
May face resistance from entrenched silo mentalities.
