Recode Decode: Former Cisco CEO John Chambers

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

John Chambers, the former chairman and CEO of Cisco, talks with Recode's Kara Swisher about the future of startups and his book, "Connecting the Dots: Leadership Lessons in a Startup World." In this episode: (01:43) Chambers's 26 years at Cisco and 180 acquisitions; (05:28) Cisco's new leadership and his transition out; (07:57) "We think we’re the leader of innovation in America, we no longer are"; (17:58) The Republican party and uniting the country; (20:40) What the government can do to help startups; (26:18) Damage caused by tech; (28:48) China and India; (33:34) Why Chambers wrote the book; (39:25) Key leadership lessons: Vision, strategy and culture; (44:16) Creating jobs and common problems; (51:01) Entrepreneurship around the U.S. and internationally; (52:57) Immigration and diversity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When we work together, impossible things aren't so impossible.
0:05.0	In fact, they become possible.
0:08.0	That's why 75% of Fortune 500 companies work together
0:12.0	using Atlassian software like JIRA, Confluence and Trello
0:15.0	to tackle their biggest challenges.
0:17.0	With a little imagination and a whole lot of collaboration,
0:21.0	the possibilities really do become endless.
0:25.0	Atlassian for projects impossible alone.
0:31.0	Support for this podcast comes from Unisys.
0:34.0	Sometimes you'll hear people say,
0:36.0	get your head out of the clouds.
0:37.0	Well, Unisys disagrees.
0:39.0	They say, keep your head in the clouds.
0:41.0	Keep dreaming and keep breaking through
0:44.0	by getting your business to the best cloud you can.
0:47.0	Unisys offers app modernization that helps companies move their apps to the cloud,
0:51.0	build new cloud-native apps, and unlock powerful insights and performance.
0:55.0	With Unisys Cloud Solutions, the sky is not the limit.
0:59.0	It's just the beginning of unlimited potential.
1:02.0	It's the place where one breakthrough leads to another.
1:05.0	Unisys, keep breaking through.
1:09.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, Editor-at-large of RECode.
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