AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco president on the AI revolution | Jeetu Patel
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Cisco president Jeetu Patel discusses how AI is essential for humanity's survival, particularly as demographic shifts create workforce challenges. He shares insights on leading large-scale AI transformation at Cisco, emphasizing clear decision-making frameworks and building trust within teams to execute successfully.
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Large companies fail because they let anyone veto bold decisions
“Because what can end up happening is you can always have a pocket veto in a large company where if you ask enough number of people, people say, No.”
what has what are the two or three things that have happened that have really helped us out? One was, being very clear on what is up for debate and what is not up for debate. Because what can end up happening is you can always have a pocket veto in a large company where if you ask enough number of people, people say, No. If you're a large company, you ask enough number of people, someone's gonna say no. Right? And so when you have conviction about something that's happening, that is gonna be a bet that you need to place. Like, you know, what what most people think in large companies is large companies don't experiment. That is, in fact, not true.
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