Cisco Executive Thought Leadership: Newest Available Content

Full Report: Cisco Innovation 2005 Study

Innovation plays an important role in productivity growth and corporate competitiveness. This study examines the relative importance of innovation to success and differentiation to U.S. executives.

An Open Letter to CEOs

The Connected Consumer: Retail Best Practices

Sun, 01 Apr 2007 23:00:00 PST

Mohsen Moazami
Vice President of Retail and Consumer Products, Internet Business Solutions Group
Length: 9 min 53 sec
-April 2007

Maximizing Shareholder Value

Wed, 28 Feb 2007 23:00:00 PST

Dennis D. Powell
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Length: 11 min 06 sec
-March 2007

From Manufacturing to Innovation: The Rising Opportunity in China

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 23:00:00 PST

Thomas Lam
President, Cisco Systems China
Length: 10 min 15 sec
-November 2006

Emerging Today, Transformed Tomorrow

Sun, 26 Nov 2006 23:00:00 PST

Paul Mountford
President, Emerging Markets Theatre
Length: 9 min 36 sec
-November 2006

Total Customer Experience: A Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:00:00 PST

Robert Lloyd
SVP of US and Canada Operations
Length: 10 min 50 sec
-October 2006

Transforming the World's Emerging Markets

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:00:00 PST

This white paper reviews the main factors that are set to influence economic development in the world's emerging markets until 2020. These include the specific challenges facing developing economies as they build out infrastructure and take an increasingly large share of the global economy.

Transforming the Customer Experience in Western European Markets

Sun, 29 Oct 2006 23:00:00 PST

This white paper reviews the main factors that are set to influence economic development in Western Europe until 2020. These include the specific challenges facing developed economies such as continuing pressure from emerging markets around the world and the drive by Western European companies to create competitive advantage through the quality of the customer experience they offer.

Article: Part 1: Customers will demand more personalized services

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:00:00 PST

Article: Part 2: Collaboration and knowledge share will increase productivity

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:00:00 PST

Article: Part 3: Information Technology will enable companies to collaborate

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 23:00:00 PST

Executive Perspective: Jeff Platon: Security Meets Total Quality Management

Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 PST

Jeff Platon
Vice President of Security Marketing
New survey tool from MIT helps enterprises apply time-tested TQM methods to perceptions of network security.
-September 2006

IP NGN and the Evolving Service Provider

Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:00:00 PST

Jeff Spagnola, VP
Tony Bates, SVP
Carlos Dominguez, SVP
Length: 10 min 33 sec
-August 2006

Executive Perspective: John Stewart: Vulnerability Disclosure

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:00:00 PST

John N. Stewart
Vice President and Chief Security Officer, Corporate Security Programs Organization
To address vulnerabilities effectively, vendors must work in conjunction with the research community to fully understand vulnerabilities as they are discovered, to develop solutions, and to disclose information to customers in ways that best mitigate risk.
-July 2006

Executive Perspective: Nick Earle: Foresight 2020: Creating a Segment of One

Wed, 26 Jul 2006 00:00:00 PST

Nick Earle
Vice President of Services, Planning and Operations for European Markets
The combination of people, process, and technology is what smart companies are focusing on today to build the business model for an interaction economy, according to the research in Foresight 2020, recently completed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by Cisco Systems.
-July 2006

Foresight 2020: Understanding the Long-Term Business Landscape

Tue, 18 Jul 2006 23:00:00 PST

A meetings summary paper from Economist conferences.

Executive Perspective: Peter Alexander: The Power of Technology to Transform Business

Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:00:00 PST

Peter Alexander
Vice President of Small and Medium-Sized Business Marketing
An interview with David Morgan, CEO of D.W. Morgan Company, about his company's technology evolution and his recent "Growing with Technology" award from Cisco.
-July 2006