June 2016

The Cisco Way – 3 Critical Success Factors for a “Build to Last” Organization Design

Here's an extract from my new book The Cisco Way. Explore the media coverage at http://www.theciscoway.com This brings me to the critical importance of the right people strategy as a key component of your organizational design. It can make all the difference if you want to build for a sustainable high margin. Every new services [...]

The Cisco Way – Three Operational Levers for Higher Profits

Here's an extract from my new book The Cisco Way. Explore the media coverage at http://www.theciscoway.com Repeatability San Jose, California, Cisco Campus, Building 17 As we accelerated into our new (fiscal) year, one of the first and important priorities was to assemble the various advanced-services virtual teams (ASVTs) to review their previous year’s progress and [...]

The Cisco Way – Three Strategies to Shift Left for profits

Here's an extract from my new book The Cisco Way. Explore the FREE Book preview at http://www.theciscoway.com Shift left is by far one of the most effective ways to drive a cost-leadership position in the market. Consider, for instance, the case of resolving a network outage. On the spectrum of the possible points of production [...]