How to stay a step ahead
We asked the brightest minds in business how they do what they do – and how you can cash in on their advice in the coming year.
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John Chambers
John Chambers
Chairman and CEO, Cisco
Evangelize for Technology
I think it's important to start with the basic underlying belief, which I absolutely have, that technology will enable almost every business strategy and virtually all aspects of human interaction. This helps you understand, for example, how technology makes your business run more effectively, how it changes industries such as health care and education, and how it impacts the way your family experiences home entertainment. The nontech person operating in a high-tech world also needs to understand the importance of catching market transitions. In the fast-paced world of technology, the ability to identify those transitions and position your company appropriately is very important to a company's success.
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Most stock quote data provided by BATS. Market indices are shown in real time, except for the DJIA, which is delayed by two minutes. All times are ET. Disclaimer. Morningstar: © 2018 Morningstar, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Factset: FactSet Research Systems Inc. 2018. All rights reserved. Chicago Mercantile Association: Certain market data is the property of Chicago Mercantile Exchange Inc. and its licensors. All rights reserved. Dow Jones: The Dow Jones branded indices are proprietary to and are calculated, distributed and marketed by DJI Opco, a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and have been licensed for use to S&P Opco, LLC and CNN. Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC and Dow Jones is a registered trademark of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings LLC. All content of the Dow Jones branded indices © S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC 2018 and/or its affiliates.