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Tae Yoo, Cisco’s Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs on Cisco’s CSR Philosophy

The following is an excerpt from the 2019 CSR report.   Tae Yoo leads Cisco’s social investments and stewards CSR and sustainability across the business. She directs Cisco’s business, technical, and financial assets to accelerate global problem solving to positively impact people, societ…

Staying Hopeful and Supporting Education for All

This guest post comes from Jemy Kannan, a consultant in Cisco’s People & Communities team, partnering closely with business leaders across the APJC region. She is a certified coach and enjoys facilitating Power of Teams, Leader Learning Labs and Design Thinking sprints. Jemy has lived and…

How Housing First Provides Hope for the Future

Every person who has experienced homelessness has a story. Before Joanne Richards was homeless, she raised three children. She describes herself at that time as the typical PTA soccer mom; she lived in Castro Valley, a Bay Area suburb, and drove a Chevy Suburban. “When I was raising my kids, I chose…

38 degrees – Cold Hands (and Feet), but Warm Heart

This post was written by Rekha Grennan, Director Corporate Affairs — Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy at Cisco   I awoke in the middle of the night, exhausted and frozen. The cold rising up through the concrete had permeated every inch of my stiff, sore body. I was fully encapsula…