success

May 29, 2018

PARTNER

The Formula for Happiness and Success in a Transformational World

A conversation with my college-age son over his winter break led me to discover an entirely new role model in my life — positive psychology researcher, Shawn Achor. Fast forward a few months and I had the privilege of introducing Shawn at our Cisco GVS&CS leadership summit last month. In s…

January 4, 2018

LIFE AT CISCO

Successaholic: Why Do You Work Hard?

I’m addicted to the feeling of success. Team success, solo success, ANY success. I love the feeling of winning – of learning, growing, and finding new ways to innovate here at Cisco. I’m fueled by the knowledge that I’m better off because of the effort I put in to my work each day here at Cisco, and…

February 16, 2017

INNOVATION

Solved: 7 Fatal Flaws of Innovation

As promised in my last blog post, here are some solutions to tackle the 7 fatal flaws of innovation. (Inspired by the book Winning the Brain Game: Fixing the 7 Flaws of Thinking.) We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them. – Albert Einstein Solution 1: ‘F…