Stepping in together to help the children of Lebanon
Cisco engineer, Maha Akkari, shares her story of a 1,000-pair shoe donation that evolved into a nationwide 52,000-pair shoe distribution – in only a year!
Our Corporate Purpose
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One entrepreneur’s search for a BrightSign leads to a life-changing invention
This blog post comes from Hadeel Ayoub, the Founder and CEO of BrightSign and the inventor of a smart glove that assists people with hearing impairments.
Astia is transforming the way we fund businesses
Cisco has invested in early-phase funding to help Astia develop a tech-enabled platform to source and screen companies applying to Astia for investment, and work to remove bias from the investment process.
Pivot to Thrive
There’s no doubt that life has been tough and we have all had to find our own ways of coping with a different way of living. How do we find ways to move from just about coping to thriving in this environment?
Choose to challenge: How investing in women strengthens families and communities
This year's theme for International Women's Day is "choose to challenge," which encourages every one of us to call out gender bias and inequality.
Let Your Inner You Shine
Shine your light further than you’ve shone before. Now that you can clearly see a list of your top talents and abilities, it’s time to get the word out there! Because if you don’t illuminate your core strengths, it’s unlikely others will on your
Code.org: Driving a global digital literacy movement in K-12 education
There are over 2 billion computers and more than 2.5 million apps in the world today, integrated into nearly every aspect of our lives. They influence how we work, drive, access healthcare, vote and more – and their uses are only growing. But how much
Celebrating how we have all RISEN above all challenges
For us, at Cisco, diversity and inclusion is a huge part of our culture, and for International Women’s Day this year, we want to align and focus on three key themes that we believe everyone can resonate with: RISE, Thrive and Shine.
People Behind CSR at Cisco: Why we take ethics and integrity seriously
We recently sat down with Laura Ellis, Global Ethics and Compliance Manager at Cisco, to learn more about why we take ethics and integrity seriously.
