Inclusion and Collaboration

Jason leads Cisco's Interfaith Network, one of many groups in Cisco's Inclusion and Collaboration Communities. Hear how he's using technology to serve in his house of worship.

As Cisco commemorates Juneteenth for the second straight year – more than 150 years after the last Black American slaves were freed – I see my family’s history being validated, and see myself represented.

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?

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 behalf in this busy, fast-paced world of ours.

At Cisco we aspire to power an inclusive future for all, and that means opening our hearts and minds to difference, celebrating individuality and learning to walk in the shoes of those different from ourselves. To embrace the power of difference is to open the way for transformational change.

Steve Cox and I sat down with CX Guru Steve Walker to talk about overcoming barriers within a company to make customer experience programs more effective. Read what we discussed.

At Cisco, we're here to build connections to allow the best kinds of conversations to happen. See how Webex helped Reese Witherspoon and Dr. Anita Phillips “hear” one another on Hello Sunshine’s Shine On with Reese at Home.

Getting a diverse group to work as a team isn’t always easy – but it’s well worth the effort. It meant our team more closely resembled the Cisco customers that use our products.

I believe the ability to maximize the exponential power of diverse teams will be the single most important leadership capability of the future!  The foundation of building an inclusive future for all is for executives to have exposure and knowledge of their diverse talent.