Doing Both News

Decision Prescription

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 18:20:42 GMT

Economic growth or deficit reduction? In the United States, there seems to be only one choice—though competing interests argue over which is correct. In the UK, however, the coalition government thinks otherwise. Rather than endlessly debating which priority is greater, David Cameron's administration has knuckled down and taken on both challenges simultaneously. While the decision is putting great strain on citizens throughout Britain, it is the proper course to pursue given the nation's high unemployment and elevated debt.

Innovate or Adapt? The Challenge of New Markets (pdf)

Tue, 04 Jan 2011 17:40:45 GMT

Imagine a world in which a child can attend school for just $1 per month and where a visit to a doctor costs less than a candy bar from a vending machine. Fantasy, right? Not to Cisco. We are working to make accessible education and affordable health care a reality for literally billions of people.

Cisco’s Virtual Management Lab

Mon, 22 Nov 2010 18:25:42 GMT

How one of the world’s most innovative companies discovered the value of focusing its R&D attention on its own business practices.

Doing Both: A Cisco Executive Explains Why It Makes Sense to Avoid 'Either-Or' Scenarios--Both in Life, and in Business

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 05:01:42 GMT

"Even in the remotest times, long preceding the Christian era, the ancients understood the value of dignifying their harbors with impressive works. The Colossus of Rhodes and the Pharaohs of Alexandria were counted among the seven wonders of the world. ... But the bridge across the Golden Gate would dwarf and overshadow them all."

Churchill Breakfast Club with Inder Sidhu & Geoffrey Moore

Fri, 05 Nov 2010 07:28:42 GMT

Business leaders face tough choices every day: run today's business or invest for tomorrow? Nurture innovation or drive operational excellence? The most common reaction is to make a tradeoff and sacrifice one for the other, resulting in less-than-desirable outcomes.

The Cisco Way (pdf)

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 17:53:42 GMT

After the famous Toyota Way and later the HP Way, Cisco may now stake its claim to its own Way. Cisco’s ‘Doing Both’ strategy in the past seven years has helped double revenue, triple profits, and quadruple earnings per share.

Facebook's false choice: What it should have done to preserve trust

Mon, 18 Oct 2010 17:53:42 GMT

How the largest social network can pursue both its own objectives and its customer needs.

Carlos Dominguez and Inder Sidhu Discuss Doing Both

Thu, 07 Oct 2010 17:24:42 GMT

Cisco SVP Carlos Dominguez talks about how "doing both" has propelled his professional and personal lives

What The Cloud Above Obscures

Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:47:42 GMT

For more than a decade, technology's elite companies have reigned supreme by following one fundamental business formula. They have each attracted a large following with innovative point products that they later transformed into technology platforms that were as appealing as they were inescapable.

If Email is Dead, What Replaces It?

Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:29:42 GMT

People hate email. We read about it all the time, including in this column (but then I whine about a lot of things). Many people claim email is fading away as the malevolent primary tool of our workday and good riddance to it. Sounds good, at first blush.

Talk2Cisco Broadcast

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 17:59:42 GMT

Capturing Today's Profit & Driving Tomorrow's Growth with Inder Sidhu

How Amazon Maintains Its Edge

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:29:42 GMT

What company can boast a sold-out handheld electronic gadget, a transformational business computing platform and a clever idea for the future of TV and movie viewing?

Profits without Permanence: The Perilous Path of Short-Sighted Leaders

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 18:29:42 GMT

Rather than make a foolish tradeoff between prioritizing profits or permanence, CEOs must preoccupy themselves with doing both.

Doing Both, Part 2: A Simple Plan for a Better Life

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:37:42 GMT

Here, in Part 2 of his Guest Post, Cisco Systems (CSCO) SVP Inder Sidhu describes how he applied his strategy of "doing both" to succeed in America. This is an adapted excerpt from his recently released book, Doing Both: How Cisco Captures Today's Profits and Drives Tomorrow's Growth.

Talk2Cisco

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:35:42 GMT

Live UStream Broadcast, Tuesday, September 14, 1:00 - 1:30pm

Doing both: A simple plan for a better life

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:15:42 GMT

We strive to achieve at the office and succeed at home. We try to live for today and plan for tomorrow. We labor long and hard to give our children the things that our parents gave to us: roots to keep them grounded and wings to help them soar. As a son in the East and a father in the West, I "do both" whenever I can. To respect tradition and embrace progress. To fulfill my emotional needs and nurture my intellect. To be tough when the moment demands and compassionate when the need arises.

Doing Both and the Importance of Getting Your Feet Wet

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:29:42 GMT

Inder Sidhu's Doing Both was number one on the Inc./800-CEO-READ Business Book Bestseller List in July. Jon recently sent him three questions he asks of all our best-selling authors, and I really enjoyed his answers...

Book Review: Doing Both: How Cisco Captures Today's Profit and Drives Tomorrow's Growth

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:15:42 GMT

The strategic insights that Doing Both provides are quite interesting – such as how Cisco manages the partner channel, how they changed the channel strategy, the globalization initiative of Cisco, deputing talents to potential spin-in's, and the fabled Cisco operational committee's.

Business Pundit: Doing Both: An Interview with Cisco's Inder Sidhu

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:15:42 GMT

Focus on your core competency. Prioritize. Do one thing at a time. Business has used these mantras for at least the past 20 years. But Cisco SVP Inder Sidhu wants to ask you this: What if you can do both

Churchill Breakfast Club

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 20:15:42 GMT

Capturing Today's Profit and Driving Tomorrow's Growth: A Conversation with Inder Sidhu & Geoffrey Moore. Friday, September 24, 7:30 - 9:00am PT at Fenwick & West, 801 California Street, Mountain View, CA 94041

When The Supply Chain Snaps

Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:15:42 GMT

How Cisco started to get things right after things weren't right from the start.

The Biggest Threats to Amazon, Apple, and Google

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 20:25:42 GMT

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) are celebrated for their innovation. Can they sustain that innovation? What are the biggest threats to Amazon, Apple, and Google?

1 Surprising Way Cisco Makes Money

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:25:42 GMT

With a $133 billion market cap, networking giant Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO) is the largest player in its field. However, competition is rapidly expanding. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Alcatel-Lucent (NYSE: ALU), and Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR) are all aggressively pursuing their slice of the networking pie. Yet, in spite of this competition, Cisco keeps up its domination of the industry.

The Not-So-Dirty Secret Behind P&G's Innovation

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:20:42 GMT

How has Procter & Gamble (NYSE: PG) been able to maintain its innovative edge?

Cisco's Greatest Opportunity and Greatest Challenge

Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:15:42 GMT

What's the biggest opportunity for Cisco (Nasdaq: CSCO)? What's the biggest challenge?

How to give up power and get more done

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:22:42 GMT

Would you give up some of your authority and responsibility if it resulted in accomplishing more?

Tough Business Decision? Do Both

Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:22:42 GMT

Cisco's Inder Sidhu's Guidebook to Capturing New Profit and Growth Opportunities Tops Amazon.com Bestseller List

Businessweek Excerpt from Doing Both: BYD Dreams of Electric Cars

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 20:00:42 GMT

China-based BYD wants to be the first to deliver a mass-produced, electric-powered, plug-in vehicle. It might just do it, too.

Cover Story View: Inder Sidhu, Senior VP, Strategy and Planning at Cisco

Wed, 09 Jun 2010 22:36:42 GMT

How will the massive deployment of conferencing technology change the workplaces of the future?

Forbes.com: The Two-Pronged Approach To Innovation Your Company Needs

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 08:36:42 GMT

Pursuing both disruptive and sustaining innovation at the same time can multiply your success.

Inder to Appear at Cisco Live June 27 – July 1, 2010

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:03 GMT

Inder to Appear at Cisco Live June 27 – July 1, 2010

Blown Away: How Dyson Transformed the Vacuum Market

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:02 GMT

Innovation is transformative. But are vacuum cleaners? Inder Sidhu, author of Doing Both, believes they can be. He illustrates how doing both sustaining and disruptive innovation not only allowed James Dyson to transform—and expand—this once-stagnant market, but to enter new markets as well.

No Clowning Around: Why Cirque du Soleil Is Serious About Business Models

Fri, 28 May 2010 00:00:01 GMT

How does Cirque du Soleil transcend its unique combination of circus arts and street entertainment to create true business innovation? Doing Both author Inder Sidhu shares his insights on how doing both existing and new business models enables opportunities as impressive as any back flip.