Padmasree Warrior, Cisco's chief technology and strategy officer, articulates her company's framework for growing innovation: build, buy, partner and integrate. While elements of the approach may involve occasional challenges of internal alignment, says Warrior, the long-term growth and entrepreneurial spirit inside of Cisco is proof of the framework's viability.
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