Cisco chief Chuck Robbins believes affirmative action gives them better business
Robbins, trained in Georgia, shared the example of Jeetu Patel, the president and chief product manager of the growing company in India, and said that different life experiences mean that they think differently and that the diversity of thoughts usually leads to great ideas that are “the power of diversity”.
For Chuck, these metrics, numbers or programs, not about to create teams of people who look at different problems to achieve two creative solutions.
“I want a room full of people who give me four different ways to solve a problem or fight an opportunity, and if you have a room full of white men from Georgia, Rob Robbins said.
On July 9, he addressed the media at Cisco’s office in Mumbai’s Bandon-Kurla complex.
His interpretation undertakes the importance of global technology giants, considering that they withdraw from the diversity and inclusive policies.
Trump’s attack on diversity
After starting to work in January, US President Donald Trump regained the opportunity to end illegal discrimination and rejected merit -based opportunity, and directed state agencies to end the policies of diversity, equality and involvement (DEI) in federal agencies, federal contractors and private sectors.
He also asked them to take action against “illegal policies or practices”.
The private sector encouraged mold applications and preferences. In an earlier order, Trump wanted to end all the programs, work and education related to the DEI.
Following the administrator order, Meta Platforms Inc., Alphabetinc. And amazon.com Inc. Technology giants have cut their targets.
After evaluating the changing US political landscape, Accenture also engraved the global diversity and inclusion goals. Reuters The February 7 report quoted an internal note.
DEI programs help to increase obstacles to people from different pasts, races and sexes for people.
Management Consultancy Firm McKinsey & Co.
In 2015, the probability of the best diversity -based companies were 15% higher. By 2023, this number rose to 39%.
Indian operations
The US network giant now sees India not only a great place for cost savings, but an extension of engineering.
Robbins was coming from the bull in India and said: “I am not sure that there is another place to grow like India in the next 5-10 years.” He said.
“We continue our investments here and challenge the team,” he said, the company has been in the country for thirty years.
In 1995, Cisco started its operations in India and founded the Global Development Center in Bengaluru, the second largest center outside the USA.
Two years ago, the US Company made an investment to expand its production in India, which will generate a total revenue of $ 1 billion, including exports. Mint It was reported on May 11, 2023.
Due to the wave of digitalization, Cisco sees potential in India and service offers find demand for cyber security defense solutions.
He employs more than 16,000 people in India, but he does not explain his work from India.
Asia Pacific, Japan and China contributed to 53.8 billion dollars of 8% of Cisco’s total income in 2023-24.
