Dr. Vivek Mansingh Cisco Interview

This video features an interview with Dr. Vivek Mansingh, President of the Comm & Collab Group at Cisco. Dr. Mansingh shares his upbringing in a small city in India, his education at NIT Allahabad, and his career journey through Silicon Valley, including starting his own consulting firm and building Ishoni Networks. He discusses his decision to move back to India due to a family health crisis and his subsequent roles at Portal Software, Dell, and Cisco. Dr. Mansingh emphasizes that his journey was largely without guidance, learning through "school of hard knocks." He attributes his success not to being a genius, but to being an ordinary person with a clear vision, strategy, and detailed plan, stressing the importance of perseverance through failures. He highlights integrity as a non-negotiable value and advocates for a multi-dimensional definition of success, encompassing professional, spiritual, physical, relationship, and "giving back" aspects, believing that true success comes from realizing one's full potential by setting high goals and working hard to achieve them.