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President and chief product officer of Cisco when they spoke to Lenny's Podcast in 2026; previously chief product officer at Box.
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The Hard Thing About Hard ThingsBook Ben Horowitz
the other one that I love is um Ben Horowitz's book hard thing about hard things really talks about how you manage your psychology when things get hard.
Lenny's Podcast, "AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco President on the AI revolution", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-02-26·youtube.com ↗
GeminiSoftware Google
chat GPT Gemini and Claude have done um like it's it's changed lives. It's changed my life
Lenny's Podcast, "AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco President on the AI revolution", lightning round, favourite recently discovered product; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-02-26·youtube.com ↗
ClaudeSoftware Anthropic
chat GPT Gemini and Claude have done um like it's it's changed lives. It's changed my life
Lenny's Podcast, "AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco President on the AI revolution", lightning round, favourite recently discovered product; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-02-26·youtube.com ↗
F1Other
I think it was called F1, but it was pretty cool.
Lenny's Podcast, "AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco President on the AI revolution", lightning round, favourite recent movie or TV show; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions). The Brad Pitt film; the guest says McLaren CEO Zak Brown is a good friend.
2026-02-26·youtube.com ↗
The Innovator's DilemmaBook Clayton Christensen
The Bible in tech in my mind is Innovator's Dilemma and Innovator Solutions from Clayton Christensen. I think we you have to read that book and I' I'd say I'd recommend to people that read it every every few years.
Lenny's Podcast, "AI is critical for humanity’s survival: Cisco President on the AI revolution", lightning round, asked for the books they recommend most; the guest's own spoken answer (YouTube captions).
2026-02-26·youtube.com ↗
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