WHEN John Chambers ran Cisco, the world's biggest maker of networking gear, his hyperactivity nearly matched that of the high-speed switches and routers that made the firm's fortune. He pushed Cisco into dozens of new businesses, from set-top boxes to virtual health care. He travelled the world preaching the virtues of connectivity. In interviews it was hard to get a word in edgeways. Conversations invariably ended on a restless question: "What should we do differently?"
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