When you look at the future of companies I think you’re about to see the most fundamental change in businesses and government on a global basis that you’ve ever seen, moving from command-and-control to true collaboration and team work, and it will be a combination of the two. The result of that, enabled by technology especially around visual connectivity, will allow for a generation of productivity and new models. Which companies and which countries lead in this will have the highest standard of living.

Cisco’s John Chambers October 2008 speech at MIT

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