Cisco's Francine Katsoudas on workforce AI transformation: leadership must change; Cisco ranks No. 2 on Fortune's 2026 World's Best Workplaces
Key points
- Cisco ranks No. 2 on Fortune's 2026 World's Best Workplaces list, released Nov. 12
- The article was written by list co-producer GPTW and quotes Katsoudas, chief people, policy & purpose officer, on building learning agility
- Cisco's 10-K reports about 82,400 employees (the article says 85,000); FY2026 revenue was $63.3 billion, and in May it announced fewer than 4,000 job cuts
Fortune and Great Place To Work (GPTW) released the 2026 World's Best Workplaces list on Nov. 12, with Cisco at No. 2. The same day Fortune ran an article written by GPTW, the list's co-producer, rather than a reporter interview. It quotes Francine Katsoudas, Cisco's executive vice president and chief people, policy & purpose officer, as saying the focus is building learning agility. The article puts Cisco's workforce at 85,000; Cisco's 10-K reports about 82,400 employees as of July 25, 2026. Cisco's fiscal 2026 revenue was $63.3 billion, which its earnings release called record; in May the company announced a restructuring cutting fewer than 4,000 jobs.
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