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Cisco Podcast Network

Cisco Podcast Network

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 The Cisco Podcast Network is a collective of podcasts from across Cisco spanning technology to culture and everything in between. Hear from Cisco customers, partners, and Cisco insiders on the topics that matter most to you. Email us with your feedback and suggestions. Discover your favorite playlists today!All rights reserved
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  • 404 Script Not Found: Getting Hired

    404 Script Not Found: Getting Hired
    Jan 22 2026
    Ian and Kat finally let an actual expert onto the pod with their first external guest, technical recruiter Ann McCreight of Find Great People, for a wildly honest chat about AI in hiring, resumes that try way too hard, and why you absolutely should not list “English” as your programming language. Along the way, we cover keyword stuffing, Canva crimes, interview prep with robots, four-mile interview runs (??), and the shocking revelation that Ian’s old resume… isn’t that bad. Equal parts career advice and group therapy, this is the episode for you whether you are actively looking for a new job, or your resume is collecting virtual dust in a shared drive somewhere. If you came here to learn about Cisco SMB, we still got you here: cisco.com/content/cdc/login.html?referer=/site/us/en/solutions/small-business/index.html
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    24 mins
  • Building Better AI Agents

    Building Better AI Agents
    Jan 20 2026
    In this month’s episode of The Cisco AI Insights Podcast, hosts Rafael Herrera and Sónia Marques welcome Giota Antonakaki, a Cisco leader in machine learning engineering, for an illuminating deep dive into a recent academic research shaping AI agent technology. Together, they unpack “The Illusion of Diminishing Returns: Measuring Long Horizon Execution in LLMs”, a paper challenging the common belief that scaling large language models (LLMs) results in only marginal gains. The conversation explores fresh concepts like “long horizon” and “self-conditioning,” revealing how even small improvements in LLM step accuracy can dramatically boost performance in complex, multi-step tasks. Giota breaks down the difference between planning, reasoning, and execution in LLMs, and why reasoning-focused models outperform even the largest standard LLMs for long-running AI agents. We also extend a special thank you to Akshit Sinha and his team of researchers for developing this month's paper. If you are interested in reading the paper yourself, please visit this link: https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.09677.
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    23 mins
  • SHIFT HAPPENS - EP 21: The Shift that Happened w/Elisabeth DeDobbeleer & Tim Coogan

    SHIFT HAPPENS - EP 21: The Shift that Happened w/Elisabeth DeDobbeleer & Tim Coogan
    Jan 20 2026
    🚨 This wasn't a tweak. It was an identity shift. This is the shift that happened. In this episode of Shift Happens, Jeff Edwards goes behind the scenes of the Cisco 360 Partner Program with Tim Coogan and Elisabeth DeDobbeleer to unpack the human story behind the biggest partner transformation in Cisco's history. Less framework, more truth. Less polish, more courage. Why listen 🎧 🔄 From "partner-first" to partner identity - what had to change (and why it was uncomfortable) 🤝 Co-design at scale: humility, trust, and partners shaping the outcome 🚀 Durable growth decoded: simplicity, outcomes, and why this is only the beginning This isn't about a program launch. It's about reinvention, trust, and building the future-together. 🔥
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    46 mins
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