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Interview · 1 October 2026

# How AI is changing innovation: why speed alone is not a strategy

**Publication**

Harvard Business Review (United States) · subscribers only

**Author**

Unsigned

**Published on**

1 October 2026 · read in the page metadata

## Summary

An interview with Jeetu Patel, Cisco's chief product officer, looks at how artificial intelligence is transforming innovation in business. It discusses reconciling strategic restraint with a culture of experimentation, rather than favouring speed of execution alone.

Summary based on the article's title and standfirst, as the text is not accessible.

[Read the article on Harvard Business Review →](https://hbr.org/podcast/2026/10/how-ai-is-changing-innovation-why-speed-alone-isnt-a-strategy)

## Classification

**Country**

United States

**Company size**

Large companies

**Industries**

Software vendors, IT services companies, telecoms

**Companies**

Cisco (cited)

**Keywords**

innovation, ai strategy, culture of experimentation, cisco

Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Harvard Business Review. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.