Ben Dawson believes the best ideas are usually held by people on his team and has developed a strategy to get them comfortable enough to speak up. It forms a part of what he calls vulnerable leadership, which he says is now more important than ever. The office kitchen is rarely the site of corporate strategy, but for one of Cisco's most senior executives, it is a critical hub for global intelligence. Australian Ben Dawson is President of Sales at Cisco in Asia Pacific, Japan, and China.