# Cisco's Jeetu Patel Says He Sometimes Ends Meetings Over Unclear Acronyms

By Sonny Jang

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Published: 2026-11-12T01:32:34.000Z
Updated: 2026-11-12T01:32:34.000Z
Section: People

> Patel says new hires can stop a meeting when they cannot follow the conversation.

Unclear internal shorthand can shut newer employees out of workplace discussions, Cisco President and Chief Product Officer Jeetu Patel said, adding that he has sometimes ended meetings when acronyms leave people unable to follow.

“I don’t like acronyms,” Patel said. He described nonstandard acronyms as exclusionary and said new employees may stay quiet rather than ask what unfamiliar terms mean because they feel “too stupid to ask.”

Patel said he tells new hires they have “full agency to stop any meeting” when communication is unclear.