[MTC Global] Re: Infosys letter

Dear Colleagues

For the senior MTCians & Management professionals , it is just one more letter, having seen a plethora of them so far. But for the young Faculty, managers  & students, there are definitely certain takeaways. 

Faculty can ask the MBA/ PGDM students to study this letter & express what they understood . See if any student refers to some important Management terms spelt out by V Sikka in this letter - Communicating Vision to employees, Top down Communication,, Driving Change, Forecasting & discerning client"s needs, Inter dependence, Multi pronged Strategy, Thinking Analytics, Inclusive approach,  Innovative Leadership, others.

For eg - ask the students to define this paragraph which is quite relevant today:  :     

And as I get started on this journey today, I am ready for the transition that must follow. My own. And then the one that awaits us all at Infosys. Indeed, this transition will sweep across every company in our industry, and as software reshapes the world around us, every company in the world. Therein lies the great opportunity for us, the great opportunity of our times. -

If any student can summarize this para using words like Embracing Change, Market driven & Getting oriented, thats it - they are on the track.

regards

Ramesh Vemuganti

On Mon, Aug 4, 2014 at 2:31 PM, Ramesh Vemuganti <vemugantiramesh@gmail.com> wrote:

CEO"s, Management, MD"s, Entrepreneurs can learn some tips from this letter.

regrds

Ramesh V

Vishal Sikka's letter to Infosys employees

TOI Tech | Aug 1, 2014, 12.52 PM IST

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"To lead Infosys is nothing less than a privilege and an opportunity of a lifetime," said Vishal Sikka in an email to employees.

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It's the end of an era at the country's second-largest software company Infosys as its first non-founding CEO Vishal Sikka takes charge today. The new CEO has signaled change in a letter sent to the company's employees.

"To lead Infosys is nothing less than a privilege, and an opportunity of a lifetime. And as I get started on this journey today, I am ready for the transition that must follow. My own," writes Sikka.

Below is the complete text of the letter.
Hi friends,

I am really looking forward to serving as the CEO of Infosys, one of the most iconic companies we know. To lead Infosys is nothing less than a privilege, and an opportunity of a lifetime. And as I get started on this journey today, I am ready for the transition that must follow. My own. And then the one that awaits us all at Infosys. Indeed, this transition will sweep across every company in our industry, and as software reshapes the world around us, every company in the world. Therein lies the great opportunity for us, the great opportunity of our times.

The task before us now is to lay out the way forward. We must continually get better at everything that we do today without disrupting the foundation that has got us to where we are. We must then quickly augment this by going after software opportunities with clients - to create next-generation, intelligent solutions. We will work with the startup community - amplifying their reach and accelerating their roadmaps - to achieve this. We will further reinforce our focus on intellectual property, products and platforms, to drive new scale and new economics. By laying greater emphasis on improving our ability to learn and to identify opportunities of the future, we will build a sustainable business.

Over the past couple of weeks, I've met so many talented people amongst you. Your enthusiasm to learn and create new ways of working is amazing! Your overwhelming response to Murmuration has given me so much to think and act on. Pravin and I are now spending many exciting hours every day discussing and shortlisting the ones which will be at the heart of our transformation plan. I am convinced that the most efficient way for us to get ahead - perhaps the only way - is to collectively chart out the best course and move as one cohesive unit, as individual as each one of us, and yet together as a larger one, learning from and teaching one another.

Our founders built a company like none other in the world and we are going to stay true to their values and vision. We are going to continue to foster their great ideas and ideals, be obsessive about our performance so we can delight our clients and be really proud of what we do together.

I will personally drive this agenda. With the generous support I have from the Board, the executive team and you, this journey is going to be awesome for us all. It's a feeling not unlike the one evoked by Hermann Hesse's Siddhartha, when he comments "You have once again had an idea, have done something, have heard the bird in your chest singing and have followed it!"

I'm thrilled at the prospect of meeting everyone, once again, at the upcoming Infosys Town Hall in person or virtually.

See you soon!

Best, V

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