Great Lakes Institute of Management

Presents

LESSONS FROM LEGENDS

- Powerful quotes from visionaries

- Mr. Lakshmi NarayananVice Chairman, Cognizant

“These are invaluable quotes taken from the

excerpts of speeches made by various guests in

Great Lakes Institute of Management.”

These excerpts are taken from

Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan’s talk at

Great Lakes Institute of Management

LESSONS FROM LEGENDS

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It is important to have a social

quotient: to be conscious, to be

tolerant, and to be able to interact

with people all over the world.

– The importance of being

social in business.

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Guru Charan Das, in his most

recent book, talks about two

qualities of a great leader:

determination, and humility.

I would like to certainly add a

third quality - most leaders are

innovators. These leaders

innovate, they do things

differently.

– Qualities of great leaders

Probably the most important innovation

that we all witness every day is the

technology convergence and device

convergence. Who would have ever

thought of putting a camera on a phone;

who would have ever thought of putting a

finger print scanning machine in a smart

phone in order to authenticate who is

using the phone?

–Technology and convergence

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The classic example of

convergence is the Apple Store,

and how it got rid of cash

registers. When we finish

shopping, we line up in front of a

counter to pay our bill and

collect our goods. Apple refused

to follow this model.

– An example of

convergence

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The industries converge together

and everybody is making money

and there is good eco system

that it all collaborates and

provides opportunities for all the

people. And when the industry

collaboration happens, that is

when the growth will start.

– Relation between industry

and growth

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You got to be fast in grabbing

technology as it becomes

available, apply it to your

business as it gains advantage

and then you are on your way

to success. If you are not fast

enough to embrace your

technology and succeed, you

might be dead

– Importance of being

updated with technology

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Leadership and innovation

require social quotient and

emotional quotient. Today’s

world is known as SMAC –

Social Mobility Analytics and

the Cloud computing world. It is

possible for us to interact and

experience, to buy, and to use

products and services

anywhere, anytime.

– Requirements of an

interlinked world

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