Lessons from Legends - Inspiring and Invaluable quotes taken from the excerpts of speeches made by various guests in Great Lakes Institute of Management. In this series, presenting Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan: inspiring words from his speech at Great Lakes Institute of Management. Visit us at http://greatlakes.edu

1. Great Lakes Institute of Management
Presents
LESSONS FROM LEGENDS
- Powerful quotes from visionaries
- Mr. Lakshmi Narayanan
Vice Chairman, Cognizant

2. LESSONS FROM LEGENDS
“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
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3. 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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4. 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
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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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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9. 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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10. THANK YOU
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