While these leaders promote hustle culture, a growing number of workers, particularly younger generations like Gen Z, prioritise flexibility and personal well-being.
As an employer my focus has always been on output, rather than face time at work, says the market veteran
The conversation revealed that the man, despite having the option to work in a hybrid model, preferred going to the office every day of the week. The woman described this behaviour as a 'red flag' and joked about whether he was a 'die-hard Narayana Murthy fan.'
Sridhar Vembu underscored the unintended consequences of these work cultures, particularly steep demographic declines and governments’ struggles to reverse alarmingly low birth rates. “Is such hard work necessary for economic development? And is such a development even worth the price of a lonely old age for a large mass of people?" he questioned.
Moneycontrol, in its Instagram post featuring the video, commented, 'Infosys co-founder N. R. Narayana Murthy sings an Elvis classic at the Global Leadership Summit, dedicating it to his wife, Sudha Murthy!'
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Kotak AMC CEO Nilesh Shah suggested that one generation of Indians should be working for 84 hours a week to ensure faster growth of the country. He also drew parallels with Infosys founder Narayana Murthy's remark on a 70-hour work week.
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Sharing his own thoughts over Bill Gates and Narayana Murthy’s different opinions, Shashi Tharoor posted on X in his trademark witty style.
The point of discussion should be not just the total number of hours worked in a week, but how India’s competitiveness in the global marketplace can improve if some of the factors that lower productivity are removed
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He said the blame for allowing such a system to flourish lies with the "mature" venture capital funds and a company's board of directors, and not with the young entrepreneurs.
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The co-founder of IT major Infosys was speaking at the 'India Global Innovation Connect’, a global conference on startups.
Infosys and its disciples are increasingly being battered by forces that refuse to follow the logic of the global market
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Murthy added that in large organisations, it may not be possible for the head of the organisation to interact with everyone and therefore, it is important that leaders create and train "messengers" at lower levels who can share the good values and ethics with others.
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Speaking at an AIMA event, Narayan Murthy said Indian IT companies will continue to grow anywhere between 7 to 10 percent with operating margins being between 15 and 20 percent.
Murthy said patriotism implies working for the country, putting its interests ahead of one's personal interests.
Murthy said the best incentive a company can provide these youngsters was to promise them of using their projects to solve problems afflicting the society or a nation, which Infosys did in future by creating a repository of experiential knowledge acquired by way of InStep.
"This vindicates fully Narayana Murthy's stand about corporate governance issues regarding the (former) CFO (Bansal) and lack of disclosure," Pai told PTI.
Infosys has been in crisis over the last few months, with the promoters alleging corporate governance lapses and flagging the USD 200-million Panaya buyout
Citing the voting pattern of promoters on various management proposals that have faced criticism in past three years, Institutional Investor Advisory Services (IiAS) said the founders have never voted against any resolution.
Murthy, who was chairman of the company till 2014 and still holds 3.44 per cent stake (along with family members), had asked the full report by Gibson Dunn & Crutcher to be made public.