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๐—”๐—œ. ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—น. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€ A real story of ambition, tradition, and one of Indiaโ€™s most dramatic CEO exits. ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฐ. ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ธ. Clients are demanding more innovation. Competitors are moving faster. Employees feel outdated. The board makes a bold move: Appoint ๐•๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐š๐ฅ ๐’๐ข๐ค๐ค๐š, a Silicon Valley tech genius, as CEO. First non-founder. First outsider. ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฉ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก โ€” ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฆ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ฎ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ Sikka had a vision: Transform Infosys into an ๐€๐ˆ-๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐ง๐ฒ Shift from service contracts to ๐ˆ๐ & ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ Inject speed, design, and modern thinking ๐†๐ฅ๐จ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ฉ๐จ๐จ๐ฅ He brought SAP-style innovation. ๐ˆ๐ง๐Ÿ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐š๐ฌ ๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ญ๐จ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ. ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—–๐—›๐—”๐—ก๐—š๐—˜ โ€” ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜ He moved fast: Introduced ๐ƒ๐ž๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐ง ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ข๐ง๐  workshops across the org Built Infosys Nia (AI platform) Pushed for ๐š๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง-๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ Increased salaries to attract ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ-๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ซ ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ญ Hired global execs with ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ญ-๐Ÿ๐ข๐ซ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐›๐š๐œ๐ค๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ฌ From suits to sneakers, everything started changing. ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ง๐—”๐—ก๐—–๐—˜ โ€” ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ But legacy doesnโ€™t let go easily. ๐๐š๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ง๐š ๐Œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ญ๐ก๐ฒ, the founding icon, wasnโ€™t impressed. Infosys stood for: Frugality Ethics Humility Value creation before valuation To him, the changes werenโ€™t progress. They were a ๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐›๐ž๐ญ๐ซ๐š๐ฒ๐š๐ฅ. ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—™๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ฆ๐—›๐—ฃ๐—ข๐—œ๐—ก๐—ง โ€” ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—•๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—จ๐—ฝ Then came the spark: A โ‚น17 crore severance to the outgoing CFO. For Murthy, this wasnโ€™t just money. It was a ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฆ๐›๐จ๐ฅ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ. He began questioning the board. Emails were leaked. Criticism became public. The boardroom turned into a battleground. ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—˜๐—ซ๐—œ๐—ง โ€” ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—œ๐˜ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ In 2017, Sikka resigned. He called the attacks: โ€œ๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ.โ€ Infosys lost $๐Ÿ‘ ๐›๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ง in market cap in one day. The board blamed Murthy. Murthy blamed the culture drift. India watched. The media feasted. ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ This wasnโ€™t just a leadership exit. It was a battle of two mindsets: ๐‹๐ž๐ ๐š๐œ๐ฒ ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐ˆ๐ง๐ง๐จ๐ฏ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐•๐ž๐ฅ๐จ๐œ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ˆ๐ง๐๐ข๐š ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐’๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ง ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฒ ๐—ง๐—›๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—ก Disruption isnโ€™t just about tech or tools. Itโ€™s about shifting ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐จ๐๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ. And thatโ€™s hard. ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ข๐ง๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐š ๐ง๐ž๐ฐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ฌ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ข๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฆ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐›๐จ๐š๐ซ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฃ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ญ. Innovation must speak the language of culture โ€” or it dies.

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