By guest author Tony Scott Tony: I think you have to start with [an open] mindset as the prerequisite; it is pretty hard to train someone to be open minded if they are not open minded already. Amit: If you look at Andrew’s background, Andrew was born and brought up in the United States, but
By guest author Tony Scott Ensuring a Sense of Common Purpose Across a Global Team Peter: Creating a sustainable culture is important. There are a couple of things to say about our experience here at GlobalLogic. First of all, we started as an R&D business from the outset. We didn’t evolve to be one; we
By guest author Tony Scott Outsourcing in a Shifting World Economy Tony: Back to your point about companies changing, it’s not just about the local companies in India or China doing business in India or China. It’s about the fact that those companies are going to become global companies, world leaders. If you look at
By guest author Tony Scott Growing Globally through Acquisitions – It’s All About Culture Fit Tony: Historically, for lot of companies, acquisitions have been extraordinarily difficult to digest. Vivek: Yes. I think we have done it fairly well. Tony: What have you done differently to allow that? When you think about acquisition integration, whether you’re
By guest author Tony Scott Hiring Global Talent Tony: What about your external hiring process – you clearly can’t grow on a global scale only through internal growth while you are building this capability? Vivek: In the meantime, when you hire people you hire the best. Today when we hire people, we don’t look at
By guest author Tony Scott Building a Global Culture Internally Tony: So what are you focusing on to help CSC gain the ability to build talent that can operate globally? You talked about moving people back and forth. Are there also internal training and development programs that you’re working on?
By guest author Tony Scott A Dialogue on Building a Global Culture Tony: So, do you think that companies below the size of Infosys, Tata, CSC and others are really going to a multinational and global approach on their teams? I think if you go one level below, it’s very difficult or even impossible for
By guest author Tony Scott Global Challenges to India’s Dominance in Outsourcing – Is China a Threat? Tony: I am interested to know your opinion on how this will shake out in the future. You have the perspective of working within both non-Indian and Indian outsourcing companies –what is your take on all this? Vivek: