WALK ON
Infosys has a sprawling 170-acre complex in Bangalore that combines stately old buildings and futuristic glass and steel edifices – one looks like a pyramid, the other remarkably like a front-loading washing machine.
The vast space will help Sikka indulge one of his defining habits – walking for miles to work out a problem, often taking along people he believes will help.
“This is his thinking time. He will walk, sometimes miles. And sometimes, smile to himself when he has sorted it out,” said Yvonne Genovese, managing vice president at consultants Gartner.
Genovese said she knew Sikka before he became a household name in the IT industry and worked with him and others at SAP on the strategy for software product HANA when it was just an idea.
“Sometimes he ends up far away from the office. When you’re with him, you’d better have your walking shoes on,” she added. (Reuters)