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CEO, Cognizant
not, the life of skills is very short. One of the biggest
transformational initiatives the United States has to
take up is reforming K-12 education. K-12 education
is where you build life-long learners—meaning all
your life you are learning or learning and relearning.
“The CEO is going to be
immersed in that network
versus a top-down hierarchical
way of running organizations.”
So what will happen to the CEO’s role? How will
that evolve in this new work dynamic?
We’ve been used to headquarters where you had a
corner office where a CEO sits. I think in a world
where you’re going to see much more democratization
of work, you’re going to see much more networked
structures versus hierarchical structures. The CEO
is going to be immersed in that network versus a topdown hierarchical way of running organizations.
So it’s a networked organization I see in the future.
I see a future where you’re agile enough because
you’re a networked organization. We lived in an era
where specialization was super important. We can
move to an era where you need multidimensional
skills. If you’re a biologist, you need biology and
arithmetic skills to thrive on a generative AI embrace
in biology. If you want to be a history major, but you
want to develop insights of history and predict what
the future is going to look like, you need to know how
to use AI tools and history together. If you want to
apply human judgment into AI algorithms, you can
be an anthropologist and a mathematician. So the
two-dimensional skill capability is going to be very
important in the world of AI. That’s something we all
have to reflect on.
Ravi Kumar S was appointed CEO of
Cognizant in January 2023. As CEO,
Ravi sets the strategic direction of
the company, promotes Cognizant’s
client-first culture, and focuses on
ensuring sustainable growth and driving
long-term shareholder value. Prior to
Cognizant, Ravi served as President of
Infosys from 2016 to 2022, where he led
the organization across all industry
segments and served as Chairman of the
Board of Infosys BPM Ltd.
Ravi is a member of the Board of Directors
of TransUnion. He is also on the Board
of Governors of New York Academy of
Sciences and the Board of Directors for
the U.S.Chamber of Commerce.
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