Looking within: Infosys turns to employees for new ideas to be scaled up as business offerings
Live MintIn a first, Infosys Ltd has asked employees to think out of the box and come up with new ideas that can be scaled up and offered to clients as part of a business incubator programme. A core objective of the ‘Be The Next Business Incubator’ programme, which is open to all employees across job levels, locations and subsidiaries, is to generate new revenue streams and growth opportunities for the Bengaluru-based company, according to an internal mail sent by Infosys to its employees on 26 December, which Mint reviewed. In July 2014, then Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka launched ‘murmurations,’ a crowdsourcing initiative aimed at encouraging employees to come up with ideas that could be implemented by clients. While Infosys does not break up the revenue from its business platforms, the move to introduce new business offerings is in line with the company’s growth plan.