The Role of Microculture in Team Success
Tag: Company Values
The Background
In 1981, Infosys was founded by Narayana Murthy and six other engineers with a small capital of just $250. At the time, the Indian IT industry was in its infancy, and starting a software company was a bold move fraught with challenges. The business environment was dominated by government controls, and there was little infrastructure or support for startups.
Infosys faced many obstacles, including securing contracts, navigating bureaucratic red tape, and overcoming the lack of technological resources. However, Murthy and his team believed in the power of independence — not just as a company, but as a principle that should guide their leadership and organizational culture.
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Teamwork is a great thing. But it’s not the thing that makes teams great. Being a team comes from so much more than the idea of working together simply because you are in the same company, go to the same office, or work on the same project. Great teams come from companies that are bound together by more than financial goals or physical proximity. The best teams tend to be extremely diverse in many ways, but there is still something that is common between team members: values.
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