From the Publisher
Jeff Kavanaugh is Vice President and Global Head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research and thought leadership arm of tech services leader Infosys. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. In 2018, he launched the Knowledge Institute, an award-winning team of producers, editors, journalists, and analysts, that reaches a large global audience. Jeff is the author of the book Consulting Essentials: The Art & Science of People, Facts, and Frameworks and has been published in Harvard Business Review and other leading periodicals. Jeff has presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos and the United Nations and is a regular speaker and chair at conferences in the US and Europe. He also serves as an advisor to the United Nations, universities, and early stage companies. He lives in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
Rafee Tarafdar is CTO-Strategic Technology Group at Infosys. Over 22+ years of his career, he has worked with hundreds of Fortune 500 enterprises and their leaders across the globe, helping them transform from traditional brick and mortar businesses to operate like digital natives that are continuously evolving and learning. He founded and incubated the Strategic Technology Group, comprising power programmers and chief architects who are spearheading the digital transformation for Infosys clients. At Infosys, over the last 3 years he has been driving Infosys’s own transformation to be a Live Enterprise, and he is now working with their strategic clients to help them transform to be a Live Enterprise. He is a regular speaker and writer on digital transformation and modernization. He lives in Bangalore, India.
From the Back Cover
Flexible architecture and unified platforms are critical to rapidly launch and scale businesses that can ride the wave of disruption. In The Live Enterprise, Kavanaugh and Tarafdar share a blueprint to reimagine processes through sentient principles and systems design.
—Michel Langlois, Chief Development Officer, Calix, Inc.
The triple helix mindset drives toward a more equitable, regenerative, and ultimately prosperous society. The Live Enterprise approach offers a practical blueprint to help make this a reality.
—John Elkington, sustainability pioneer, Cofounder at Volans, and author of Greens Swans: The Coming Boom in Regenerative Capitalism
At the SAP Engineering Academy we build around the core idea that people and the right value systems can drive large-scale changes. The Live Enterprise lays out these principles plainly and clearly for global business leaders.
—Ferose V.R., Senior Vice President and Head of the SAP Engineering Academy
The only way we’ll solve the big structural challenges is to recognize we all live in an interconnected world and have mutual responsibilities. The Live Enterprise shares an operating model for firms to prosper in the disruptive digital age, yet also emphasizes the humanity and shared responsibility required to make it happen.
—Jamie Metzl, futurist, global affairs expert, and acclaimed author; founder and chairman of OneShared.World
In The Live Enterprise, Kavanaugh and Tarafdar show how every business can complement their drive for intelligent technology with a human-centric mindset. They provide a roadmap to reimagine how we maximize today’s economic opportunities while evolving to an equitable, sustainable, and prosperous future.
—Vinay Menon, Senior Client Partner and Global Lead for the AI practice at Korn Ferry
Professionals and students alike are focused on finding work that aligns well with their values. In The Live Enterprise, Kavanaugh and Tarafdar provide a guide for next generation business principles, while also aligning to greater social purpose and responsibilities.
—Dr. Christopher Marquis, Professor in Sustainable Enterprise and Management at Cornell University, and author of Better Business: How the B Corp Movement Is Remaking Capitalism
About the Author
Jeff Kavanaugh is Vice President and Global Head of the Infosys Knowledge Institute, the research and thought leadership arm of tech services leader Infosys. He also serves as an adjunct professor at the Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. In 2018, he launched the Knowledge Institute, an award-winning team of producers, editors, journalists, and analysts, that reaches a large global audience. Jeff is the author of the book Consulting Essentials: The Art & Science of People, Facts, and Frameworks and has been published in Harvard Business Review and other leading periodicals. Jeff has presented at the World Economic Forum in Davos and the United Nations and is a regular speaker and chair at conferences in the US and Europe. He also serves as an advisor to the United Nations, universities, and early stage companies. He lives in the Dallas/Ft. Worth area.
Rafee Tarafdar is CTO-Strategic Technology Group at Infosys. Over 22+ years of his career, he has worked with hundreds of Fortune 500 enterprises and their leaders across the globe, helping them transform from traditional brick and mortar businesses to operate like digital natives that are continuously evolving and learning. He founded and incubated the Strategic Technology Group, comprising power programmers and chief architects who are spearheading the digital transformation for Infosys clients. At Infosys, over the last 3 years he has been driving Infosys’s own transformation to be a Live Enterprise, and he is now working with their strategic clients to help them transform to be a Live Enterprise. He is a regular speaker and writer on digital transformation and modernization. He lives in Bangalore, India.
