The Architect
Structured and legacy-driven; builds the systems and institutions that last.
Vimal Kapur reads as The Architect because he began Honeywell's transformation by asking what the company should look like across the next quarter-century, and only then touched the organisational structure. His restructuring was designed from strength rather than forced by crisis.
“Different animals in the sense of the end market say, sir, right? There are some commonality of the business models. And there's a common denominator, but there are differences which really led me to think about whether we are good to be one company or multiple companies when I started as a CEO.”
“How much I mean, I think it's an advantage to, in a way, to work in a practical business because you have to deal with actual problems which the business deal with.”
“I mean, both are fascinating career. I would say engineering is a carrier which gives you a lot of options. So do pursue that because it gives you a wide variety of choices. Management is something that people should do who have more willingness to take risk and have courage to make decisions.”
“I don't know. I think I'm always excited about learning new technology all the time. I'm still very curious to read things, how they work. I think I will say that staying curious is very important for us as a human being. We should never be satisfied on what we know.”
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