At the press conference, Murthy said he was out of touch with current developments, and this was one reason why he had asked his son Rohan to join him as executive assistant in the Chairman's office. A Third, everyone acknowledges that Infosys has been slower to adapt than its competitors. Not that it didn't realise the big changes coming in the industry five years ago. A Infosys, however, chose the harder option of changing direction with its 3.0 strategy.