People and Management - November 22, 2017

Innovation has been the very buzzword throughout the year- by now we know that Innovation is not only confined to the plan or the idea. Innovation is another word for inclusion and execution; inclusion of new thoughts & talents, taking risks, and most importantly fight Inertia.

“It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.” –Charles Darwin

The rationale behind these contents is to observe developments in the fi eld of organizational change (OC) with reference to the context of India.

The Cover Story highlights the requirement of Organizational Transformation in India Inc in order to achieve the idea of changing the corporate world notwithstanding the current economic environment that suggest references from the Hindu Mythology… you will read how! Our Consulting editor describes
the resemblance of situations in the corporate world with the instances between Gods and demons in his article which is the Cover Story ‘Samudra Manthan: An eternal template for Organizational Transformation’; which will rightfully motivate us to fight our demons in the corporate world.

This is followed by the HR‘s Contribution to the sustainability of business during the crisis. Often we fail not with circumstances but with thoughts when we think we can’t, as Marsha Sinetar rightly said, “Change can either challenge or threaten us…Your beliefs pave your way to success or block you.”

The Focus section wholly features bias and diversity which the whole world faces; the corporate world wants to set an example to prove the competency of an organization that embraces diversity and most importantly preserves it.