My Dream project
I too have a dream!!!
In the lofty bylanes of the human resource managers,
All I could hear was venting,
"Agreed we are business partners now,
But how on Earth, do we create synergies?
How do we ensure peak productivity,
And keep the employees happy?
God this is too difficult,
Profit center, let us rather be".
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Over the last decade, I have had the good fortune of working with the Human Resource
Departments of some of the finest companies in the country. This of course has been by virtue of
being an Insurance Broker.
When I first started as an insurance broker and met HR folk, I would come across
managers who were constantly bogged down with queries and addressing resolutions about employee
health policies. More often than not, a huge chunk of the department's time would go toward
addressing employee claim processing requests.
We at Ethika, resolved this by creating a fortress of a claims servicing team. Today
we stand as the wall between the insurer and our clients. And mind you, if a claim can be settled,
we will have it settled.
But as is the nature of problems, you resolve one and another one stares you in the
face. This time, the problem was a broader one. It was about increasing employee productivity - a
universal one at that.
While pondering over this problem, I had an epiphany - how was my team so
productive?
Some deliberation led me to the insight - We were probably looking at the problem wrong.
Happier employees are productive employees, ergo Happiness leads to productivity.
I have over the last four years helped hundreds of Corporates realize this insight
and therefore turn their workplaces into more productive ones.
I started this journey by formulating a workshop for our HR friends. Over the years,
and with tremendous support from the community, we have come to a place where the workshop has
evolved into an eight-hour affair.
I conduct it on the last Saturday of every month.
But, I have started having a realization - maybe the eight hours aren't enough to
initiate HR folk onto this journey. Of course, I have also been prodded by the attendees on various
occasions. And repeatedly, I must add.
And that has led me onto this unique path - we are creating a unique space at
Zaheerabad!!!
We have identified and have started working towards the creation of what probably is
extremely difficult to put into words - an experience!!! We have identified a land parcel of about 10 acres in
Zaheerabad.
We are creating a completely self-sustainable ecosystem on this plot of land. We have already
started cultivating our own food and are in the process of building some fabulous architecture.
And when we say architecture, our gold standard is to be featured on Netflix.
