Change is Constant

It was a journey that started with trepidation and anticipation as an anxious MBA student. As I traversed the path of business management, touching lives and businesses over more than a decade, I have discerned the importance of recording my experiences of these valuable years. I have been a part of corporate India for most of my professional life, and I feel the need to reach out to people and connect with their thoughts and ideas. Besides this blog being a reflection of my thoughts and experiences, it will also help me harbor new thoughts and ideas from my readers.

As a Managing Partner of one of the leading HR Consulting firms of India, there have been many lives and businesses that I have consulted. My experiences in working as an intrapreneur, consulting nascent and mature organizations in both the private and the public sector across various fields of HR, have helped me contribute my bit in achieving turnaround results in growth and profitability for the company.

I have been with Planman HR since its very inception, and its growth into one of the leading HR Consulting firms of India has had me as a constant witness. After all these years, I can comfortably say that it has become an essential part of my existence as a professional in the business world. Innovation is what I seek constantly for Planman HR to grow, which already has its presence across various fields of HR- Search & Selection, Organizational Structuring, Manpower Consulting and Training and Development.

The horizon of business is changing fast in today’s world, and innovation is the only way to keep up with the changing times. Innovation necessitates change, and it is true that the natural instinct of human beings is to resist change. But we at Planman have constantly striven for change and betterment of my own organization, as well as that of our clients’. Change is like a blizzard or a sand storm- the more you move forward and try to adapt, the more are your chances of survival. Once you stop or resist the winds of change, you freeze and die.

All said and done, innovative ideas alone are not enough. They need to be implemented too. It is not only important to conceive an innovation, but it is more pertinent to adapt to it and implement it. Change always doesn’t mean sitting comfortably during easy times and thinking up grand ideas to innovate. It means planning for and adapting to difficult times. The recent economic crisis taught us a good lesson about how to adapt to changes during hard times. The results are there for everyone to see. Organizations which kept innovating in those stressful times and looked at innovation as a solution to the downturn, have survived the crash and have bounced back into business.

In this ever changing world, the only thing constant is change and innovation, and a blue ocean strategy will give companies competitive advantage over others.