As we know, improvements and innovations (i&i) are at the core of the competitiveness of G&B. Enhancing competitiveness is an ongoing endeavour and hence are continual improvements and innovations. In this edition of CHANGE, we present to you some stories of noteworthy improvements and innovations shared with us by our businesses. Ramesh and his team have shared with us stories of i&i culled from G&B’s GRACE and SHRESTHA platforms. These stories are remarkable for the ingenuity brought into play by our people while solving daunting problems. The story of GLAFS’s resounding success in the furniture fittings category is worthy of emulation by other businesses. Thank you, Shyam! Xerxes of Lawkim Motors has shared with us a story of how his team has used the Systematic Inventive Thinking methodology to innovate in a structured manner, which has given Lawkim Motors significant benefits. And yet, another story of innovative thinking is the advertising campaign, “Desh ki Tijori” executed successfully by Pushkar and his team at Godrej Security Solutions. The Government is the largest pier of goods and services in the country. In FY ‘23-’24, the Government purchased goods and services worth Rs 2 lakh crores each at the behest of its innovative platform, GeM-Government e-marketplace. Gaurav at Interio has shared with us, his experience of their journey on GeM to secure sizeable business and help other businesses to launch themselves on GeM. A must read. Do invite Gaurav for exploring this huge opportunity, but bear in mind that the success on GeM would entail deeply transforming your product strategy and operations. We also share with you about Interio’s Green Product Portfolio and its evolution for offering sustainable choices to the buyers. In addition, we have stories of i&i in retailing from Godrej Appliances, Digital Cell and others. Q&A with Rishin underscores the relevance of yoga in today’s stressful times, with many pointers from his personal experience. Vrunda shares with us what she gathered at the international conference of archivists on ‘Engaging with our audiences’ attended by her some time ago. Many Apps for mental wellbeing were painstakingly reviewed by Deepak to shortlist six of them, for us to choose from and selecting one or two for practice. Lastly, our Launchpad writeups cover recently launched new products. So, all in all, we have fairly diverse offerings about improvements, innovations and inventive thinking at G&B in this edition of CHANGE.

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