“We are down on every single metric, Veena” said Narayan, her usually unflappable boss. “As Head of Talent, assemble a turnaround team that can pull off what individuals haven’t been able to manage. Let’s get Snappy Foods back to growth, real quick. All the best, keep me posted”
“Ideas! Fresh ideas are what we desperately need,” mused Veena. That’s when she spotted Aditya. “Hey, I need to talk to you. NOW”
Ever the ideas man in the Product Design team, Aditya was seen as a dreamer with wool in his head. A lateral thinker, he maintained that good ideas always sound crazy at first and without continuous innovation there is no survival
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“I can see your challenge Veena. I have lots of ideas. Delighted to share them. Just that, many of them get dumped because someone doesn’t like them. You remember what happened to my herbal noodles idea?” “Yes”, you are right Aditya, we have one now in the market and eating into our market share – wish we had listened to you“
Veena started texting Narayan “My first nominee to the Project Team: Aditya. Strengths: Creative, imaginative, free thinking. Generates ideas and solves difficult problems. Caveats: Ignores incidentals. Too preoccupied to communicate effectively. A classic Belbin Plant. Very much necessary to get this project off the ground and keep it going. We need breakthrough work” Pulling her note pad out, she drew a graphic ‘Team Snappy Do’
Minutes went by and her phone blinked. It was a text from Narayan. “Great to start with a Plant on the Team. The team needs to know what to work on. Who will evaluate the ideas that come up? So who next?”
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The search continues…
