The closest interactions I have had with the Aditya Birla group are through its telecommunication service i.e. Vodafone Idea, its group of clothing brands like Van Heusen, Peter England, Louis Philippe and most obviously through Ultratech Cement.
It almost seems impossible to not have come across a product of the ABG group. The product ranges and reach are extensive. But for me, the most unexpected point of interaction has to be the Hindalco Freshwrapp. Yes, as unlikely as it sounds, I always knew the name of my foil my mother packed my lunches in and it was a surprise to find out that it is a Hindalco product and thereby a part of the ABG group. So although a small item in the portfolio, it has been the one source of daily interaction with ABG prior to the Vodafone Idea merger.
The second source of influence has been the clothing brands, especially Louis Philippe which has been a go-to brand for great formal wear.
In my last job, I was faced with the challenge of convincing the entire project team to change how the final deliverable – a dashboard – be designed and developed for a client. As a consultant, I was the most junior member of the team with least experience professionally and was, therefore, the least influential stakeholder in the team and yet in the one year at work, I had become somewhat of an expert on Tableau and visual analytics. To prove the viability of the suggested changes I ended up spending extra hours at work developing the solution the way I envisioned it, while simultaneously working on the existing format.
The day I had created the final cut of my proposed version I set up a time with the project manager and took him through my ideas and changes. To my satisfaction, they were received well following which I set up a meeting with the principal consultant and managed to change the way the dashboard was delivered.
