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Management Lessons from Mahabharata– (Bhishma in VUCA world)

During Mahabharat war, Duryodhan made a strong allegation to Bhishma that, as long as he is the commander of army, he cannot win the war. He said “his army knows that their commander will not kill the Pandavas”. Bhishma said “no tree will cut its own branches”. I love you no less than the Pandavas. He was furious and said, “I am upset with this comment & would have killed you for such derogatory remark”. When Sakuni addressed him as uncle, he said these relationships have no meaning in this era. Waging a war for you is a punishment for me. Leave me alone with my guilt. When Dushashan addressed him as pitamah, Bhishma said “it is my bad luck that I am your grandfather”. If my mother Satyawati would not have given me the responsibility of taking care of Hastinapur, I would have left you all long ago. Time and again you have insulted my age. I am swallowing this poison of humiliation only for Hastinapur. None among you are worth living for. If you doubt my loyalty, appoint someone else. Then Duryodhan reacted with thundering voice “appointing someone else as commander? So that you can fight for Pandavas? That can never happen. Your loyalty, your belief, your soul may be with Pandavas, but you have to fight for me”. He said this with a directional thundering voice.Management Lesson – Bhishma was practically in the mid of a VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainity, Complexity & Ambiguity) world because of several factors. (1)Duryodhan refused to accept his suggestion to return Indraprashtha to Pandavas, so that the war could be avoided.(2) He was quite upset and disgusted with the Drupadi bastraharan, however he had to wage a war against Pandavas which was against his wish. This was primarily to protect Hastinapur, since he had promised to his mother Satyawati to do so.(3) He jumped into the complex war despite knowing that Kauravas cannot defeat Pandavas which has archers like Arjuna. (4)His position was quite complex & volatile since, despite several requests by Duryodhana, he did not permit Karna to take part in the war. (5) Though he offered to give up the position of commander of Kaurav’s army, Duryodhan almost forced him to continue to be the commander so that, Bhishma cannot take the side of Pandavas. Present corporate world is experiencing similar kind of VUCA challenges. Because of back to back three waves of corona pandemic, business is seriously impacted and there is huge uncertainty on the survival of many corporates. It has impacted heavily on the top line and bottom line, resulting in serious impact on MSMEs, aviation, travel & tourism industry and consequently huge job losses. Moreover due to external factors like Russia - Ukraine war, the business has become quite complex & sustaining in this cut throat competition has become quite uncertain. Thanks Debasis Satapathy, GM – HR, NBCC, New Delhi. debusuj@rediffmail.com