Recruit-G Celebrates Gandhi Jayanti: Honoring the Father of the Nation
Tomorrow is October 2nd. Gandhi Jayanti. For most of us, that means a welcome day off, a little break in the week. And that’s great. But as the day approached this year, I found myself thinking about it a lot more than usual. Maybe it’s the state of the world, maybe it’s just the constant pressure of the business cycle, but the idea of taking a moment to reflect on what Mahatma Gandhi actually stood for feels more important than ever. I know, I know. It’s easy to hear a corporate leader start talking about “values” and immediately tune out. It can feel like just another piece of corporate messaging. But I want to talk about this for real. Not with buzzwords, but with actual stories and what this stuff means for us, day-to-day, in the trenches. When we talk about Gandhi, the two big words that always come up are truth (Satyagraha) and non-violence (Ahimsa). In our heads, we picture massive historical movements, the struggle for independence. How on earth does that translate to an ...