Sikhism and Corporate Agenda – How are they connected?
Wednesday, November 13th, 2013Sikhism is a monotheistic religion founded in the 15th Century, and is the fifth largest organized religion in the world. It is a spiritual, social and political system of beliefs that considers spiritual and secular lives to be intertwined. They believe that Anger, Arrogance, and Greed – Aag (Fire) in short – leads to deceit in life.
Sikhs believe in 10 principles for having a life filled with joy – Forgiveness, Simplicity, Contentment, Integrity, Humility, Knowledge Sharing, Contribution to Others and Non-Attachment that lead to Perseverance and Truth.
Sikhism is in a way connected to the Corporate Agenda. Here’s how:
The identity of Sikhism is nothing but Brand in Corporate world. Sikhs believe in cleaning together (Humility), cooking together (team work), dancing together (expressing), eating together (equality), and having fun together (closeness). The basic formula that is applicable here is given below:
Alignment = Brand + Clean together + Cook together + Dance together + Eat together + Fun together
Any corporate organization believes in gaining success in whatever project it takes up. Similarly, Sikhs believe in achieving victory in everything they do, and as a motivational factor, they include the various synonyms of victory in their names. For instance, the name Singh means Lion, thus influencing the behavior of a Lion. Most of them carry Jeet to reinforce the winning attitude. Sikhs also believe in Sunday socialization just like Polaris delivers solutions on time and also believes in the ‘Fun’ factor. Also, both Polaris and Sikhs worship knowledge.
Thus, even though Sikhism and Corporate Agenda belong to two different domains – religion and work culture, they are related to each other.