We tend to think that the longer a team is together, the better it will perform. But research into the inner workings of teams, particularly creative ones, suggests that the best teams might be temporary. Short-lived teams form around a given project, collaborate, disband, and repeat – and to get things done quickly, need to be made up of a diverse pool of talent. This encourages innovation, as individuals on the team are exposed to a broad set of business challenges and can cross-pollinate ideas from different industries, life experiences, and cultural perspectives. To put this insight into practice, try shaking up your organization’s same-old team divisions to collaborate on a new short-term project, looking beyond job titles and business units. You may well find that more experienced colleagues bring knowledge of the process while greener members bring fresh ideas that enhance creativity. “Why The Best Teams Might Be Temporary,” by David Burkus.

The Confederation of Indian Industry has announced the launch of a new online business gateway for its members. The e-commerce platform will enable Indian businesses to promote their products and services, expand their boundaries and trade online, within India, across the region, and globally. The marketplace is powered by the secure technology platform from cloudBuy, the global e-commerce solution provider.

TT Ashok, Chairman, CII National SME Council, said, “We are pleased to be able to bring this e-commerce gateway to global supply chains to CII members. They are invited to list their company, products and services and trade securely online. We have made sure that the marketplace has low transaction costs and delivers fast payments direct to sellers’ bank accounts. We believe the initiative is a simple way to increase visibility. It will provide Indian businesses with a new gateway to the world.”

Companies of all sizes can take advantage of a free listing on the CII e-commerce gateway and be trading online the same day. The secure cloudBuy platform, which powers the CII e-marketplace, provides sophisticated e-commerce capabilities giving businesses the ability to:

Sell products and services online
Process inquiries, orders, invoices and payments
Offer a secure shopping basket and checkout process
Take payment by a variety of methods
Upload an existing product catalogue
Display multiple images for products and services

Lyn Duncan, CEO of cloudBuy, said, “We are delighted to be working in collaboration with CII in India to deliver the B2B marketplace infrastructure to enable secure e-commerce on the CII business gateway. Our cloudBuy teams in the UK and India are now focused on bringing as many organisations as possible onto the marketplace and making it simple for them to do business globally.”
CII members can join the e-commerce gateway at www.ciitrade.com.

The article was originally posted at http://businesswireindia.com/news/news-details/confederation-indian-industry-cii-launches-‘gateway-world-indian-busin/43529

CII Mission on Best Practices Mission on Environment, Health & Safety (EHS)
7/5/2015 0 Comments

CII Southern Region is organising a two day Benchmarking Mission on Environment, Health and Safety (“EHS”) on 14-15 May 2015 in Chennai where participants will visit Lucas TVS Ltd, Hyundai, Honeywell Electrical Devices & Systems India Ltd, Saint-Gobain Glass India Ltd and Tata Bluescope Steel Ltd. to create awareness and understanding on the stringent implementation of environment & safety regulations in India and how these organisations deal with them. For fee and other details kindly visit the CII website at http://goo.gl/521e9b