🌿Howard Gardening Story #7 – The herbal garden that crossed oceans

🌟 Time for a corporate fairy tale — rooted in reality.
This story comes from a personalized book I created to honour Biocon’s visionary Founder, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw.

It’s a story of what’s possible when we apply the Howard Gardner philosophy of multiple intelligences at work — and invite people to bring their full selves into the workplace.

Here goes —

Some people plant seeds of passion

Kiran’s employees planted actual medicinal herbs.

What began as a group of employees curious about Ayurveda turned into a living garden on their company campus — where people were encouraged to pluck leaves and eat them for wellness.

Visitors came. Including a Dutch client — who was so inspired, they asked Kiran’s team to help build a similar herbal garden at their Netherlands office.

But there was a condition.

“It should be a collaborative effort. Our employees should experience the joy of creating value — just like you did.”

🌍 The project became a symbol of shared purpose across continents.

📈 It enriched client relationships.

🌱 It seeded new community landscapes in Indian cities and villages.

💡 It gave rise to valufacture — creating value through passion.

To my HR and CSR leader friends reading this:

- What unspoken intelligence is growing in your people right now?

- What seeds of community can you water today?

- Let’s create not just engagement — but legacy.

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The story above is just a glimpse. The full story lives in the book I crafted for Kiran Mazumdar Shaw. You might need to ask her for her copy. 🙂