Select The Right Nature, Then Continuously Nurture

Select people with the required core values and then nurture those values by creating a conducive environment. But it is only possible to nurture something that already exists, cautions Vishalakshi Naik, Founder, Quality Solutions. She gives a few examples and tips to build a culture of cGMP compliance

GMP is like oxygen for the pharma industry and a culture of compliance has to be in the blood of the organisation so that every part or process or system or document in an organisation will breath GMP.

Building a culture of GMP compliance is the need of the industry and the human aspect is the most essential thing in the culture. To build a culture, the most important thing is a motivated leader and a team with specific core values. Selection of people based on their core values and nurturing those values at every important decision-making stage are two most important aspects of building culture of GMP compliance. The driving force and motivation to achieve this status must come from top management and it has to be retained by middle management.

What is culture? Culture is a sum effect of social behavioural pattern. Culture creates unwritten rules and they are followed. Principles, ethics, moral values play very important role. There are many scholarly articles about its impact of social and organisational behaviour as well as its impact on businesses. Many life coaches in the US and Europe are now teaching meditation, reflection and gratitude. Industry in the 21st century is evolving at a pace which we could not have thought of earlier. Artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and block chain are the buzz words. With increasing order of automation and digitalisation, we will be realising the importance of human mind and creativity. Thus, we will need expert inputs to check and verify machine generated results. Importance of human values will be increasing to great extent.

To understand human aspects, let us read this story written by Stephen Covey (Author of “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People”). He has shared an experience, he had in a subway ride in New York.