#Peoplemakebusiness

#Peoplemakebusiness. It's about people. This is my common answer when asked about what's the secret. The secret of creating impactful, and disruptive projects in big corporations. Although some may think it’s about technology or new agile methodologies, I can guarantee you that, after doing it in two big consumer goods companies, the key element to succeed is people. Numbers are important but they are in fact a result of brilliant people’s work. Only humans can go the extra mile. Powerful people connected through a meaningful purpose. Yes, I hope it’s not new for you that the super talented people are not driven by money (only). They ‘re driven by passion. They follow their hearts cause this is the only place where one can resource energy to move the unbearable mountains of the old corporate world.

I also learned that words matter. Communication is crucial and one of the main challenges when opening space for the "new". Most of time each person has a different interpretation and instead of discuss it openly, they usually stuck with their blurred perspectives. And the truth is, that there is nothing like real examples to move things ahead. By seeing it live, one can properly understand the potential transformation behind digital projects, even when they don't have the technical background to understand how it works.

So, to make the point on why #peoplemakebusiness, let's talk about Reppos: the first eB2B marketplace owned from Reckitt. It was created because we wanted to help neighbourhood stores to thrive, and we strongly believe that the building of a better future should be lead by the ones who has power to do it. The ones who can influence and transform by example.

Reppos was launched in April, 22 with the objective of creating a positive impact. How? By being high tech & high touch. Beyond offering best deals, see the human beyond the store, deeply understanding their needs. Reppos offers credit and cash availability, convenience and community - cause at the end, beyond that store we found amazing people with brilliant stories.

Reppos gives life to a new concept of holistic value creation (being good to Reckitt, distributors, wholesalers, stores and partners). Yes, we want to grow our business but we know that by doing it together we’ll be bolder. We believe that winning together is better then alone. It is the the newest proof of the power of brilliant people connected through a powerful vision. It started with some few great minds getting their hands dirty and showing that yes, people make business. A small group managed to move a big corporation and created a new project that is now delivering incremental sales, higher profitability and building the future-fit to go market.?

Today it's live in Brazil, Indonesia and Mexico, but soon, all over the world with encouraging performance. In one year, it became one of the main growth drivers , selling a better mix and bigger basket size versus offline. All performance KPIs unbeatable and getting better as it grows. Check it out at www.reppos.com.br

So, yes, #peoplemakebusiness. By seeing the human beyond the store, we created a winning value proposition. By creating value to the supply chain, we are growing faster than expected and , at last but not at least, by creating the space for amazing people to shine, we create powerful projects. Well done to everyone who has been working hard on this. You're amazing and I'm sure you'll take it to the moon! Congrats congrats congrats Iara Rodrigues Montanari , Thiago Dias , CELIA M. , Steven Wiratomo , Szymon Lopata , Aleksander Dylikowski , Daniel Dworecki Domingues , Bruno Barduchi , Nicole Freitas , Betina Paz Pretto , Bruno Tetti , Wilson Negr?o , Alison Radford , Sarah Drennan-Jones , Priya Sidhu FCCA , Alice Moore , Guido Carelli , Kai Philipp Schoppen , Rafael Apostólico , Jaldielle Anjos , Carolina Franco , Andrea Salzano , Laís Farhat , Victor Aloi Junior ?

What about you? Do you have any example of when people can make the difference? Would love to read your thoughts.