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Showing posts with label robust intervention. Show all posts
Thursday, June 3, 2021

3 types of thinking Harish Hande highlighted for social innovations

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Last week, I finished co-teaching the course “From jugaad to systematic innovation” with my friend Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan at the Indian S...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

A systemic approach to participatory development: A short primer by Prof. Shireesh Kedare

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In October 2019, I got an opportunity to interview Shireesh Kedare, my hostel-mate and now a Praj Industries Professor at Department of ...
Monday, September 26, 2016

My 3 take-aways from Edgar Schein’s “Humble Consulting”

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Prof. Edgar Schein’s book “ Process consulting ” was published in the year I was born – 1969. Since then he has been refining the conce...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

Eckhart Tolle’s “catch me if you can” experiment

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Traditionally, spirituality is associated more with faith rather than experimentation. However, some spiritual teachers such as Eckhar...
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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Schumacher’s Burma visit and the birth of Buddhist Economics

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Professionally, Fritz Schumacher’s Burma (now Myanmar) visit in 1955 was a failure. Hardly anyone from Burmese Government paid any attenti...
Saturday, May 11, 2013

Using the navigation matrix in the innovation journey: from 8 steps to innovation

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The title of our book “8 steps to innovation” can be misleading. It doesn’t advocate following steps 1 to 8 similar to a Do-It-Yourself kit...
Saturday, September 15, 2012

Enabling a culture change in rural government schools: Prasanna shares Sikshana experience

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V R Prasanna was one of the panellists at the “Enabling a culture change” session at the Next Gear workshop on innovation leadership I...
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Sunday, June 17, 2012

What is “change by being”? Stories of Ramana Maharshi and Eckhart Tolle

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‘Change by doing’ doesn’t require much of selling. Whether it is a salt march, a war or the creation of Facebook, the act triggers a change ...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

3 Lessons in implementing a strategy from Sudhir Kumar’s experience in Bihar

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Sudhir Kumar (SK) played a key role in turning Indian Railways around during 2004-2008. However, initial years in his tenure in Bihar were d...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Following the bright spots and its implication for designing a strategy

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In an interview Andrew Grove narrates his experience at one of the exit interviews while being CEO of Intel. Steve, a young employee who is...
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Monday, August 29, 2011

Poor Economics: Designing robust interventions to fight poverty through randomized experiments

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When I hear a professor from MIT saying she knows how to fight poverty, my first reaction is that of skepticism. “Does she even know what...
Sunday, July 24, 2011

How GE develops innovation leaders through the LIG program

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GE launched Leadership, Innovation and Growth (LIG) program in September 2006 and ran it till September 2008, mostly in Crotonville, epicent...
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Friday, June 10, 2011

Gandhi’s failed self-help experiment at Shantiniketan: a lesson in culture-unfriendly intervention

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Every organization has a unique culture and any act to bring about a sustainable change needs to be sensitive to the existing culture. Gandh...
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Lessons from ATIRA’s early efforts at innovating in textile mills in Ahmedabad

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Eighty years after Ranchhodlal Chhotalal founded the first textile mill in 1861, Ahmedabad’s mill owners were still dependent on Manchester...
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