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Sunday, September 29, 2013

Uncontrolled: A case for experimentation in social sciences including management

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Imagine a company that operates 10,000 convenient stores of which 8,000 are named QwikMart and 2,000 are named FastMart. It is observed ...
Monday, September 9, 2013

Four steps where “Frugal innovation” meets “8 steps to innovation”

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When times are tough, anything frugal gains currency. “ Frugal innovation ” is no exception. Last week I attended a Tech Event of a glob...
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Sunday, September 8, 2013

Why does Ram Charan say “It is a myth that innovation is expensive”?

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A couple of weeks ago I got following question during a webinar to senior managers of an IT services firm: “Isn’t systematic innovation ...

Prof. Karl Ulrich’s classification of problem types

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I watched the Hindi movie Satyagraha last night whose story revolves around a grass-root level anti-corruption movement in India. As ...
Saturday, August 24, 2013

2 dimensions of innovation maturity: creative confidence and incubation effectiveness

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A couple of month’s back I presented a 5-level assessment framework based on our book 8-steps to innovation. It depicts characteristics...
Friday, August 23, 2013

My 3 take-aways from “Design Thinking, Creative Thinking and Innovation” workshop at SPJIMR

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  I got an opportunity to participate both as a student and as a co-facilitator in a 3-day workshop “Design Thinking, Creative Thinking ...
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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...