The Innovation Agenda

GOD, ZERO and INFINITY

Anurag Jain — Sat, 05 Jan 2013 14:46:49 +0000

The Indian mathematician Ramanujan used to have discourses on interpretations of God, Zero and Infinity with his friends. To Ramanujan, the idea of God or spirituality, came from his Brahminical antecedents and I am assuming since he was a passionate mathematician he connected that with Zero and Infinity. He once said, “An [...]

Struggling to become an innovative organization? – Think Ability above Process

Anurag Jain — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:56:59 +0000

It is impossible to turn an organization a truly innovative organization unless the most important constituent that is the people of the organization become innovative. To me the idea of empowering the individual in the organization fascinates far more than the idea of creating a special group of people and solely holding them responsible for [...]

Analyze, Strategize, Design and Regionalize because the dream of creating National brands is dead

Anurag Jain — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:05:45 +0000

As argued in the last blog, The Multiplier Effect, regional focus in strategy will help business in India to unlock the real wealth in the fragmented marketplace. The dream of creating one brand/variant for all geographies in India is close to death and therefore companies will require new lens to analyze the geographical diversities [...]

Announcing Innovation Labs event “The Unsettle Hours” at Bangalore

Anurag Jain — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 13:46:15 +0000

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Organizations are Partial, Innovation is Fair

Anurag Jain — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 16:44:20 +0000

Organizations across the world are used to the traditional approach of business where the processes are divided according to the conventional functions like Sales, Operations, and Marketing etc. These functions are parts of the organization which also means that they live in one area within the organization similar to the analogy that [...]

The Multiplier Effect

Anurag Jain — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 17:47:48 +0000

India has 28 states and almost every state is a world on its own with individual culture, language, rituals, music, fashion, food and so on. Each state has produced its own maestros and heroes in each of these disciplines who have constantly inspired the locals. Take for e.g. Saurav Ganguly is a hero of Bengal, [...]

Secrets of Marwari Businessman: What they don’t teach you at the Harward Business School

Anurag Jain — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 18:57:17 +0000

Known for their business acumen, adaptability and success Marwari business men and their methods of business are a great source of inspiration and learning for modern as well as traditional businesses. In history, Marwari entrepreneurs migrated from their homeland Marwar (a region in Rajasthan) and have spread across India and now world. They have adapted [...]

What’s “Innovation Consulting?”

Parameswaran Venkataraman — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 18:20:20 +0000

I find it surprising, even amusing to some extent, that “Innovation Consulting” is still such a new concept for most people. And it’s more puzzling that even the seasoned & well exposed middle or senior management folks seem to be equally new to this concept. Just like there’s management consulting, brand consulting, technology consulting, it’s [...]

Innovation Opportunities in Food and Beverages in India

Anurag Jain — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:53:28 +0000

Food and beverage market in India is full of both opportunities and challenges. While the opportunities are attractive for brands and manufacturers to enter the Industry, the India specific challenges such as a) Industrial Infrastructure b) Fragmented Farms c) Intermediaries require unique and innovative methods to work around them.
Organizations in this space are [...]

Innovation: ‘Guidance’ the other end of Self-Service

Anurag Jain — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 09:26:21 +0000

In the relentless quest for new and innovative ways of improving the business model, Self-Service comes as a very important tool. By allowing the consumer to use Self-Service option companies globally are increasingly looking to transfer maximum power in the hands of consumer while purchasing or consuming products or services. Apart from empowering consumer it [...]