There’s a Hindi word I love: jugaad. It doesn’t translate perfectly into English, but it could be described as “the art of figuring it out with what you’ve got.” It’s more than just a problem-solving ...
We are entering an Age of Complexity characterized by intensified economic unpredictability, tectonic demographic and technological shifts, and accelerating resource scarcity. Adversity has become the ...
People ask me, what exactly is jugaad? Global management experts attribute India’s rapid economic growth to jugaad. In a recent survey by the Legatum Institute, 81% of Indian businessmen said jugaad ...
Jury-rigged is a key term used in the recent U.S. Department of Justice submission in a court in Maryland, claiming $100 million in damages from the owner and the manager of container ship Dali that ...
For three generations, Gustavo Grobocopatel’s family had pursued a small-scale, subsistence model of farming in Argentina. Grobocopatel dreamed of growing his farm into a larger, more sustainable ...
Innovation processes are being challenged by creative improvisation, even in the biggest technological companies governed by acute knowledge and experience. Jugaad is “a colloquial Hindi and Punjabi ...
How can you not like him? He used to sell an insurance policy to Mumbai’s train commuters who wished to travel ticketless. For a small premium, he insured them from the consequences of being caught by ...
No matter how you describe it, innovation is a key driver in society. And often innovations are not formulated in the boardrooms of corporations. Instead, they are born in the middle of a paddy field.
MUMBAI — This is a tale of two Indian vehicles — the Jaguar and the jugaad. The former is one of the world’s finest cars, once a strictly British product, now owned by Tata Motors of India. The XJL ...
If you’ve been using this word ‘Jugaad’ way too often then there’s a reason to rejoice for you. The world’s most trusted English dictionary Oxford has officially accepted the word ‘Jugaad’ in their ...