Navi Radjou
Innovation and leadership advisor
Navi Radjou is an innovation and leadership advisor born in Pondicherry, India. He co-wrote Jugaad Innovation, a bestselling book on frugal innovation.
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Indian Born 1970 in Pondicherry, India
About Navi Radjou
Navi Radjou grew up in Pondicherry, India. His schooling included Ecole Centrale Paris and Yale School of Management. He spent many years as an analyst and vice president at Forrester Research. He has also been the executive director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge. Jugaad Innovation, which he co-authored, explores jugaad, a Hindi word for improvised solutions born of ingenuity when resources are scarce. The book has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. He has also co-written Frugal Innovation: How To Do More With Less and From Smart To Wise: Acting and Leading With Wisdom. His book The Frugal Economy: Building a Better World with Less came out in October 2024, and Thinkers50 has ranked him among its 50 most influential management thinkers since 2021.