Dean Nelson starts the prologue to his book Jugaad Yatra: Exploring The Indian Art Of Problem Solving with the definition of jugaad—a quick fix, a frugal innovation, a botch job, corruption, etc.—and ...

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 ...

Emerging markets like India are giving the West lessons on how to adjust their business models to be more innovative, resourceful, and promote growth for sustainability. In a discussion at Asia ...

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 ...

Innovation often conjures images of grand projects and substantial budgets in today's fast-paced management world. However, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) provides a compelling case ...

We reached Ramakrishna Nagar, a village in the desert of Gujarat, a state in Western India, after travelling 250 miles from Ahmedabad, the state’s capital. Our team—a Silicon Valley management ...

Yes, there are plenty of management road maps, albeit typically drawn up by the pale and male. Products of Northern hemisphere business and culture, of the slow-moving West - not the fast-growing East ...

It is likely this article will not be read in any other way, but I want to make it explicit — it is not my intention to present it as a blanket defence of jugaad. The attempt is merely to make a case ...