Jugaad Innovation - Jugaad King

Jugaad Innovators do not reinvent, they improvise. There are some simple methods that can be implemented to enhance improvement at regular stages. Improving on regular basis will ensure that the need never arises of reinventing. Some of these methods are given below and explained briefly. Break Rules and Shift Values When Necessary In July 2003, IBM’s then CEO Sam Palmisano organized a ‘Value Jam’. A three day long online brainstorming session in which all employees were invited to renew and update IBM’s century-old value system. This collaborative exercise re-contextualized the very notion of innovation and IBM’s core values. Such activities ensure that there is always innovation happening within the company, not just product ideas but cultural and working environment wise too. Don’t Let Inflexible Investors and Customers Dictate Your Innovation Agenda Henry Ford, founder of Ford motors said “If I had asked customers what they wanted, they would have said ‘faster hors...