Jugaad Innovation - Jugaad King

Although Jugaad is practiced in India, it was once a big part of Western innovation too. Among the many early American jugaad innovators, the best known was Benjamin Franklin. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, in 1706 had left his school when he was 10 to work in his father’s soap and candle factory. Early on, Franklin developed a knack for using limited resources to devise ingenious and frugal solutions to tackle everyday problems. Franklin’s one of the most practical inventions was the Franklin Stove. During the 18 th century, homes in the US were primarily heated by inefficient fireplaces that spewed smoke as much of the heat they generated escaped up the chimney. This was also dangerous as the sparks could easily trigger fires to the wood build homes. Franklin’s jugaad innovation was a new type of stove with a simple hooded enclosure in the front and an air box in the rear. The new stove and its reconfiguration of the flues enabled a more efficient fire. It consume...