Navi Radjou

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Navi Radjou is ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the 50 most influential management thinkers in the world who won the prestigious Thinkers50 Innovation Award in 2013.

Navi Radjou is an innovation and leadership scholar based in Paris. He has served as a Fellow at the University of Cambridge's Judge Business School (UK) and as a vice president at Forrester Research, a technology research and consulting firm in Boston. He is ranked by Thinkers50 as one of the 50 most influential management thinkers in the world.

In 2013, Navi Radjou won the prestigious Thinkers50 Innovation Award, given to a management thinker who is redefining the way we think about and practice innovation. He spoke at TED Global 2014 on frugal innovation (2 million views).

Navi Radjou is co-author of Frugal Innovation, published by The Economist, as well as the global bestseller Jugaad Innovation (over 250,000 copies sold) and From Smart To Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom. He will publish his next book Conscious Society in 2022. He is a much sought-after keynote speaker and widely quoted in the international media.

Born and raised in Pondicherry, India, he holds dual Franco-American nationality. He studied at Ecole Centrale Paris and Yale School of Management. After living in the US for 22 years, Navi Radjou returned to France and now resides in Paris. He is a long-time student of Yoga, Ayurveda, and Vipassana (mindfulness) meditation.

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