India is now the epicenter of a global PROBLEM… ….with 50% of new COVID-19 cases reported in India The whole humanity is worried about being contaminated by the Indian variant But India could also become the epicenter of global SOLUTIONS as… …India alone is expected to contribute to a whopping…

I just submitted an article to a top management journal I had 10 weeks to write it. I didn’t do anything for 9 weeks. I felt I was procrastinating but I knew something deeper was going on Last Friday, I sat down and the 4,300-word article “wrote by itself” in…

20 years years ago (2001) America was attacked (9/11) America’s SELF-CONFIDENCE (sense of INVINCIBILITY) was shattered and, I believe, has been on the decline since then In 2001, George W Bush responded to terrorist attacks by unleashing America’s tried-and-true HARD POWER, namely its military might by invading Afghanistan and Irak…

Ma nièce Léa, 17 ans me dit: « Ma prof de philo dit que l’Homme et la Nature sont distincts. L’Homme est supérieur à la Nature et utilise La Raison pour dominer la Nature ‘sauvage’ et créer des civilisations Je ne ressens pas les choses comme ça. Pour moi, l’Homme…

As the Covid-19 crisis worsens in India, I applaud French President Emmanuel Macron for sending 8 world-class, high capacity oxygen generator plants to India as part of France’s solidarity mission. I also praise French Ambassador to India, H.E. Mr Emmanuel Lenain, for humbly thanking India for providing life-saving drugs to…

The US spends highest on healhcare in the world. Yet, outcomes are dismal: - Americans’ life expectancy is dropping - US infant mortality is very high - 60% Americans suffer from at least 1 chronic disease - 22% Americans skip consultations due to high cost The US healhcare suffers from…

In our book Jugaad Innovation, we show how resource-constrained entrepreneurs use DESIGN FEELING to find an ingenious way to solve their OWN problem (a pain they viscerally experience at very*personal* level), and then scale up this frugal solution to benefit others How can Western entrepreneurs go beyond design thinking and…

In coming decade, I foresee the field of Design evolving and expanding in 2 strategic ways: As we recover from Covid19 we need to design not only new products services, processes, and experiences (with emphasis on safety, health, sustainability), but we also need to design: - new organizational structures (to accommodate…