Research projects:

The Challenger Research
Today’s context in business poses a challenge to constantly innovate to get quantum results. A need to shift from incremental to quantum has almost become a question of survival and no longer a ‘nice to have’ situation.

The ‘Challenger Research’ is a project that has drawn cutting edge insights from Indian organizations that have challenged the conventions and achieved quantum growth through innovation. Organizations that have defied the industry patterns and stirred static, lifeless domains. It is a study of organizations that consider ideas, and not resources as their key competitive advantage.

This project has built a body of India-centric insight into:
‘‘What are the unique ways in which the Indian mind (both individually and collectively) struggles with challenging and transforming status quo’? And
‘What does it take to create successful innovations in the Indian organization context’?


The Social Innovation Research
India needs to find innovative solutions to its most fundamental problems to leapfrog to a position of respect, pride and dominance on the international stage.

The ‘Social Innovation Research’ is a project to discover and study social innovations that had made a quantum impact in:
The number of children attending and completing schooling;
The income generating capacity of people at the lowest end of the economic ladder
Water availability, especially in water scarce regions; and
Ineffectiveness of Governance – Political reform, City transformation and Police transformation.

These inspiring social innovations bring insight into what differentiates social innovations and if scaled up across the country, have the power to virtually eliminate our fundamental problems. They are impactful, sustainable and scaleable.


The ‘Product Innovation’ Research, in collaboration with Altair Engineering

The focus of this research is to uncover the mindsets that enable or disable product innovation in India. The research also aims at providing platform where the collective experiences of successful organizations can be gathered and be used as a reference point by the reader to initiate innovation within their organization.

Additionally, the research will also focus on -
Product innovation success stories.
Product innovation that was entirely conceived and developed in India for the Indian/global consumer.
The primary challenges to innovation in a given industry.
The mindsets that enable or disable innovation from happening in these industries.
What are the biggest challenges faced by organizations in the journey to innovation?
Within your organization - what enabled you to succeed?

The study seeks to understand what Innovative Organizations do differently to sense and focus on radical change opportunities. How do their efforts help in overcoming industry, organizational and personal mindsets?

The study will help organizations understand the success stories and give them an insight into what worked for some of the successful innovators. The study will also provide a mirror to the reader to understand what is holding back product innovation in their organization/industry and a framework to overcome the same.