| Navi Radjou | |
|---|---|
| Born | Navi Radjou August 14, 1970 Pondicherry, India |
| Occupation | Independent thought leader, strategy consultant, and Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge |
Navi Radjou is an independent thought leader and strategy advisor based in Silicon Valley. He is an internationally-recognized voice of business innovation and leadership. Navi is also a Fellow at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge, and a faculty member of the World Economic Forum.
Most recently, Navi served as the Executive Director of the Centre for India & Global Business at Cambridge Judge Business School. Previously, Navi was a longtime VP/analyst at Forrester Research in Boston and San Francisco who worked with senior executives worldwide on breakthrough growth strategies
Navi has consulted with leading international organizations—including BT, Fujitsu, GM, Hitachi, IBM, Infosys, Marks & Spencer, Microsoft, NEC, Procter & Gamble, Rolls-Royce, SAP, Sprint, TCS, and Wipro.
Navi has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Businessweek, The Economist, The Financial Times. He is a columnist on HarvardBusinessReview.org. Navi is a sought-after keynote speaker by the World Economic Forum, Council on Foreign Relations, The Conference Board, Harvard University, Asia Society, and more. A prolific writer, Navi has coined and popularized several business concepts such as ‘Global Innovation Networks’, ‘Polycentric Innovation’ and ‘Indovation’.
Navi is the lead author of Jugaad Innovation: Think Frugal, Be Flexible, Generate Breakthrough Growth, co-authored with Jaideep Prabhu and Simone Ahuja and published by Jossey-Bass in April 2012. Navi is also the co-author, with Prasad Kaipa, of Smart to Wise, a book on next-generation leadership, to be published by Jossey-Bass in early 2013.
An Indian-born French national, Navi earned his MS degree in information systems from Ecole Centrale Paris, and also attended the Yale School of Management. Navi lives in Palo Alto, California.