The India Way
Book-Review, Doing Well and Doing Good, Workplace Innovation November 2nd, 2011The book “The India Way” explains the sources of Indian success and how a country with a lot of challenges with transparency, efficiency, grinding poverty and adult literacy managed to make a huge progress in last decades.
The India Way is about survival, winning against the odds, about ‘jugaad’ (manage in spite of lack of resources) and ‘adjust kar lenge’ (adjust and accommodate)
The message from Indian leaders to the world is surprisingly “human” and explains:
- How to engage with employees in a holistic way
- How to improvise and adapt
- Identifying products with compelling value
- Broad mission and purpose (beyond profit)
Can this model be adopted elsewhere? Most likely not. The authors express these doubts themselves – these concepts are deeply rooted in the culture however American leaders should at least take a few lessons from “The India Way” – limit the excess of their model and learn to act more responsible towards the society.
I must say I really like the India way and this book completely changed my view on Indian society and companies. The world would definitely be a better place if leaders allover the World listened to the advice from India and used it.
Leslaw