Frugal Company
Transmuting Constraints into Creative possibilities
Learn to reframe constraint into opportunities for innovation
Frugal Company has created and curated exclusive tools for frugal changemakers to transmute constraints into impactful solutions. Unlike other approaches, this training brings together entrepreneurs, executives, consultants, and creators who want to learn how to leverage ingenuity to make an impact. It’s not a traditional education—it’s a transformative learning experience.
Inspire change
Frugal Company is Abhinav Agarwal’s transformation playground to experiment and practice resourceful innovation for eco-sufficiency and change.
Abhinav works with organizations, teams, and individuals empowering them to embrace change and foster innovation by leveraging constraints and inner resources. He wears the hats of a trainer, coach, change management consultant and product owner.
His unique approach to leadership is inspired from the Indian philosophy, grassroot practices to create a group alchemy for authentic conversations and foster innovation. He helps your organization achieve sustainable growth through value based practices.
Adaptive navigation with the Frugal Management Canvas
1Identify your problems and constraints
2Transmute your problems into an inspiring objective
3Map resources and onboard allies to access abundance
4Brainstorm activities and solutions
5Plan feedback rituals
6Make an impact
Check out my book in French (English version will be out soon)
5 years of transdiciplinary research in the form of a philosophical essay exploring the notion of transformation of matter, of individuals and a society !
Comment transformer une baguette rassie en baguette magique ?
Services
Keynote, training, consulting,
Key notes
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Key notes to inspire creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship for innovating under constraints in uncertain times for a better world.
Custom workshops
#FrugalInnovation #FrugalManagement #Effectuation #Innovation
Training to build learning organizations and build internal innovation capabilities based on frugal innovation and entrepreneruship to leverage the organizations intangible assets.
Consulting and change management
Coaching and training workshop
Implementation of a frugal innovation culture and projects for organizations, cities, NGO's, foundations and startups.
Download the Frugal management Canvas
The Frugal Management Canvas is a strategic framework to provide a one-page, constraint-based strategy document for solving operational and strategic problems by leveraging available resources and finding creative and efficient solutions using effectual thinking, polarity mapping and OKR.
This is an effectual approach that I use for change management and building innovation capabilities for intrapreneurs.
Resources
Latest online resources
Media
Pubications, videos and podcast
A podcast in french on frugal innovation
Podcast sur Innovecteursur les principes de l'innovation frugale et +
Les grandes entreprises touchées par « l’innovation frugale »
Gazette de la Défense covering the first Frugal Innovation Day
Innover pour réconcilier économie et écologie
A roundtable organized by Expertise France on Frugal Innovation with other experts
Le « jugaad » : comment innover avec des ressources limitées
An article in French News Paper les Echos
Utopias of sharing life, caring community in Paris
An article in DNAINDIA by Prof. Gupta and his visit to Paris
Our constellation of partners
We've got top notch partners !
Grassroot network
Spreading word about grassroot innovations pioneere by Prof. Anil Gupta
Get in touch
Get in touch for your consulting needs or if you want to organise workshops, executive coaching or have any ideas for co-innovation !
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