• 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.

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    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

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    Identify your problems and constraints

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    Transmute your problems into an inspiring objective

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    Map resources and onboard allies to access abundance

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    Brainstorm activities and solutions

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    Plan feedback rituals

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    Make 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 !

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    Comment transformer une baguette rassie en baguette magique ?

  • Services

    Keynote, training, consulting,  

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    Key notes

    #FrugalInnovation #Transformation #Innovation #Foresight

    Key notes to inspire creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship for innovating under constraints in uncertain times for a better world.

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    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.

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    Consulting and change management

    Coaching and training workshop

    Implementation of a frugal innovation culture and projects for organizations, cities, NGO's, foundations and startups.

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    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

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    Communauté Whatsapp

    Rejoignez la communauté whatsapp sur l'innovation et le management frugal

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    Medium publications

    Latest ramblings on innovation & creativity

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    Online community for sharing resources around frugal innovation. 

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    Frugal Innovation channel with talks with experts in diverse fields

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    Collaborative notes taken by 30 odd people during the frugal innovation day

  • Media

    Pubications, videos and podcast

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    Key note on Industry 5.0

    Key note at SIDO Paris on Industry 5.0 - December 2023

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    Dossier - Sobriété, croissance, quel équilibre ?

    Contribution to an article published in DAF-MAG (French magazine for CFOs)

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    Faire mieux sans dépenser plus

    Article dans Gazette des communes sur l'expériementation avec la CC de Parthenay-Gâtine

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    Frugal Management

    Capsule video pour la semaine de l'innovation publique

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    A podcast in french on frugal innovation

    Podcast sur Innovecteursur les principes de l'innovation frugale et +

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    Resilient cities

    An interview on frugal and resilient cities in French & German

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    A 2 day online event on frugal innovation

    Organized by Région Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

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    Jugaad - the Indian concept inspiring France

    Coverage on DW international German Channel

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    Les grandes entreprises touchées par « l’innovation frugale »

    Gazette de la Défense covering the first Frugal Innovation Day

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    Innover pour réconcilier économie et écologie

    A roundtable organized by Expertise France on Frugal Innovation with other experts

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    Le « jugaad » : comment innover avec des ressources limitées

    An article in French News Paper les Echos

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    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 !

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    Ligamen

    Map your talent ecosystem for more resilience

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    SharingValue

    Audit and consulting

    Valuation for your company's intangibles assets

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    HARS

    Conscious leadership research and management consulting

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    Hardware Accelerator

    Hardware accelerator in Bangalore

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    I-WE

    Change agent Network

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    Grassroot network

    Spreading word about grassroot innovations pioneere by Prof. Anil Gupta

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    Sustainability Lab

    Santa shares her challenge model for being the change!

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    SENS+

    Think and Do Tank

    Sustaining impact projects

  • 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 !