Change Lessons from Jugaad Innovation
The Change Signal with Simone Ahuja
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In this episode, Simone Ahuja — innovation strategist, intrapreneurship champion, and longtime student of jugaad — joins me to explore how change really happens inside large, complex organizations.
She shows why the most valuable innovations don’t come from big budgets or big teams, but from leaders who know how to work with constraints, stay fluid in their approach, and widen the circle of who gets to shape the solution.
We talk about why so many change projects stall before they even begin, often because teams are solving the wrong challenge or operating inside systems that resist anything unfamiliar. Simone offers a practical, grounded way forward: think smaller, go earlier, and design experiments that create momentum instead of overwhelm.
If you lead transformation, change management, or innovation work — and want tools that work in real organizational life — this conversation with Simone is going to be useful, surprising, and energizing.
Here are three provocative questions that arise from this Change Signal conversation with Simone Ahuja:
Are you solving the real problem or just the first one?
What constraint might actually spark creativity?
And who’s missing from the table when you design change?
ABOUT SIMONE:
Simone Ahuja is an innovation strategist, speaker, and founder of Blood Orange. She is known for her work on jugaad innovation, intrapreneurship, and helping leaders cultivate resourceful, inclusive approaches to change inside large organizations.
Simone’s work – https://simoneahuja.com
Music Credits: Rest in the Garden - SackJo22 ft Duckett & The Stubble Field Break (Mana Mixed) - Mana Junkie ft Apoxode
