It suddenly hit me this week; frugal innovation is not the panacea to the woes of healthcare. It starts with the needs of poor consumers and devises business models and […]

His fearless goal was to eradicate needless blindness amongst the world’s poor. Just the thought of it, makes me realise how much bigger I need to dream. Dr Venkataswamy, (known […]

 Currently, products are resource intensive, over engineered and becoming obsolete faster than ever. With commodity prices sky rocketing, increased resource scarcity and a growing population inefficient business models will inevitably […]

  I’ve come across some cool examples of frugality…….feel free to add any more examples you come across Retro newspaper as wrapping paper A money clip…..literally…….   Padlock flip flops […]

GE is developing pioneering new technology in its healthcare division by keeping the principals of frugal innovation at its heart. The healthcare products include a portable ultrasound machine costing an […]

Frugal innovation has recently become one of my great loves, but I think my honey moon period with this idea is over and I am now looking at it more […]