8 Indians Among Top 50 Thinkers
By siliconindia   |   Monday, 21 November 2011, 15:58 IST   |    15 Comments
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Bangalore: Is it the business gurus or the executives in the boardroom that shapes the future of global business? Thoughts make a great difference in the world of business. Therefore, going by Thinkers 50 list, business professors and management innovators are the ones who do the real thinking. Thinkers50 is keeping pace with ideas and thoughts that are influencing the global business and managers over a decade now. The ranking will guide us to the personalities who are known little to the general public but admired throughout the business world. Amongst the 50, eight Indians are included in the list of top Management Thinkers from across the globe.
Vijay Govindarajan
1. Vijay Govindarajan Vijay Govindarajan, popularly known as VG has been ranked at number 3. He is the Earl C. Daum Professor of International Business at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire. Being world's leading expert on strategy and innovation, Govindarajan said, "It is humbling to be ranked number 3 alongside great management thought leaders as well as to receive the Breakthrough Idea Award for the $300 House Initiative. These recognitions are motivators to work even harder to justify the honors." He has penned none books including the best sellers "Ten Rules for Strategic Innovators" and "the Other Side of Innovation". "The Other Side of Innovation" is his recent book which draws spotlight on how to change an innovative idea into a successful commercial business. Govindarajan is also responsible for posing the question that sparked a global challenge to build a $300 house. He has also worked with Jeff Immelt, General Electric's CEO and written a article with him collaborating with Chris Trimble which introduces the concept of reverse innovation and is rated by Harvard Business Review as one of the ten big ideas of the decade, and is the title of his forthcoming book, (with Chris Trimble), to be published by HBR Press in April 2012. Govindarajan has been ranked above Jim Collins (4), Michael Porter (5), Roger Martin (6), Marshall Goldsmith (7), and Marcus Buckingham (8).

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