A Biography of Innovations

R. Gopalakrishnan the bestselling author of The Case of the Bonsai Manager explores how concepts turn into ideas which then become prototypes models and products. Defining thought as the ancestor of innovation as without thought there could be no innovation he explores the impending questions such as - What happens next? How can you take on challenges and keep your ideas relevant? The Biography of Innovation is the definitive book on the life cycle of new ideas and transformations. About the Author R. Gopalakrishnan has been a professional manager for forty-two years. He serves as an executive director of Tata Sons Ltd and as a director on the board of Tata Power Tata Technologies AkzoNobel India Castrol India and ABP Pvt. Ltd. He began his career in 1967 as a computer analyst with Hindustan Lever after studying physics in Kolkata and electronic engineering at IIT Kharagpur.