Books
Published works spanning systems thinking, governance, and economic reimagining.
Reimagining India's Economy
The Road to a More Equitable Society
Independent India is at a turning point. Will it turn off the path to the destiny it set out towards at the midnight hour of 15th August 1947? Will it provide poorna swaraj-full freedom (political, social, and economic)-for all its citizens? Or will it be a nation in which some citizens are more equal than others: the rich more equal …
Reimagining India's Economy
2025 | Arun Maira
Independent India is at a turning point. Will it turn off the path to the destiny it set out towards at the midnight hour of …
Shaping the Future
2023 | Arun Maira
You want to make the world a better place for everyone? How do you do it? You must learn to listen to people not like …
Listening to My Mind
2021 | Arun Maira
This book of poems is a recollection of wondrous moments amidst a busy life, when the chattering in the mind stopped and its� cluttering, with …
REBUILDING DEMOCRACY in the 21st CENTURY
2021 | Arun Maira
After Donald Trump�s election, the Brexit shock, and with concerns arising in India about the state of our democracy, there is even greater urgency to …
A Billion Fireflies
2021 | Arun Maira
The Covid-19 pandemic has revealed the fragility of economic systems, and the precariousness of the incomes and lives of people all over the world. We …
The Solutions Factory
2021 | Arun Maira
In The Solutions Factory, Arun Maira digs deep into his experiences as a consultant and presents twenty human-led business stories that cover all kinds of …
The Learning Factory
2020 | Arun Maira
Founded in 1868 by Jamshetji Tata, the Tata Group symbolizes the great Indian story of hope, growth and phenomenal success. The group played the role …
TRANSFORMING SYSTEMS
2019 | Arun Maira
By the turn of the millennium, the dominant idea was that not only should the business of business be only business, but countries, governments and …
Listening for Well-Being
2017 | Arun Maira
Telco had to develop its technology and expand its business on its own. For this, it decided to put up new facilities in Pune, near …
An Upstart in Government
2015 | Arun Maira
For five years (2009-14) Arun Maira sat in India�s cockpit, as member of India�s national Planning Commission. These were years of great changes in the …
Redesigning the Aeroplane While Flying
2014 | Arun Maira
Institutions and institutional processes provide stability, are a means to progress, and thus fulfil the needs of society. This functionality, however, has been lost in …
Transforming Capitalism
2008 | Arun Maira
The 21st century dawned with capitalism on the ascendant across the world and communism and socialism fading out. Simultaneously, there was a realization that chronic …
Remaking India
2004 | Arun Maira
Remaking India is an impassioned critique of India�s current economic and social situation and argues for a better way to create inclusive development and growth. …
Shaping the Future
2002 | Arun Maira
The first book to get at the root cause of India's problems India is a country of enormous contradictions. On the one hand, India is …
The Accelerating Organization
1996 | Arun Maira
Peter Scott-Morgan, author of the best-selling, The Unwritten Rules of the Game, and his colleagues at Arthur D. Little have discovered that Fortune 500 companies …