The dark side of intrapreneurship and how to avoid it
Intrapreneurship is often depicted as something of a heroic endeavour. Whilst the act of developing, and delivering, new product concepts, particularly…
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Innovators are rockstars, but they are people too!
“They don’t understand? After all this time, they say they don’t get it? We’ve been working on this for three years! What for have I written all those …
Collaborating to beat innovation antibodies
Have you heard of corporate antibodies? Worse still – have you been a victim? They’re the ones that fight off and reject anything that’s too different …
The core blocker to corporate innovation isn’t what you think
Intrapreneurship is gradually being recognised as by far the most potent solution to the growing need for corporations to innovate more effectively. In…
Revealing an organisation’s true colours
Surrounded by flashing lights and pumping music, the CEO stood on stage and announced “we’re innovative – we are the future”! Memories of Steve Jobs! …
The Naked Intrapreneur 3 – Building a Community of the Willing
I have given my own sweat, tears, passion and commitment to the journey of intrapreneurship. I have despaired, almost given up, felt I’ve failed, and s…
“I2L” – The KPI your business needs to innovate better
The corporate sector is experiencing an age of extraordinary disruption. The pace of change is relentless and yet, whilst organisations are launching a…
It all starts with trust!
Trust is trending, or should I say the lack of it is. A recent New York Times (NYT) article displayed as front page news America’s lack of trust in gov…
Intrapreneurship – the art of thinking inside the box
In 1996 Michael Porter described strategy as leveraging the resources of an institution to maintain a “unique competency”. Corporations have interpre…
Learning from failure – experimenting with start-up thinking in charities
My Facebook feed is filled with sponsorship asks and birthday fundraisers. I turn on the TV and there’s another telethon – I knew it was coming because…
My Big Failure
Failure is sexy. In fact, the normalization of failure has become so commonplace, that there are conferences dedicated to failure and a few companies h…
Answering cold calls with confidence
I remember getting a cold call from Dropbox one day. They had done an analysis of accounts that used our corporate email address as a primary login for…
The Naked Intrapreneur 2 Leading Intrapreneurship
Over the last 15 years I have attempted in my own way to transform organisations into high energy, innovative, and exciting places to work. I have trie…
Putting Emotional Barriers in the Rear-view Mirror
Wham! My whole body was jolted out of a casual car ride down a dusty I-25 exit ramp in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I had been hit by an inattentive driver…
The Naked Intrapreneur
Over the last 15 years I have attempted in my own way to transform organisations into high energy, innovative, and exciting places to work. I have trie…
About Innovation and Crazy Loonshots
A loonshot refers to an idea or project that most scientific or business leaders think won't work, or if it does, they think it won't matter as it prob…
How to lead intrapreneurship and innovation
I am currently working on the establishment of a green and sustainable intrapreneurship accelerator. The premise is that with climate change we are run…
Exploring. That’s what Intrapreneurs do
Going in essence back to the garage, in large company, inventing the future from within. Three reasons why intrapreneurship is a critical asset of any…
20 Ways to Think & Act Like an Innovator
1 - DARE TO BE DIFFERENT (even a little crazy) Do you remember Apple’s ”Think Different” campaign from -97? The one in which Apple pays homage to what…
An Innovation Risk-Reduction Matrix for Intrapreneurs
Last year I saw Alexander Osterwalder, the originator of the Business Model Canvas (BMC ) speak in Berlin about his upcoming book on measuring innovati…