In November, Don Gregori and Ilio Krumins-Beens from Kaplan Test Prep presented at our Intrapreneur NY Meetup on Sparking a Culture of Innovation within the Enterprise. Earlier that year, they held a three-day hackathon at Kaplan where developers and non-developers worked…
I had the wonderful opportunity to debate Sabrina Schaeffer on the Varney & Co show this morning. Watch the clip here – http://www.foxbusiness.com/on-air/varney-co/index.html#/v/2196790377001/opposing-views-on-working-from-home/?playlist_id=87060
As someone in charge of such decisions in my own workplace, I agree with Mayer. Why? Because this debate is not about individual productivity; it is about company productivity. See full Huffington Post blog here – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/debbie-madden/marissa-mayer-yahoo_b_2776852.html
The Fastest Path to Innovation: Pamper your Mavericks This Fast Company article discusses ways to encourage innovation within a company: by working with the “mavericks”, or individuals who seem to think differently from others in the organization. Some of the…
How hot companies fuel growth from the inside Ernst & Young conducted a series of global surveys to answer the following questions on intrapreneurship: How do companies fan the flames of innovation by tapping into the creativity of their existing…
Since founding and managing a series of a series of successful technology startups during the Silicon Valley boom of the 1980’s, Steve Blank has gone on to be a professor of entrepreneurship at U.C. Berkeley, Stanford University, Columbia University and…
We’ve all heard about social innovation & entrepreneurship and CSR, but what about social intrapreneurship? Here are some links to examples of how intrapreneurs are trying to change the world for the better using the resources available to them at…
Rebuild big business – how to innovate from within?, Henrik Werdelin, Prehype from Rebuild21 on Vimeo Learn more how Henrik Werdelin is using his company Prehype to rediscover the entrepreneurial spirit and unlock innovation in big corporaties through intrapreneurship. Henrik…
In response to a Quora question on Intrapreneurship, I posted the following comment – In my experience, true Intrapreneurs don’t need encouraging, they are the ones pushing and driving the change. Rather, it’s the team and stakeholders around the Intrapreneur…
Thirty seven years ago, Harvard Business School professor Howard Stevenson defined Entrepreneurship as “the pursuit of opportunity without regard to resources currently controlled.” Wikipedia defines Intrapreneurship as “the act of behaving like an entrepreneur while working within a large organization.” This leads me to the…
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