by Susan Foley | Jun 26, 2018 | Change, Competencies, Entrepreneurial Mindset, Entrepreneurs, Experiential, Independent Thinking, Innovation, Integrative Thinkers, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Risk, Success, Uncertainty
My grandfather was an apple and cherry farmer in upstate New York. After high school he went to work with one of the prominent apple farmers in the area to learn about the business. He was an apprentice, a student, an intrapreneur whose practical ideas were used to...
by Susan Foley | May 15, 2018 | Change, Commitment, Competencies, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Leadership, Self-awareness, Success, Talent
Intrapreneurs proactively take steps to learn, grow and change themselves to be better, do better and help others be their best. They are open to exploring who they are and what they are capable of becoming. In doing so they are unraveling the mystery of who they...
by Susan Foley | Mar 13, 2018 | Business Growth, Competencies, Competitive, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, millennial, Risk, Talent
Innovation and growth are the critical factors behind the interest in Intrapreneurship. That’s the good news. The bad news is that you can’t have either without the right talent. Finding the right talent to achieve innovation and growth is what is proving to be...
by Susan Foley | Feb 12, 2018 | Change, Competencies, Disruptive, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Risk, Strategic, Talent, Team
In a recently published book titled Beyond the Champion: Institutionalizing Innovation Through People the authors spent four years researching disruptive innovation in large organizations. What they found is good news and bad news for Intrapreneurs and for those...
by Susan Foley | Jan 16, 2018 | Change, Competencies, Competitive, Innovative, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, Success, Talent, Value
In 2017 readers were looking to dig deeper into the nuances of intrapreneurs and leaders. Not only looking for insight into what they do, but how they do it and why it is important. The selection of articles also reflect a growing interest from Intrapreneurs...
by Susan Foley | Jul 25, 2017 | Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurial, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Success
Ten years ago I set out to understand who corporate entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs were, how they were different and why it was important. At the time there was no empirical data that adequately described who these individuals were. There was no consensus in the...
