by Susan Foley | Feb 20, 2019 | Competencies, Corporate Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Innovation, Internal Entrepreneurs, Intrapreneurs, Risk, Success
According to research Entrepreneurial Orientation (EO) is the cornerstone of innovation success for organizations. EO is defined as the degree of risk-taking, innovativeness, and proactiveness in a company. Organizations that have successfully developed...
by Susan Foley | Jul 24, 2018 | Change, Competencies, Economy, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Risk, serial intrapreneur, Value
In the article, Intrapreneurs – The Road Less Traveled, the focus was on why intrapreneurs take the road less traveled and what that means. Intrapreneurs also face another fork in the road on their journey – especially if they want to be a serial intrapreneur....
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 | 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...
