by Susan Foley | Jan 11, 2023 | Business Growth, Change, Competencies, Entrepreneurs, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Leadership, serial intrapreneur
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. What...
by Susan Foley | Oct 18, 2022 | Acceleration, Alignment, Commitment, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Leaders, Strategic, Transformation
A proliferation of articles state that the key to intrapreneurship is building an innovative and entrepreneurial culture. Yet we know that nearly 70% of all change initiatives fail. There is no doubt that intrapreneurship requires a magnitude shift in thinking and...
by Susan Foley | Aug 9, 2022 | Competencies, Entrepreneurs, Entrepreneurship, Experiential, Growth, Independent Thinking, Innovative, Intrapreneurs, Learning, Success, Taking Action
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 | Jul 19, 2022 | Competencies, Entrepreneurial, Experience, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurial Leaders, Intrapreneurs, Leaders, Talent, Uncertainty
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 | Jun 21, 2022 | Behaviors, Change, Culture, Experience, Frame of Reference, Intrapreneurs, Power, Resistance, Think, Transformation
The reality for Intrapreneurs is that being different is what makes you do what you do. You are willing to try new things, test your assumptions and explore the unknown. You change your thoughts and actions based on what you see, experience, or learn. You are open to...
by Susan Foley | May 10, 2022 | CEO, Change, Growth, Innovation, Intrapreneurs, Intrapreneurship, Risk, Talent, Uncertainty
In the 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 organizations...
