The Intrapreneur’s Journey

149 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h52min.
An essential business guide on how to develop an organisation’s innovation culture and internal entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs), with an emphasis on African innovation cases.The Intrapreneur’s Journey: Empowering Employees to Drive Growth is a must-read for any entrepreneur, innovator, manager or senior executive who wants to successfully compete in today’s fast-changing world. Based on the observation that the most under-utilised assets in most organisations are the ideas in their employees’ heads, the authors offer first-hand experience and in-depth analysis on how intrapreneurship powers some of the world’s leading innovative businesses and other types of organisations. The proposition is simple: established organisations see continuous delivery of innovative products, services and processes when they enable teams of entrepreneurial employees to think and behave like start-ups. This new edition adds up-to-date discussions and references on the theory and practice of intrapreneurship and innovation, making this an ideal book for students, researchers and professionals in the field. It includes informative examples and case studies ranging from large multinational corporations to small and medium-size enterprises in a primarily pan-African, but globally relevant context. Written in an accessible, easy to read style, this book features a series of assessments and tools to help implement the book’s Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model in any organisation. This book will be a leading practical guide on how to establish a culture of innovation.Illustrations Preface Acknowledgements Introduction: The Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model Chapter 1: Time and Freedom Chapter 2: A Dedicated Innovation Team Chapter 3: Design Thinking Chapter 4: Open Collaboration Chapter 5: Lean Experimentation Chapter 6: Align for Yes Chapter 7: Integrated Intrapreneurship Conclusion: Sustaining Success Appendices: A. The Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model (for Introduction) B. Time and Freedom Key Resources (for Chapter 1) C. A Dedicated Innovation Team Key Resources (for Chapter 2) D. Design Thinking Key Resources (for Chapter 3) E. Open Collaboration Key Resources (for Chapter 4) F. Lean Experimentation Key Resources (for Chapter 5) G. Align for Yes Key Resources (for Chapter 6) Dramatis Personae Notes References Authors Index