BECOMING AN INTRAPRENEUR
We need more innovative thinking. And we need it at scale. And we need it fast. Enter the era of Corporate Social Innovation, where companies seek to build their businesses while tackling important societal problems at the same time. To learn more about this growing trend and how to make it happen within your company, check out this new report released by the World Economic Forum earlier today. As the report outlines, we largely know what needs to be done and more and more leading companies are stepping up to the plate. The remaining question is who within these companies will lead the charge? Who will become these much needed “corporate entrepreneurs”? Who will pioneer this new breed of professional, most often referred to as an “intrapreneur”? What is an intrapreneur? An Intrapreneur is an employee of a large corporation who is given freedom and financial support to create new products, services, systems, etc., and does not have to follow the corporation's usual routines or prot...