CHAPTER 3

The Potential Intrapreneurs in Your Corporation

Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while.

—Steve Jobs

You might not know it, but you have more potential intrapreneurs in your company than you think. To help you identify them, in this chapter we’ll discuss the common traits potential intrapreneurs will have. However, that does not necessarily mean that this group of people has all the skills required to be successful intrapreneurs.

Use the exercise in this chapter, “Make an intrapreneur inventory,” to start making a list of potential talent. In Chapter 7, “Talents: ...

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