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Intrapreneurship program

If you offer employees who think and act like entrepreneurs a program to work on new things, you can unleash immense tremendous innovative strength. 

The challenge

Unused potential

The most creative ideas often spring from the minds of our employees, but without the necessary creative freedom and sufficient time, these ideas remain unused.

  • A bad starting position for idea providers slows down the innovation process.
  • A lack of framework conditions reduces the number of good ideas and the innovation ratio.
  • A lack of processes and freedom weakens the culture of innovation. 
The solution

Starting initiatives

Together we will develop a program to identify and promote intrapreneurs in your organization.

  • We will develop search criteria together that identify the right intrapreneurs.
  • The right process supports your intrapreneurs in developing ideas further.
  • As a basis, measures for team building and a culture that promotes innovation are needed. 
The result

Conquering markets

Under the guidance of professional coaches, selected teams develop their visionary ideas into well thought-out and practicable concepts.

  • They strengthen a culture of innovation, which has an impact on innovation management as a whole.
  • They enable idea providers from within the company to think outside the box.
  • The development speed from idea to validated prototype is accelerated.



Free spaces and framework conditions.

What are the benefits of an intrapreneurship program?

What are the benefits of an intrapreneurship program?

Intrapreneurship programs are key elements for organizations that want to increase their innovative strength. These programs provide a structured platform to empower employees to develop business-oriented ideas within the existing organizational structure. These programs promote a dynamic culture of innovation through clearly defined framework conditions and freedom for idea providers. With their clear guidelines and supportive structures, they create an environment in which creative solutions and entrepreneurial thinking can flourish.

Intrapraneurship programs are therefore considered one of the most effective measures for significantly increasing an organization's innovation performance and equipping it for future challenges.

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How do you identify the best candidates for intrapreneurship programs?

How do you identify the best candidates for intrapreneurship programs?

The main objective of intrapreneurship programs is to enable participants to turn an idea into a viable concept. The motivation and commitment of the applicants as well as entrepreneurial thinking and action are therefore important selection criteria. In addition, candidates should not be driven by self-interest.

What to consider when calling for participation in the intrapreneurship program

  1. The program should have a competitive character in order to appeal to the right personality types.
  2. No one should be excluded from participation or obliged to apply.
The idea plays a lesser role in the selection of suitable participants, as coaches help to refine the ideas during the program and maximize their innovation potential for the company.
Intrapreneurship

Entrepreneurial thinking in the workforce is your key to better innovation

  • Intrapreneurship initiatives channel the many ideas in the company and provide space for implementation.
  • Entrepreneurial thinking is encouraged, which has a positive effect on the speed and ability to innovate.
  • An intrapreneurship program develops a culture that encourages employees to be continuously innovative. 

Why we are the right innovation partner

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Accelerate innovation in your company with our structured program, based on 20 years of experience.

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Establish a powerful environment for new ideas with our holistic approach and structured procedure

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Thanks to our expertise in change management , your intrapreneurship initiative will be implemented in the company without any friction.

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Intrapreneurship requires a culture of innovation

It is often not the quality of the ideas that leads to their failure, but rather the internal processes and hidden resistance that stand in their way. These obstacles often stem from a corporate culture and also have a major impact on intrapreneurship programs.

10 tips for how to establish a positive culture of innovation.

This is how we do it …

Corporate intrapreneurship in three steps:

  1. We take on the planning, organization, and implementation of your intrapreneurship initiative and advise you on the selection of the right candidates.
  2. We support the participating teams and use our specialist know-how to ensure professional development from the idea to the prototype.
  3. Intrapreneurship is an instrument that has a positive effect on the culture and the workforce. To ensure sustainable success, we provide comprehensive support for the initiative, from the very beginning to the final event. 
Intrapreneuership program:

Great innovations in no time

An intrapreneurship program is far more than just a structured offering within a company; it is a future-oriented initiative that aims to cultivate a culture of entrepreneurial thinking and action among employees. Such programs enhance your innovative strength  and can initiate a deep transformation of internal processes and corporate culture. An intrapreneurship program is therefore a powerful tool for innovation managers.

An intrapreneurship program is usually related to the goal of creating a dynamic and adaptive organization that is able to quickly adjust to changing market conditions and strengthen its competitiveness in an increasingly complex world. Encouraging employees to think and act outside the box creates a fertile breeding ground for innovation and creativity that drives the entire company forward.

Innovation managers are often faced with the challenge of creating an environment that not only promotes creativity, but also strengthens the initiative and entrepreneurial thinking of each individual employee. This is exactly where an intrapreneurship program comes in. It links up that traditional entrepreneurial spirit and the dynamic world of startups.

6 to 9-month intrapreneurship programs are a clear signal to the workforce that entrepreneurial spirit is welcome. Such a program improves the culture of innovation and encourages employees to take risks and learn from mistakes instead of fearing them. This creates a secure framework in which innovations can flourish. 

Intrapreneurship program

 

Intrapreneurship program process 

Duration: 6 to 9 months, depending on the structure

Phase 1: Preparation

Intrapreneurship programs start with a ramp-up phase in which goals, framework conditions, selection criteria, and time and financial resources are defined. Lead Innovation supports planning and communication, including the design of the application process. After the official announcement, participants are selected according to predefined criteria.

 

Phase 2: Implementation

The selected intrapreneurs start with a kick-off event, which includes team building, a program overview, and initial innovation management training. In the exploration phase, the teams define and validate the problem and its market attractiveness, supported by specific training, sprint meetings, and coaching. After a successful pitch, we move on to the ideation phase, in which solution ideas, prototypes, and concepts are developed using creative methods and external input. In the final validation phase, the teams finalize their projects, test them on the market with initial prototypes, and create business cases and market strategies, supported by targeted training and individual coaching, until the final pitch.

 

Phase 3: Conclusion

At a festively arranged event, the final teams come together to stand in the spotlight and have the unique opportunity to present their ideas, concepts, and prototypes in a final pitch that decides on implementation.

The methods

The lead user method

The driving force behind innovation is often advanced users with a sense for customer requirements and the markets of tomorrow. We use these attributes in the lead user approach: experts in our global lead user network enhance your innovation projects with a wealth of experience and active collaboration.

Service design

Customer-focused services leave a lasting impression. With the service design approach, we develop an understanding for customer expectations and needs together with you. With this knowledge, we design the interaction along the customer journey to be more intuitive. Consequently, you excite customers and trust in your brand grows.

Design thinking

Design thinking solves problems systematically and accelerates the innovation process. The customer-focused approach is suitable for the development of better products, services, and business models. In an iterative and agile design process, we analyze the problem, identify solutions, and test the result together with you.

Agile project management

With innovation projects, the result is mostly uncertain and requires agility, flexibility, and quick results. Agile project management simplifies the customer-focused development of high-quality innovations, especially in product development. Work in agile teams is efficient, and the results are quickly visible.

Agile project management

The innovation contest allows new ideas to emerge in your company. An internal competition for ideas makes the creativity of your employees visible and unveils the unexpected potential of staff. You fill your ideas pipeline efficiently and with structure, while promoting a positive culture of innovation at the same time.

Innovation studio

In the Innovation Studio, we work together on the next big innovation from your company. When doing so, we take on the risks in the early phase of your innovation project. This way you reduce development costs and increase innovation success.

Innovationsprozess als Erfolgsfaktor einführen

Grundsätzlich geht es bei Innovationsprozessen in Unternehmen darum, einen klaren Rahmen zu schaffen, der festlegt, wie Ideen im Unternehmen eingebracht, wie sie weiterverfolgt und wie sie auf den Markt gebracht werden. 

Innovationsprozess als Erfolgsfaktor einführen

Grundsätzlich geht es bei Innovationsprozessen in Unternehmen darum, einen klaren Rahmen zu schaffen, der festlegt, wie Ideen im Unternehmen eingebracht, wie sie weiterverfolgt und wie sie auf den Markt gebracht werden. 

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Das House of Innovation

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Das House of Innovation

Das House of Innovation ist ein mehrstufiges Modell für ein ganzheitliches, strategisches Innovationsmanagement. In der vereinfachten Darstellung zeigt das Modell die Bausteine für erfolgreiche Innovation. Damit ist das Modell die ideale Ausgangslage, um Innovationsmanagement in einer Organisation systematisch zu analysieren und entsprechend den Bedürfnissen aufzusetzen. 

Die Basis des House of Innovation bildet die Innovationskultur. Auf diesem Fundament bauen die Struktur sowie der Innovationsprozess und die Innovationsmethoden auf. Das Dach bildet die Innovationsstrategie

Die genaue Ausgestaltung der einzelnen Bauelemente und Räume hängt von der jeweiligen Organisation ab. Das House of Innovations ist somit keine Blaupause, die sich einfach übertragen lässt.

Wir erheben daher mit unseren Kunden in einem ersten Schritt den Ist-Zustand und sehen uns dann den Soll-Zustand an. Bei dieser ganzheitlichen Betrachtung werden Mitarbeiter:innen aus verschiedenen Bereichen des Unternehmens eingebunden. Das Ergebnis: ein verständliche Darstellung des unternehmenseigenen Innovationsmanagement, das auf einem gemeinsamen Verständnis aller Mitarbeiter:innen beruht. Damit sind die Entwicklungsfelder für Neues sichtbar und die Innovationsbreitschaft im Unternehmen steigt

Want to learn more? Get in touch with us now and arrange a consultation date.

“Many issues are taken for granted by us internally and are no longer questioned. A look from the outside often helps to detach oneself from old patterns of thinking.”

"Everyone talks about innovation. And how important good innovation management is. Lead was the first to show how it works. And that was no accident: precise and detailed preliminary work, a structured and excellently organized Lead User Conference and a great and competent Lead team helped us to this success."

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Dr. Dr. Ildikó Amann-Zalán fmr. Head Medical Affairs & QM, Roche Diagnostics GmbH
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