The document discusses the key components of intrapreneurship and highlights the importance of aligning various elements such as leadership, job characteristics, and organizational culture for improved performance and innovation. It emphasizes that proactive employees, appropriate reward structures, and a supportive group climate are crucial for fostering intrapreneurship. The text outlines the significance of flexibility and resource availability in facilitating innovation within organizations.

1. Intrapreneurship
Mission Impossible
Intrapreneurship Conference Amsterdam 2016
Erik Stam

3. Arthur Fry
Ken Kutaragi
Jef Raskin (#31)
Paul Buchheit (#23)

4. The intrapreneurship puzzle
Selection
Performance
Organization
Innovation

5. Paul Buchheit (#23)

6. All pieces of the intrapreneurship puzzle need to be
in place, in order to lead to improved performance
Continuous
growth
Google
Resources /
time &
leadership
Product & service
innovations
+
+
Highly
educated
achievers
+

8. All pieces of the intrapreneurship puzzle need to be
in place, in order to lead to improved performance
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ABN AMRO Bank
Bonus
for increasing
output
Financial
innovations
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Proactive
employees_

9. Selection
Performance
Organization
Innovation
Organizing for Innovation

10. Organizing for Innovation – Job characteristics
• Job autonomy
– Positive effect on job satisfaction!
• Job variety
– Making new combinations at work!
– Internal flexibility – external flexibility: both
positive for innovation
• External contacts
– New knowledge, bridge cognitive distance
– Alumni

11. Organizing for Innovation – HR system
• Reward structure
– What are the appropriate rewards?
• What’s measured, gets done (#transactions, #patents, …)
• Rewarding ‘failure’ / success: innovation
downside/upside
• Resources / time
– Slack resources for experimentation (moderate
workload, work on long-term problem-solving)
=> Innovation contests

12. Organizing for Innovation – Leadership & Group
• Leadership
– Participative leadership
– Transformational leadership
– Direct managerial support
• Group climate
– Intrapreneurship as ‘norm’
– Shared vision
– Participative safety
• speak up and raise concerns, without fear of negative
consequences

13. Selection
Performance
Organization
Innovation
Organizing for Innovation
!

14. Intrapreneurship
Mission Impossible
Intrapreneurship Conference Amsterdam 2016
Erik Stam