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<\/p>\nA common observation seen in many organisations \u2013 start-ups or established \u2013 is that soon enough complacency sets in. Things have been set in motion; business is thriving; goals have been achieved; that\u2019s when many entrepreneurs decide to take it easy.<\/p>\n
And that sounds the death knell for many a company. The foundation of a business, any business, is innovation and continual reinvention. Contentment is its biggest enemy. Encourage and cultivate the spirit of innovation within your organisation and it will have a direct impact on your growth.<\/p>\n
Some of the best examples of innovation in the corporate world come from intrapreneurship. Gmail, the Facebook \u2018Like\u2019 button and even 3M\u2019s Post-Its are all examples of employees who thought of a brilliant idea and saw it through with the encouragement and support of the company.<\/p>\n
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The biggest advantage an intrapreneur has is that the usual risks associated with entrepreneurship do not interfere with the ideation and creation process because there are none to incur.<\/p>\n
This does not mean that intrapreneurs are reckless with an organisation\u2019s resources. On the contrary, they have an inherent respect for the value and importance of money. Their innovative ideas originate from a place that comprehends the economic drivers that facilitate an organisation\u2019s growth and success. This belief allows them to work with the organisation and not fight it.<\/p>\n
An intrapreneur\u2019s mind is always in motion. Ideas grip him and germinate in his mind till it sees the light of day. This is what differentiates him from an employee. Does this mean that an intrapreneur is stubborn? Yes, and no. While he endlessly persists in making the idea work, he isn\u2019t afraid to change course, take suggestions or gracefully deal with the fear of failure.<\/p>\n
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Image Courtesy: ![Geckoandfly<\/a><\/p>\nWhen your employees know that there is no penalty for failure and it is permitted to take risks, the growth rate will escalate and you will get a competitive edge. Businesses need to be agile, more so in these times when one reads about ground-breaking innovations hitting the market daily.<\/p>\nBusinesses that encourage a spirit of intrapreneurship and invest in their peoples\u2019 minds are smart businesses. Empowering employees with the freedom to explore innovative ideas foster business agility, which in turn contribute to further business growth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A successful and smart business is one that had a competitive edge, all the time. Get the lowdown on how to use intrapreneurship to help your business succeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,342],"tags":[123,55,80,87,346,65],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3529,"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3525\/revisions\/3529"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.awfis.com\/inspiration\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/cdn.geckoandfly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/entrepreneur-business-success-quotes2.jpg\"){kind=link}