The Intrapreneur's Journey: Empowering Employees to Drive Growth is a must-read for any entrepreneur, innovator, manager or senior executive who wants to successfully compete in today's fast-changing world. Based on the observation that the most under-utilised assets in most organisations are the ideas in their employees' heads, the authors offer first-hand experience and in-depth analysis on how intrapreneurship powers some of the world's leading innovative businesses and other types of organisations. The proposition is simple: established organisations see continuous delivery of innovative products, services and processes when they enable teams of entrepreneurial employees to think and behave like start-ups.
First published in 2018 for the American market, this new edition builds on the success of the first by including up-to-date discussions and references on the theory and practice of intrapreneurship and innovation, making this an ideal book for students, researchers and professionals in the field. It includes informative examples and case studies ranging from large multinational corporations to small and medium-size enterprises in a primarily pan-African, but globally relevant context. Written in an accessible, easy to read style, this book is entertaining and educational. A key feature is a series of assessments and tools to help implement the book's Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model in any organisation. These six core components describe what an effective and sustainable internal innovation programme looks like and how to roll it out.
Written by practitioners and academics in innovation and intrapreneurship, this book will be a leading practical guide in the market on how to establish a culture of innovation by:
* tapping into employees' passion to drive growth
* testing the varied effectiveness of innovation programmes using the Intrapreneurship Empowerment Model
* using the key resources to build a sustainable and successful innovation programme in any organisation.

An essential business guide on how to develop an organisation's innovation culture and internal entrepreneurs (intrapreneurs), with an emphasis on African innovation cases.

About the Author
Hugh Molotsi is Founder and CEO of Ujama, a messaging platform for communities to connect, communicate, and collaborate. He is an innovation leader and received Intuit's - an American company specializing in financial software where he worked from 1983-2015 - first Founders Innovation Award. Mjumo Mzyece is Associate Professor of Technology & Operations Management at the Wits Business School (WBS) in Johannesburg, South Africa and previously led the Smart Industries (ICT and Advanced Manufacturing) unit at The Innovation Hub, the innovation agency of the Provincial Government of Gauteng, South Africa. Ogundiran Soumonni is Associate Professor of Innovation Policy and Management at the Wits Business School (WBS) in Johannesburg, South Africa. He serves on the scientific committees of the African Network for the Economics of Learning, Innovation and Competence Building Systems (AFRICALICS) and the International Network on Appropriate Technology (INAT). Jeff Zias is Grassroots Innovation Leader at Intuit, an American business that specializes in financial software. Along with a small team of Intuit change-drivers, he's been at the centre of rolling out 10% Unstructured Time, Design Thinking, Idea Jams, Lean Experimentation, internal-incubation and 'Customer Benefits-focus' across the company.


Book Information
ISBN 9781776147892
Author Hugh Molotsi
Format Paperback
Page Count 296
Imprint Wits University Press
Publisher Wits University Press