THE NEW BOOK

Grow From Within is targeted to all those responsible for, or interested in, creating growth and future directions for their organization: internal venture leaders, business development managers, R&D executives, brand/channel managers, and of course the senior executives ultimately accountable for growth. It will substantially benefit all of the budding corporate entrepreneurs looking for inspiration and strategies to build significant value through innovation and new business creation.
Our latest posting at InnovationExcellence.Com is a case study of a different kind of innovation community, helping organizations that support entrepreneurship in the developing world improve their effectiveness by learning from each other.
Our friend and colleague Mike Collins posted an excellent, concise description of the Kellogg Innovation Network and how it fosters mutual learning.
Rob and Mike were interviewed by InnovationExcellence.com about their current research. “INets,” as we call them, build innovation capabilities and foster action through mutual learning and support. They are characterized by a sense of community built around people with common interests but diverse perspectives and objectives.
In today’s posting at Benzinga.com, we complete our tour of corporate entrepreneurship examples with Cargill’s Emerging Business Accelerator Cargill has created several new businesses out of this effort, some of which were sold while others were integrated into the corporation. While Cargill’s status as a private company give it greater flexibility to invest in longer-term business [...]
In today’s posting on Benzinga.com, we describe how Cisco leveraged the entrepreneurs within its midst from acquired companies to supercharge their efforts to create significant new buinesses, using the Producer Model of Corporate Entrepreneurship.


