Founder Factories
Eric KoesterThe organizational science of developing people who build what comes next.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 47 | Founded | 7 years ago | Last Issue | 6 days ago |
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The Three Kinds of Intrapreneurs
The word intrapreneur is often used as if it describes one personality type: the energetic employee with a big idea and the courage to challenge the status quo.
That is too narrow.
Founder Factories develop at least three kinds of intrapr...
Build Your Founder Factory in 90 Days
Most innovation programs fail before the first idea is generated. They begin with a structural intervention—a lab, a new process, an outside consultant, a budget, or a mandate—and assume the structure will produce the behavior.
The Founder...
The Public Demonstration Principle
Most innovation attempts begin with structure. Leaders create an innovation lab, commission a framework, hire consultants, increase R&D, announce a spinout, or acquire capabilities they do not yet possess.
Those moves can be useful. But th...
Welcome to Founder Factories
A talented person can spend five years inside an organization and never be given a project that reveals what they can do.
Another person, with roughly the same raw ability, can spend five years in a place that gives them meaningful work, v...
Innovation Can't Feel Like “More Work”; It Has to Feel Like "Better Work"
A few days ago, I was sitting with a senior HR and People leader at a Fortune 500 company.
Smart. Experienced. Pragmatic.
At one point in the conversation, she leaned back and said something I hear all the time:
“Innovation sounds grea...
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