by Joanne Jacobs | Jun 13, 2019 | Case Studies, Events, Innovation, Intrapreneurship
Last night, Disruptor’s held a roundtable on the topic of entrepreneurship with participants from the public, private and not-for-profit sector. We discussed the following topics. What does it take to bring new ideas, products, and ways of working into a...
by Joanne Jacobs | May 14, 2019 | Innovation, Intrapreneurship
So you’ve heard of the ‘entrepreneurs’, but what about ‘intrapreneurs’? The term ‘intrapreneur’ was first coined in the 1980s when author Gifford Pinchot defined it in his book Intrapreneuring: Why You Don’t Have to Leave the Corporation to Become an Entrepreneur, as...
by Joanne Jacobs | Nov 11, 2015 | Future of Work, Innovation, Marketing-led Startups
We have always relied on trust networks for recommendations. As a child, I can still recall my Nan talking about new products to her neighbours over a cup of tea. She would talk about the results – the way that a new washing powder makes “whites whiter”. Or how an air...