Explore the world of intrapreneurship with tips on increasing your impact and autonomy at work. Learn about essential skills, strategies, and examples to cultivate an intrapreneurial mindset. Discover the importance of embracing discomfort, seeking fast feedback, and navigating the role of an intrapreneur in a squiggly career.
Intrapreneurship boosts autonomy at work by widening influence and gathering momentum for ideas.
Mint Mobile cuts prices to attract subscribers, illustrating the impact of pricing strategies in the industry.
UnitedHealthcare offers short-term health plans for transitional periods, ensuring flexible and budget-friendly coverage options.
Deep dives
Introduction to Inflation and Price Cuts
Big wireless companies have the freedom to raise prices due to inflation, even if it means violating existing contract terms. Mint Mobile decided to cut the price of its Mint Unlimited plan from $30 to $15 a month, offering a promotional deal for new customers. This move aimed to attract more subscribers by providing a more affordable option.
Benefits of Short-Term Health Insurance
UnitedHealthcare offers short-term health insurance plans for individuals in transitional periods like job changes or transition from parental coverage. These plans provide flexibility and budget-friendly coverage with access to a wide network of healthcare providers, catering to various needs during temporary situations.
Exploring Entrepreneurship in Organizations
The podcast delves into the concept of being an 'entrepreneur' within a company, highlighting the importance of cutting through complexity, presenting innovative ideas, and fostering business growth. It emphasizes that entrepreneurship within organizations offers a viable alternative for those not inclined towards starting their own ventures.
Developing Entrepreneurial Skills
To excel as an entrepreneur within a company, individuals need proactive initiative, a willingness to challenge the norm, the ability to influence key stakeholders, and the courage to act quickly and seek forgiveness rather than permission. Cultivating these skills involves asking the right questions, embracing change, and seeking innovative solutions.
Nurturing Intrapreneurship for Organizational Success
To drive organizational success, individuals aspiring to be intrapreneurs must catch the attention of key figures by aligning ideas with strategic goals, identifying valuable opportunities amidst daily noise, and initiating multiple experimental initiatives to gauge effectiveness. Success lies in adapting swiftly to feedback and focusing efforts on initiatives that show promising results.
This week Helen and Sarah explore intrapreneurship, a skill which helps increase your impact and autonomy at work without introducing risks you might not be ready for.
They talk through intrapreneurship actions to help you increase your profile, widen your influence and gather momentum and motivation for your ideas.
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