In this episode, writer, speaker, and intrapreneur, Gib Bulloch, joins us to discuss his book, The Intrapreneur: Confessions of a Corporate Insurgent. He spent 20 years at Accenture where he started Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP), a buinsess unit set up to leverage that business’s expertise and experience in service of global development organizations.Gib now works as a consultant specializing in intrapreneurship, social enterprise, and cross-sectoral partnerships. He is also a noted public speaker and has contributed to The Huffington Post, Businessweek, and The Stanford Social Innovation Review.
What Is Covered
Why CEOs and leaders need to make changes in organisational processes and to cultural norms to reflect the changing needs of the workforce of tomorrow How best practices from the world’s most admired companies can be used to deliver impact via the work of global development organizations Why if people “want to think out of the box" they need to get out of the box to apply their skills; a different context as a way of seeing things they would not otherwise see in their normal daily routines Key Takeaways and Learnings How organisational cultures, norms, and middle management (the “corporate immune system”) conspire invisibly to stop innovation in its tracks The power of bottom-up change; Gib’s call to action for millennials to push for change within their organizations both individually and collectively The possibilities of “not for loss” business models that are cost neutral to shareholders and have measurable business benefits Links and Resources Mentioned in this Episode Get in touch with Gib Bulloch via email, LinkedIn or Twitter Gib's website The Intrapreneur: The Confessions of a Corporate Insurgent, a book by Gib Bulloch World Economic Forum at Davos speech Accenture, website Other mentions: British Petroleum, Hay Group, Voluntary Service Organization, The Gates foundation, GSK