Embracing Intrapreneurship: 

Create a Culture of Innovation Within Your Organization

On-demand webinar


In the early 2000s, digital cameras all but wiped out the film business. Kodak collapsed in the face of this technological disruption—despite being an early developer of the digital technology. Fuji Photo Film, meanwhile, pivoted, adapting to the new landscape—shifting into digital cameras and even developing a cosmetic line. Why did Fuji survive while Kodak failed?

In this webinar, Stanford Professor Ray Levitt and Adjunct Professors Pedram Mokrian and Mike Lyons will explore “intrapreneurship”—the practice of behaving like an entrepreneur within a larger established organization—and why intrapreneurship can help organizations stay nimble, relevant, and competitive. You will discover the keys to an innovative mindset anyone can adopt to create new ideas, products and processes.

You will learn:
  • How you can implement essential innovation practices within your organization
  • How to create an organizational culture that embraces intrapreneurship
  • How to become more creative
  • How to avoid common pitfalls and challenges to cultivating an intrapreneurial mindset

About the Speakers

larry_lagerstrom_100x120.jpgDr. Levitt's current research, conducted through GPC, is aimed at developing new financing, governance and organizational approaches to enhance the long-term financial, environmental and social sustainability of these critically needed, but institutionally challenging, projects. In recognition of this work, he was appointed by Governor Schwarzenegger as a Commissioner of the California Public Infrastructure Advisory Commission (PIAC) in 2008 and served as a Commissioner of PIAC from 2008-2013. He was elected a Distinguished Member of the American Society of Civil Engineers and served as Chair of Stanford’s Faculty Senate from 2012-2013. Currently, he teaches classes in organization design and entrepreneurship for global project/matrix organizations. 

Pedram is driven by re-imagining how digital technologies will help address the challenges of global urbanization. He is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University and a Lecturer at the Haas School of business at UC Berkeley, where he teaches and advises entrepreneurs and global 1000 companies alike on the topics of entrepreneurship, business model disruption, and technology innovation strategy. He was previously a Principal at Mayfield, one of Silicon Valley’s most storied venture capital firms, where he was part of the investment team with over $3.5B assets under management. In his various roles, he focuses on accelerating the development of new venture efforts, seeking out entrepreneurs who are equally passionate around the applications of machine intelligence, connected systems, data analytics, and the internet of things (IoT).

Mr. Lyons is currently a managing director of NewLine Ventures, LLC, a technology advisory and venture capital group working with Fortune 500 clients and the U.S. Government. He also serves as Chairman of cybersecurity firm CypherPath, a converged infrastructure virtualization company. He was former Chairman of Shadow Networks, Inc. a cybersecurity company acquired by Alcalvio in 2016; both are based on technology developed through a tech transfer partnership with Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.He also serves as a Director of Real-Time Innovations (www.rti.com), a privately held software company focused on advanced real-time integration of complex systems and a major thought leader in the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT). Concurrently, Mr. Lyons is an Adjunct Professor at Stanford University in both Departments of Management Science and Engineering and Civil and Environmental Engineering, and was a co-developer of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program with Prof. Tom Byers.


Presented By
Idea-to-Market and Entreprenuerial Leadership certificate programs

Questions?
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