GEWNZ11 Intrapreneurship Summit

As part of our 2011 Global Entrepreneurship Week sponsorship, in conjunction with Ernst and Young we hosted the Intrapreneurship Summit; bringing together over 80 business leaders to discuss how to get your people into this critical mindset.  Check out the photos from this great morning - Summit photos.

In the 1990s, innovation was about technology and control of quality and cost. Today, it's about taking organisations built for efficiency and rewiring them for creativity and growth - creating an intrapreneurial culture.

An Intrapreneur is someone who works within an existing organisation, contributing new ideas and approaches – transforming and revitalising the business. Intrapreneurship is about continuous and never-ending improvement for an organisation

The Intrapreneurship Summit explored the challenges AND exciting solutions NZ leaders have found engaging people, leveraging the knowledge wave, and generating returns on innovation and creativity - See the Summit Video.

Our speakers included:
Katie Peterson, (Director, Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurial Studies)
Felicity Lawrence (Deputy Director General, Department of Conservation),
Dr Peter Gray (Technical Manager, 3M Australia and New Zealand),

The panelists were:
Sarah Gibbs (CEO, Trilogy)
Dean Prebble (Director, EveredgeIP)
Steve Maharey (Vice-Chancellor of Massey University)
Bill Buckley (CEO, Buckley Systems and NZ Entrepreneur of the Year 2011)

*The discussion was facilitated by Ernst and Young's, Jon Hooper (Partner and Entrepreneur of the Year Programme Director).

Check out www.unleash.org.nz for more information about intrapreneurship and great free resources.