Opinion

July 6, 2021

Forget moonshot labs — make every employee an intrapreneur

And to do so, here are the four tips you need to know.


Jamie Qiu

6 min read

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The pandemic has shown that global shocks and crises are very real, and the threat of more isn’t going away. The winning organisations will be those who can innovate and transform — capturing the white-space growth opportunities from this — while simultaneously becoming more resilient to volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) shocks.

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