by Marc Gilenson The real challenge today is to change our way of thinking...not just our goals, processes, systems, policies, and view of the end-state.  We need the imagination to grasp the immense promise and challenge of the inter-connected organization we have created.  The future lies with more cooperation, more interaction between...

The purpose of your daily routine is to give great minds the opportunity to discuss ideas, to give average minds the ability to discuss tasks, sports and politics, and small minds the ability to complain.Marc Gilenson As Corporate Entrepreneurs, it is critical to free our minds from being cluttered with the thought of daily activities...

We’ve all heard that we need to eliminate obstacles to achieve success. You know when you are told by your management or vendors that obstacles are just opportunities waiting to happen. Well, sometimes, but they still have to be handled. There are 5 types of obstacles Of course the obstacles are not any different for corporate...

I was in Georgia running a "Thought Leadership Pod" for a national technology company. We had mid-level managers from all the various departments. It is not usual that you find such a diverse group of business people at one workshop, however, during this event, we were asked by senior leadership to uncover the level of corporate...

It is worth mentioning again because it is one of the most important attributes of successful corporate entreprenuerial leaders.  In all departments and levels within your business, it is important that you create a feeling of "mightiness" so that everyone will face fears head on and be able to decide that they can create their own success...

It’s amazing that many people that are very passionate about their business, department or project, don’t share that passion. I don’t know when having passion for your work became something that you are supposed to temper. Why is it that we have become a society where passion is looked at as a personality flaw? Don’t get me wrong, most...

This attribute is one that frustrates most traditional managers.  Corporate entrepreneurs will see something and try to explain it to others so we can improve a process, increase our value proposition or help another department. Most times, when we do this, the people that can’t see what we are detailing, think we are off on another...