Our consultant, Charlotte Carter, explores how Hollywood's underdog stories mirror the emotional challenges SMEs face in successfully innovating. She highlights that beyond external obstacles such as funding and talent acquisition, internal psychological barriers—like fear of failure and self-doubt—can significantly hinder progress. By recognising and addressing these human factors through IX, SMEs can be better supported to navigate their innovation journeys.

SMEs are a hugely important part of the socio-economic fabric of the United Kingdom. In an uncertain world, our Director, Chris Baker, shares his thoughts on why national, regional and local governments must ensure these organisations and prioritised and supported to thrive.

Discover how we supported a S&P 400 manufacturing company drive deeper cross-functional alignment around their innovation strategy.

Discover how to apply key principles of productive innovation to make Knowledge Exchange in innovation more productive.

Discover the importance of networking as a key intrapreneurship skill when innovating and managing stakeholders within large, established organisations.

Discover what operational approach differentiates startups from large organisations and how to innovate in a VUCA environment.

Discover what an ambiguous and uncertain business context means for, and how to succeed at corporate innovation in a VUCA environment.

Discover the most overlooked factor by senior leaders leading Digital Transformation and how to harness the power of intrapreneurship.

Fail fast is seen as a must for corporate innovation but has been adopted in name only. Learn how to build a fail-fast innovation culture.

On this page, you will find the best-known intrapreneurship examples from the leading organisations driving corporate innovation and empowering intrapreneurs.

Digital innovation accessibility and transformation go together. Explore how increasing digital literacy is breaking down barriers to internal innovation.

Radical Innovation examples: Learn ways to leverage data and digital to reshape your supply chain with 3 corporate innovation examples.

What are the recommended behaviours for intrapreneurs and leaders to work effectively across the three business horizons?

Discover the right approaches to internal innovation for business change in 2021 to establish future-proof and resilient organisations.

Explore the difference between intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship to inject some fresh ideas into your business.

IMPACT Framework: We help intrapreneurs deliver corporate innovation projects within large organisations with our framework.

Learn why intrapreneurship is the most wanted skill by HR managers in 2020, and why being an intrapreneur can make yourself stand out from other candidates.

Explore how large corporations can effectively measure innovation using the right Key Performance Indicators (KPIs).

Incremental to architectural innovation, discover the 4 key stages of developing robust corporate innovation systems with Studio Zao.

Discover why organisations are struggling to transform despite investing in innovation. Find your new innovation strategy in this guide by Studio Zao.