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Episode 13: Resilient by Design: Why Intrapreneurs Win in Efficiency-Obsessed Times with Kaihan Krippendorff

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In a moment when AI is rewarding efficiency and headlines spotlight shrinking management layers, strategist and author Kaihan Krippendorff argues the real advantage comes from optionality—and from empowering intrapreneurs across the enterprise. We dig into why the MVP-and-hyperscale era is giving way to longer feedback cycles and thesis-driven bets, what distinguishes innovation programs that outperform, and how to fund and govern “everyone innovates” cultures without blowing up what already works.

Kaihan breaks down the data behind four innovation models (dedicated team vs. everyone innovates; central fund vs. distributed P&L funding), why themes—not pure financial goals—should steer CVC, and the seven common blockers that stall progress (from “not-no” approvals to business-model conflict). We explore second-order effects (think microwave → workforce shifts), the inefficiency of internal idea marketplaces, partnering vs. building, translating early-stage metrics for CFOs and boards, and reorganizing around small P&L teams that buy and sell services internally.

You’ll learn

  • How to architect portfolio bets tied to strategy—not just quarterly EPS
  • Funding mechanisms that force real BU buy-in
  • Practical tactics for intrapreneurs to navigate politics and get a true “yes”
  • A two-part playbook: help people see themselves as intrapreneurs and retire the false “old vs. new” dichotomy

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The CVC Open Innovation Summit Europe takes place November 25–26 in Berlin, during AsiaBerlin Innovation Week. Positioned as a bridge between Europe, the U.S., and Asia’s fast-growing ecosystems, the summit is a curated, invitation-only forum for senior leaders to tackle the issues shaping innovation: AI, geopolitics, energy resilience, health, sustainability, and more. Listeners are invited to request an invitation at cvc-summit.com → E

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In a moment when AI is rewarding efficiency and headlines spotlight shrinking management layers, strategist and author Kaihan Krippendorff argues the real advantage comes from optionality—and from empowering intrapreneurs across the enterprise. We dig into why the MVP-and-hyperscale era is giving way to longer feedback cycles and thesis-driven bets, what distinguishes innovation programs that outperform, and how to fund and govern “everyone innovates” cultures without blowing up what already works.

Kaihan breaks down the data behind four innovation models (dedicated team vs. everyone innovates; central fund vs. distributed P&L funding), why themes—not pure financial goals—should steer CVC, and the seven common blockers that stall progress (from “not-no” approvals to business-model conflict). We explore second-order effects (think microwave → workforce shifts), the inefficiency of internal idea marketplaces, partnering vs. building, translating early-stage metrics for CFOs and boards, and reorganizing around small P&L teams that buy and sell services internally.

You’ll learn

  • How to architect portfolio bets tied to strategy—not just quarterly EPS
  • Funding mechanisms that force real BU buy-in
  • Practical tactics for intrapreneurs to navigate politics and get a true “yes”
  • A two-part playbook: help people see themselves as intrapreneurs and retire the false “old vs. new” dichotomy

Share your Feedback with us!

The CVC Open Innovation Summit Europe takes place November 25–26 in Berlin, during AsiaBerlin Innovation Week. Positioned as a bridge between Europe, the U.S., and Asia’s fast-growing ecosystems, the summit is a curated, invitation-only forum for senior leaders to tackle the issues shaping innovation: AI, geopolitics, energy resilience, health, sustainability, and more. Listeners are invited to request an invitation at cvc-summit.com → E

Support the show

Catch up on all episodes of Inside CVC at www.u-path.com/podcast.

  continue reading

13 episodes

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