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Client Zero: Inside BCG's AI transformation
BCG tested AI on itself before selling it to clients. More than 90% of its people now use AI, and over 11,000 staff built about 45,000 custom GPTs. BCG plans to spend more than $3 billion on AI over the next three years.
Intrapreneurship angle: The best ideas came from teams close to the work, not from a central team. BCG then built shared tools so the best ones could spread. Start where the problem is, and find a way to share what works.
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Scale makes firms' automation efforts worth the investment
MIT researchers looked at 659 tasks that computer vision could do. Setting AI up costs a lot at the start, so it pays off best when it is used at large volume. That is why big firms take it up much faster than small ones.
Intrapreneurship angle: Being inside a big company is an advantage here. You can spread the start-up cost of AI across thousands of stores or products. Pick ideas you can repeat many times, and show the numbers.
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Assembling a board for a company that doesn't exist yet
INSEAD's Stanislav Shekshnia studied how Sandoz set up a board from scratch when Novartis spun it off. The chair had eight months to fill nine seats. He spent the first two months meeting each manager before hiring anyone.
Intrapreneurship angle: When a new business leaves its parent, it needs people around it who will push back. Sandoz picked directors for the skills it lacked, like supply chain and IT. Do the same when you pick advisers for your venture.
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Intrapreneurship Lab helps people inside large organisations turn ideas into new products, services and revenue. It is written by Viktoriya V. Blazheva, a serial intrapreneur who has launched innovations for her employers and their clients over 15+ years of corporate career.
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