Everyone has settled into the second panel sessions. The six concurrent panel sessions offered during this time slot fall under the umbrella, Creating Advantage for Organizations. I have chosen to sit in on the panel, Corporate Entrepreneurship: How to Lead Innovation.

 

When many people hear the word entrepreneur, they picture a talented person who starts new companies from scratch. While it may seem oxymoronic, there are passionate, talented entrepreneurs inside established companies too. The corporate entrepreneurs on this panel have started and led a variety of successful entrepreneurial initiatives in companies. The moderator of the panel is Donna Kelley, Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at Babson, an expert in this area. Panelists include Beth Eckenrode, Vice President, AST Business, NOVA Chemicals; Cary Grace, Managing Director, Bank of America; Joanne Hyland, President and Founding Partner, Radical Innovation Group.

 

Joanne has conducted research which indicates that women gravitate to corporate entrepreneurship more so than their male counterparts. She posed the question, is this because women have less to lose in a corporate environment? No one responded with anything to note but I thought it was an interesting fact and question…any thoughts?