Corporate Entrepreneurship

Overview

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The CREO Corporate Entrepreneurship course introduces corporate entrepreneurship as a way for organisations to generate innovation, renew internal capabilities, and respond to change from within. Learners will explore the intrapreneurial mindset, strategic behaviour, organisational tensions, innovation ecosystems, corporate venturing, team formation, and sustainable organisational renewal. This course is designed for employees, team leaders, managers, innovation teams, and internal venture champions working inside organisations who want to lead new products, services, or improvements from within. It is especially relevant for those navigating internal politics, resource constraints, stakeholder alignment, and corporate innovation systems. By the end of the course, learners will gain a clear understanding of how intrapreneurial individuals, teams, and companies can turn internal ideas into structured innovation, manage organisational complexity, and support long-term growth and transformation.

Syllabus

Intrapreneurial Mindset

This module introduces the intrapreneurial mindset and how individuals create strategic value from within organisations. Learners will explore intrapreneurial capability, engagement, execution, resource mobilisation, value creation, and the organisational tensions that shape internal innovation. The module also examines how intrapreneurs navigate politics, culture, conflict, and strategic constraints while contributing to organisational renewal.

Intrapreneurial Companies and Teams

This module focuses on how companies build the structures, cultures, teams, and systems needed to support intrapreneurship. Learners will examine innovation ecosystems, venture discovery, team formation, venture programmes, corporate venturing, strategic positioning, and sustainable innovation. The module also explores how organisations manage tensions between optimisation and exploration while building long-term renewal capacity.