3 Takeaways for #Pitching your ideas to your company, #Intrapreneurs and #WorkplaceInnovators …

Pitching an idea within your company? Draw out a few key numbers to articulate the #BusinessObjectives and the "size of the prize”. 🏆

#WorkplaceInnovators and #Intrapreneurs with big ideas for improving your company — how do you know if you are getting traction? Can you know empirically, ie. without relying on your feelings or gut? 🤔

#Intrapreneurs and #WorkplaceInnovators, consider this 4-Step Framework to advancing your next big idea for helping your company improve the way work gets done:

Consider this reframe -- #sell and #pitch your ideas to your company like a Medical Doctor. 🩺 🥼 Wha?!

#InsideInnovators and #Intrapreneurs with big ideas to move your company forward: every conversation as you advance your idea is a #LearningOpportunity, a chance to refine your approach to how you sell. 📣

Neat moment from a few years ago: I walked into my Cousin's office and discovered my Grandfather's bookshelf with his engineering + sales books... 👇

Do you have a yuck 🤢 factor when it comes to internal #sales, to #promoting / advancing your ideas 💡 within your company? #Intrapreneurs with big ideas, #Innovative software engineers — see a few notes below to flip that yuck into a yum. 😋

And let’s listen to our #Intrapreneur friends to see what they have to say about #PitchingIdeas and #Sales within the workplace ...

Hi #Intrapreneurs, #InsideInnovators … what better way to start talking about #PitchingIdeas than with author Louis Gump who shared 6 key principles during our recent chat ...💡

How do you advance your big new ideas in your workplace? How do you establish credibility and consensus? We'll start to unpack those questions and more in coming posts!

A lively, rich conversation with Louis covering topics of workplace innovation establishing credibility, pitching your ideas internally, finding areas for contribution, and leading out of a sense of ownership (even when you are not in charge).