On Workplace Innovation
Eric King and Bill Bennett had a fantastic chat about intrapreneurship and workplace innovation. The King gave some excellent advice to new intrapreneurs, and highlighted the importance of engaging differing personality types and perspectives in the workplace.
Thank you so much for your time, Eric King! 👑 Make sure to check out the highlights from their conversation in the video above!
On Innovation
I want everybody to have the credit. I want everybody to win. 🏆
People matter and people working together can accomplish great things. People not working together can do some really ugly things, and I prefer not to see that happen. 🫣
On Intrapreneurship
Great empires had the best weapons. But, if they stopped innovating, it doesn’t matter. I could be the best swordsman on the whole continent, but the guy behind me came out and invented the gun. That ends my era. ⚔️
On Personality Types
You need that test pilot, that person in the middle that can connect both dots. That person who can take the plane and break it; who can come in and say “This is broken, and here’s what I think you can do to fix it. Make it better.” 🧑✈️
On Learning by Doing
I’m a better number one than two. I prefer to see somebody else take the risk and do it. You jump off the cliff first. I’ll watch. I’ll learn how to do it. And I’ll do it better than you! 🧗
On Teaching
The true joy of what I do from a day to day that really drives me is teaching the rest of the people that have to go third, fourth, fifth and all down the line…I still want the excitement of doing it, but I want to make sure everybody gets off that cliff. 🪨
Advice for New Intrapreneurs
When you go into your interview, and they ask you: “what’s your weakness?” Your answer should be: your strength is your weakness. 💪
Things are generational. You’ve got somebody that’s going to come into the workforce. They’ve learned the greatest new tools and they’re eager. They haven’t had bad days. They haven’t been scorned and beaten up or worked 24-hours straight. That’s great. That’s the beauty of youth. 🧒
My advice is: if you’re entrepreneurial, stay entrepreneurial. Don’t go work for somebody else. Do it for yourself.
There’s some value to going in and learning. My opinion is this: anything that you can do that’s an investment in yourself is a positive intake. Even if it’s a terrible job, and it drives you crazy. If you’re learning from it, if you’re gaining experience. If that means you know what not to do. That’s a positive. I know what I’m not going to do next time. 🎓
