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The new world of work needs a new kind of leader. As organisations rapidly transform in response to the new priorities of a post-Covid world effective leadership is more important than ever. How do leaders navigate a constantly disrupted world in which an unprecedented number of people are leaving their jobs? How do they create resilient, energised, adaptable organisations where people WANT to work? Enter the intrapreneurial leader. This presentation explores the seven practices that characterise an intrapreneurial leader and offers insights and strategies for thriving in a VUCA world.

Web 3 technology is rapidly evolving and becoming more engrained in day-to-day business than ever before. This Web 3 for Intrapreneurs masterclass will help participants learn the fundamentals of the technology and how it can be applied in real world contexts in to innovate from the inside out.

Intrapreneurs are vital as they can think beyond the boundaries of their job and responsibilities, pursue innovative opportunities on behalf of the organisation, and can contribute to organisational value creation. Intrapreneurial behaviour (IB) has become strategically important for organisational innovation, performance and renewal. Since intrapreneurial behaviours are self-initiated, they are unlikely to be included in an employees’ job description. The complex nature of IB suggests that there could be numerous factors that foster the IB, particularly in environments that are known as less intrapreneurial. This presentation is based on the research and findings of Dr. Deepthi’s doctoral dissertation. She shares the deep insights on the role of organisational structure, strategies, policies and leadership in fostering IB, particularly the organisations in less intrapreneurial environments.

There is no going back to business-as-usual after the COVID-19 pandemic. Tim Leberecht, founder of the House of Beautiful Business, believes we are facing a critical choice: on the one hand, we can enable the ultimate victory of ruthless optimization. An alliance of economism, dataism, and surveillance promoting the kind of data-driven digital Taylorism that seeks to optimize our productivity above everything else.

There is an alternative though: business that is soft, soulful, and socially responsible. Business that allows us to feel good, do good, and feel more. Business that is in tune with nature and is not just human-centered but respects all life on earth. Business that makes us feel alive. In short: business that is beautiful, not just efficient.

Drawing from the arts, his background in the humanities, as well as his 15 years in the design and innovation industry in Silicon Valley, Leberecht provides a thought-provoking and optimistic outlook on the future of business in times of exponential change.

Intrapreneurs are entrepreneurs working within an organization to solve problems and/or create new businesses. In this process they focus on creating sustainable value for their organization and its customers. This requires these individuals to challenge the status quo, be proactive, think out of the box, and lead the change.

In this masterclass Gaurav will share his intrapreneurial journey with case studies from multi-billion to multi-million-dollar organizations. He will also cover practical insights on traits that set intrapreneurs apart from the crowd.

Schools are particularly good at killing creativity. Every person is born with the ability to think creatively, but our industrial model of school education conditions creativity out of all but the few. People become entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs in spite of their education, not because of it.

If Australians, and the people we educate in Australian schools and institutions, are to successfully compete in a globally competitive labour market we need to transform how education is delivered, shifting systems away from the things we can easily measure (and standardise) and focus on the things that will be of real value: creativity and emotional intelligence.

Young people need to be equipped with the ability to think creatively, to think like innovators, to become, if they choose to do so, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs. They need the heart and desire to tackle the global issues we are facing and seek to make a positive difference to the communities in which they will live and work.

With this vision, St Paul’s School has created a unique approach to teaching that embeds creative thinking into every curriculum area and every classroom across the School, supporting those who wish to become entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs with the skills and dispositions to be successful.