Office Chatani, Inc. (CEO: Masayuki Chatani) has announced the results of a survey they conducted on \u201cintrapreneurs\u201d in large companies, targeting those with over 1,000 employees. These results shed light on the actual state of business creation personnel in these companies.<\/p>\n
Background
The world is currently in what has been called the VUCA age, where the business world is rapidly changing and uncertainty is growing. As the market and customers’ needs change by the second, companies are expected to respond to these needs with flexibility and innovation. Under these circumstances, business creation is an essential initiative to maintain and strengthen a company\u2019s competitive position. On the other hand, due to the scale of resources and complexity of their decision-making process, managers cannot focus solely on the business environment, but must also face challenges such as rigid internal organization and a risk-averse culture while striving to generate new value. Among them, \u201cintrapreneurs,\u201d or one who creates new businesses while working within an organization, have been attracting attention. Large companies have a strong desire for individuals willing to go against the existing business structure and culture and generate new value within the company. To that end, Office Chatani, Inc. conducted a survey targeting managers within large companies regarding intrapreneurship in such companies.<\/p>\n
Survey summary
– Among companies with over 1,000 employees, over half of them have personnel who are considered \u201cintrapreneurs\u201d
– The largest age group for \u201cintrapreneurs\u201d is 40-49
– The top three common skills among intrapreneurs are 1. Creativity and Imagination, 2. Business Strategy Acumen, and 3. Autonomy and Independent Action
– Many companies are working on \u201csupporting internal and external personal networking\u201d for the purpose of developing intrapreneurs
– The most important environmental factor for successful intrapreneurship is considered to be \u201ca corporate culture that is tolerant of new challenges\u201d
– Among companies indicating that they did not have any \u201cintrapreneurs,\u201d over 70% were not taking initiatives to cultivate intrapreneurship in their company
–\u00a0 Among companies without \u201cintrapreneurs,\u201d many named \u201cproviding training and educational opportunities for new business\u201d as an initiative for cultivating intrapreneurship
– Among companies without \u201cintrapreneurs,\u201d the top three challenges or obstacles for cultivating intrapreneurship were said to be 1. \u201cLack of a role model in the company\u201d, 2. \u201cLack of internal resources (time, budget, personnel)\u201d, and 3. \u201cLack of a system or culture to evaluate challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n
Survey overview
Period: April 4-15, 2025
Method: Online survey
Target: Managers at companies with over 1,000 employees (men and women from 20s to 60s)
Total surveyed: 107 people
Monitored by: RC Research Data<\/p>\n
Among companies with over 1,000 employees, over half of them have personnel who are considered \u201cintrapreneurs\u201d
For the first question, \u201cDo you have any \u201cintrapreneurs\u201d in your company?\u201d, the top responses were \u201cNo.\u201d with 46.7%, \u201cYes, a fixed number.\u201d with 32.7%, and \u201cYes, we have many.\u201d at 20.6%. Through these responses, it was found that more than half of companies with over 1,000 employees have intrapreneurs.<\/p>\n
The largest age group for \u201cintrapreneurs\u201d is 40-49
The next question was \u201cWhat is the largest age group for intrapreneurs active in your company?\u201d The top two responses were 40-49 (40.4%) and 30-39 (19.3%), so it was found that the most common age group for intrapreneurs was 40-49.<\/p>\n
– The top three common skills among intrapreneurs are 1. Creativity and Imagination, 2. Business Strategy Acumen, and 3. Autonomy and Independent Action
Following that, respondents were asked \u201cWhat are the common traits or skills among intrapreneurs active in your company?\u201d The top responses were \u201cCreativity and Imagination\u201d with 54.4%, \u201cBusiness Strategy Acumen\u201d with 50.9%, and \u201cAutonomy and Independent Action\u201d with 49.1%. In addition, a number of other options outside the top three exceeded 40%, meaning that a large number of traits and skills are common among intrapreneurs.<\/p>\n
– Many companies are working on \u201csupporting internal and external personal networking\u201d for the purpose of developing intrapreneurs
Next, companies that indicated that they have intrapreneurs in their company were asked \u201cHow do you develop intrapreneurs at your company?\u201d, with the top answers being \u201cBy supporting internal and external personal networking\u201d with 43.9%, \u201cBy introducing an internal entrepreneurship system and new business solicitation system\u201d with 42.1%, and \u201cThrough mentorship by management and senior employees,\u201d \u201cBy participating in external training and seminars,\u201d and \u201cby introducing an evaluation and reward system that encourages proactive challenges\u201d each tied at 38.6%. Based on these results, it was found that many companies are working on \u201csupporting internal and external personal networking\u201d for the purpose of developing intrapreneurs.<\/p>\n
Continues in Part 2.<\/p>\n
Survey conducted by:
Office Chatani, Inc.
Location: Tokyo
CEO: Masayuki Chatani
Description of business: Creative Management Support, Lectures, Writing, etc.
URL: https:\/\/www.office-chatani.com<\/p>\n
Office Chatani, Inc. supports creative management.<\/p>\n
CEO Masayuki Chatani, author of \u201cBehind the Scenes at PlayStation: Former CTO Talks about 16 Years of Creation,\u201d has previously served as CTO and EVP of a global video game business, an executive officer of an internet conglomerate, CEO of a professional firm\u2019s digital group company, the Japan Head of the digital team at a strategic consulting firm, and other positions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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