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Demystifying black box thinking and gut feeling | Chada Benmahcene | TEDxAURAK
TEDx Talksยท 2025-09-04 15:12
Entrepreneurship & Intrapreneurship - Corporate entrepreneurship, first appearing in 1978, significantly impacts organizations, with 70% of new products originating from entrepreneurial initiatives [4][5] - The speaker introduces the "BLACK BOX" framework to foster intrapreneurship within corporations [7] - "BLACK" represents the environment: Business impact, Lifelong learning, Agility, Cross-functional collaboration, and Knowledge [7][8][9][11][14] - "BOX" represents the traits: Boldness, Ownership, and the X factor (being a differentiator) [17][19][20] Corporate Advantages - Large organizations offer unique opportunities to identify pain points and problems, driving business-driven initiatives [7] - Corporations provide invaluable learning opportunities through expertise and knowledge sharing among employees [8] - Agility can be found in corporations through movement between departments and exposure to different functions [9] - Cross-functional collaborations within corporations have a huge impact, enabling individuals to lead large projects [11] - Corporations possess vast amounts of data, with the amount of data available expected to exceed 100 zigabytes (a trillion gigabytes) by 2025 [14][15] Overcoming Startup Failure Rates - While 90% of startups fail, the speaker suggests that intrapreneurs within corporations can leverage the corporate environment to increase their chances of success [6][7][21] - Nurturing boldness, ownership, and the "X factor" can shift the odds from a 90% startup failure rate to a 70% success rate for corporate initiatives [17][19][20][21]