Corporations have the upper hand over the startups that threaten to disrupt them. They have the ideas, resources, and—critically—the talent to build new ventures from within. Smart companies—like Amazon, Microsoft, Bosch, and Analog Devices—make these assets count with secret weapons: Corporate Explorers. These are managers that have the insight, resilience, and discipline to develop revenue-generating channels inside existing organizations. They are part entrepreneur, capable of using innovation disciplines to jump start cutting-edge ideas, and part change leader, able to create a movement within the organization to support investment.
