Intrapreneurship Institute Case Study-Lockheed “Skunk Works®”-"Intrapreneurship In Action”

April 7, 2012 - PRLog -- Lockheed “Skunk Works®” - “Intrapreneurship In Action - Before it’s Time”
With World War II well underway, in early 1943, the U.S. Army’s Air Tactical Service Command (ATSC) had an air defense problem and they needed help - Now. So ATSC officials met with Lockheed Aircraft Corporation to express its dire  and immediate need for a new jet fighter to counter a rapidly growing German jet air threat in Europe.

In only one month after the historic U.S. Army’s ATSC and Lockheed meeting - Clarence "Kelly" L. Johnson (a Lockheed engineer) and his team of bright young engineers hand delivered their XP-80 Shooting Star Jet Fighter proposal to the ATSC.

So, ATSC immediately gave the green light for Lockheed to start development on the United States' first jet fighter effort. That history making event in June 1943 and this project marked the birth Kelly Johnson’s intrapreneurial group which became the famous Lockheed “Skunk Works®.” Lockheed’s Skunk Works was a classic and historic example of an Intrapreneur, with an intrapreneurial team and the implementation of in essence an Intrapreneurship program within Lockheed Aircraft Corporation.

Intrapreneur Kelly Johnson assembled his hand-picked team of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation engineers and manufacturing people to rapidly create and secretly complete the XP-80 Fighter project for the U.S. Army. There was no space available at the Lockheed facility for Johnson’s Skunk Works group. This lack of space at “Corporate” actually worked in the Skunk Works groups favor. The separation gave them autonomy from the “suits,” “bean counters” and the traditional “by the book” Lockheed engineers. Johnson's Intrapreneurship Skunk Works organization literally operated “out of a rented circus tent.”

Lockheed Skunk Works was a successful Intrapreneurship venture which was very innovative and very independent. They had an ability to eliminate the corporate “red tape” and would often just begin a new project, without a formal contract and without a formal bidding process or written agreement.

Corporate entrepreneur or Intrapreneur Kelly Johnson and his Skunk Works team designed and built the XP-80 in only 143 days, which was seven day before the due day for delivery to ATSC.

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Dr. Howard Haller is the Chief Enlightenment Officer (CEO) and Keynote Speaker of the Intrapreneurship Institute, and Author of the 2009 published Intrapreneurship book "Intrapreneurship Success: A PR1ME Example."

Howard Edward Haller's 1982 University published academic research and case study on intrapreneurship is cited by Wikipedia.org in the History of Intrapreneurship entry.
In addition Wikipedia.org also cites Dr. Howard Edward Haller’s 2009 published Intrapreneurship book “Intrapreneurship Success” in their “History of Intrapreneurship” entry.

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