I would agree, I don’t think all employees are entrepreneurs, some are just happy to tick boxes, punch key pads, answer phones, collect their pay that’s it. Entrepreneurship or entrepreneurialism seems to me to be just the new and trendy word that blends inventiveness, innovativeness, creativeness, all in one bucket to try and rationalise or intellectualise what is really the basic fundamentals of what all great businesses would be wise to harness—that is, know your market in your industry, don’t rest on your product development laurels, never be happy with the status quo and seek out the next frontier, have both short and long term goals (financial, NPD, marketing etc) and don’t be afraid to be bold! On the contrary, large organisations often cannot handle this level of boldness (or as others would say entrepreneurship or intrapreneurship) therefore those employees who get the buzz of thinking outside the box, doing things differently, looking at things differently, wanting to try something new generally get viewed as cowboys, loose cannons, corporate lunatics etc.—sad really because its those employees that make the biggest difference to organisational progress.

In the end, again no not everyone is an entrepreneur in my opinion but those who want to be creative, different, challenging, passionate about change, learn, look outside the box etc are definitely entrepreneurs—its more of a question about whether organisations small or large have a way to harness all that energy.