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Welcome To Being Enterprising

Welcome To Being Enterprising. Jane Shaw. Supporting others to be enterprising. Enterprising You. Enterprising communities. Enterprising organisations. How Enterprising are you?. In this workshop we will: look at the skills of those setting up enterprises in the 21st century

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Welcome To Being Enterprising

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  1. Welcome To Being Enterprising

  2. Jane Shaw

  3. Supporting others to be enterprising Enterprising You Enterprising communities Enterprising organisations

  4. How Enterprising are you? In this workshop we will: • look at the skills of those setting up enterprises in the 21st century • We’ll look at their recipe for success and examine how they make use of their talents to create opportunity • Discover just how enterprising you are • And consider how you might develop your own enterprise skills

  5. Enterprising People? • In small group of four or five draw a figure that depicts an enterprising person highlighting any key characteristics

  6. Enterprising people are thought to be good at: • opportunity seeking and grasping • taking the initiative to make things happen • solving problems creatively • managing autonomously • taking responsibility for, and ownership of, things • seeing things through • networking effectively • putting things together creatively • using judgement to take calculated risks

  7. Being Enterprising ‘Enterprise is purposeful, active behaviour which can take place in any number of contexts, business being only one. Enterprise is making things happen, having ideas and doing something about them, taking advantage of the opportunity, and bringing about change’ Paul Kearney, 1994

  8. An Entrepreneur… • In the private sector… ‘is a person who habitually creates and innovates to build something of recognised value around perceived opportunities’.Bill Bolton and John Thompson • In the public sector… ‘operates in a time of dramatic change, sees opportunity and mobilises others in the community to work towards their collective wellbeing’. Douglas Henton 1999 • In the social sector… ‘identifies under-utilised resources; people, buildings, equipment – and find ways of putting them to use to satisfy unmet social needs’.Leadbeater, 1997

  9. Push me, Pull me

  10. How enterprising are you? Imagine you’re on holiday lying on the beach and reading your favourite magazine when you come upon an intriguing questionnaire... • complete the questionnaire • score your answers and plot your profiles

  11. How enterprising are you? • Were you surprised by any of the questions? • What about your own personal profiles? Where do your skills lie? • How are you going to make the most of your enterprising skills?

  12. Searching for opportunities

  13. ‘In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity’ Albert Einstein

  14. The Bandwidth Test • Write down the following; • Last book you read • Last movie you saw • Last CD/MP3 you downloaded • All trade publications you read on a semi-regular basis • Any other ‘media’ you read on a semi regular basis • The following 15 groupings make up for approx 50-60% of worlds GDP • Agriculture, banking/finance, construction, education, government, hospitality, IT, Utilities, Media/Entertainment, Medicine/Healthcare, Military, Retail, Telecoms, Trade, Transport • Chances are you will see opportunities for one of these groups • Go back your list and decide what your ‘coverage’ is.

  15. Creativity and innovation play fundamental roles in the success of many of the world's leading businesses. Often, the objective of dynamic, growing businesses is to innovate as well as to generate profits. • Innovation is about more than just bringing new and improved products and services to market. It's about finding new ways to increase the efficiency of your business.

  16. Creative people Two characteristics associated with highly creative people are risk-taking and tenacity. In this context ‘risk-taking’ describes the impulse to find and try original ideas, to go beyond one’s familiar boundaries of knowledge and explore new possibilities rather than staying in the relative security of what we already know.

  17. Getting lots of ideas • Rules about brainstorming… • No criticism, evaluation, judgement or defence of ideas during the session • No limit to wild ideas • Every idea is to be expressed • Quantity is better than quality • Piggybacking on ideas is encouraged • Allow repetition • All ideas should be recorded • The ideas are owned by the group

  18. Ways of thinking • Divergent thinking looks beyond the boundaries that define the problem. Judgement is deferred • Convergent thinking is about selecting the best ideas and calls for judgment.

  19. Deferring judgement • ‘Imagination is more important than knowledge for, while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might discover and create’ • Albert Einstein

  20. Now re-design the scene with the following people in mind…

  21. Stars in your eyes • Am I motivated to make it happen? • Will it generate sales? • Is it innovative/new? • Can I get the resources to make it happen?

  22. The Enterprise Apprenticeship

  23. A friend comes to you with a bright idea for an enterprise and they want you to invest your time, money and energy. • What questions would you ask before getting involved?

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