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Jonas Wiklander

Entrepreneurs , Mentorship. and. Jonas Wiklander. Creativity. Business coach,. Almi Företagspartner. jonas.wiklander@almi.se. Twyla Tharp. World - famous choreographer. ”The creative habit” (2005) How to make creativity a part of your life

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Jonas Wiklander

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  1. Entrepreneurs,Mentorship and Jonas Wiklander Creativity Business coach, Almi Företagspartner jonas.wiklander@almi.se

  2. TwylaTharp World-famouschoreographer

  3. ”The creative habit”(2005) • How to makecreativitya part of yourlife • …throughdiscipline,preparation androutine

  4. CREATIVITY ”discipline, preparation and routine” ? Adhocracy Bureaucracy Rigid structuresOrganization PlanningWrittenrules OrganicstructureRoles not defined”For the purpose”Little formalization

  5. Eachsubsidiaryowned by the Swedish government (51%)and regional authorities (49%) 1 of 16 ALMIsubsidiaries in Sweden (EAST SWEDEN) Business coachingandmentor programs Financing and advisory servicesfor entrepreneurs (SME)and innovators

  6. CREATIVITY ”discipline, preparation and routine” ? Adhocracy Bureaucracy Organicstructure Roles not defined”For the purpose”Little formalization Rigid structuresOrganization PlanningWrittenrules

  7. The CreativeBureaucracy? • Main drivers for starting up a company: • Wants freedom and independence • Good at something • Wants to create a company • Majority of SME entrepreneurs are self-taught in entrepreneurship • Grow and develop the company – whilemaintaining theentrepreneurialenergy! • Howcanweorganizecreativity?

  8. Learning from experience • ”Deliberateexperientiallearning – Mastering the art of learning from experience”, Kolb/Yeganek 2011 • Developing a learningidentity – finding your learningstyle • Focusing on the longer term outcomeinstead of immediate performance • Reflecting on failure as well as progress – create new models • Becoming a skilledlearner

  9. The good news for creators… • “Entrepreneurs who have acquired the capacity to perform at expert levels in sports, music, art, or science, can transfer these skills and capacities to their business goals” • Being a skilled learner in one area can make you a skilled learner in another area • “How entrepreneurs aquire the capacity to excel” – Baron/Henry, Strategic Entrepreneurship Journal 2010 • Deliberate practice - Hard work beats talent, luck and experience

  10. UCP Mentorship program (Linköping) • Collaboration betweenUCP Linköping (mentors and mentees) and Almi (mentors and program structure) • Mentor program: • ~ 20 pairs of mentor-mentee • Mentors from bothcreative and ”non-creative” businesses,matchingaccording to mentee’sneeds • 2 hours per month, during a year • Meetings: • 2 day workshop, sales for creators: ”The art of selling your heart” (Linda Nordfors) • Networking events

  11. Marie Kling, Kling Kollektion (slow fashion) • “The mentoring program is a valuable support in my business today” • “The meetings with the group have been an inspiration at many levels” • “My mentor brings experience and knowledge to my company”

  12. Carin Peterson Design - knittedwool • “Great to have someone who listens […] with good advice and ideas” • “Great to get to know more entrepreneurs in the creative industries” • “Someone who asks the right questions, and who makes me think broader”

  13. “Success… is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm” - Sir Winston Churchill

  14. Entrepreneurs,Mentorship and Jonas Wiklander Creativity Business coach, Almi Företagspartner jonas.wiklander@almi.se

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