CHEM-E0105 - Academic Learning Community, Lecture, 20.9.2021-29.4.2022
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Prework for the session #2.
During this journey of entrepreneurship learning we hope to
spark your interest in entrepreneurial ways of working and provide you with an
overview of what an entrepreneurial mindset is about and how you can benefit from
it regardless the places you plan to work in.
The second session dives even deeper into entrepreneurial practices and ways of working sharing practical insights from today’s working life.
Approximate time – 2 hours
Required materials to get the most out of the session
These articles give further insight to applying an entrepreneurial mindset to corporate life:
Short and interesting book chapter on Defining the Entrepreneurial Mindset (link)
Interesting article about What having a growth mindset actually means (link)
Article: Meeting the Challenge of Corporate Entrepreneurship (article)
Please watch the enclosed video where Juha Lipponen discusses intrapreneurship in Valmet as we will discuss this together with perspectives from other companies.
Optional further material
This is a great TED Talk about compelling company communication.
This is a more academic article about how people actually become entrepreneurs. Role of imprinting in entrepreneurial action (link)
And below is also some useful content about design thinking.
Optional material on Design thinking
Design thinking (or user-centric design approach or product design or UX design – multiple definitions of the same mindset to create product or solutions) is an integral part of entrepreneurship. “Thinking like a designer can transform the way organizations develop products, services, processes, and strategy. This approach, which is known as design thinking, brings together what is desirable from a human point of view with what is technologically feasible and economically viable”. Tim Brown, CEO of IDEO. Using the methods of design thinking one can come up with disruptive ideas and solutions for them and not waste resources on producing something that will not bring any value to the potential users / company. Design thinking work is done in cycles in an iterative manner, where testing ideas, and assumptions quickly and as early as possible helps to eliminate costly mistakes in the later phases (Brown 2008) which is crucial for entrepreneurship activity that can’t continue without a lean approach towards scare resources.
Start with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_thinking
Stages in the design thinking process - https://www.interaction-design.org/literature/article/5-stages-in-the-design-thinking-process#:~:text=d.school%20is%20the%20leading,Ideate%2C%20Prototype%2C%20and%20Test.
What is human-centred design -
See you in the class – looking forward to hearing your thoughts!