Crucible The Enterprising Academic

Crucible Objectives To explore enterprising skills To identify which skills we have To understand more about enterprising cultures To explore the relationship between enterprise and researchers

Crucible What is an Entrepreneur? What are their traits?

Crucible An Entrepreneur A dynamic person who gets the right people together to make something happen Someone who knows the right people, can motivate and wants action/results today Characteristics: creative, innovative, enthusiastic, high need to achieve, prepared to look outside the box, take and manage risk, good networkers, exploit their opportunities

Crucible Skills Communication Negotiation Networking Resource management Technology strategy Finance Marketing Intellectual property Commercial awareness

Crucible An Intrapreneur In-tra-pre-neur (In-tre-pre-nur) n. A person within a large corporation who takes direct responsibility for turning an idea into a profitable finished product through assertive risk-taking and innovation

Crucible Why do organisations need intrapreneurs? They are the powerhouses within companies that create new business, that keep a company or organisation moving forwards, they motivate colleagues and keep profits up Intrapreneurial employees are energetic, enthusiastic, imaginative and inventive. They have ideas for creating new products or services, often working on them in their own time. They can see how savings can be made. How processes can be improved

Crucible Why do organisations need intrapreneurs? An intrapreneur is ‘an enterprising member of staff’

Crucible Successful Intrapreneurs? Highly motivated Good at problem solving Recognise opportunities for change Good at negotiating and persuasive Take and manage risk Gain personal reward from seeing an idea through Excellent networkers and commercially aware Creative Aspinall 2007

Crucible Intrapreneurship in Researcher Development Relating to context Understanding individual strengths in innovation process Understanding of corporate politics and organisational culture Social awareness to make innovations meaningful Personal qualities Creating ideas and opportunities Working with people Influencing and managing change Commercially aware

Crucible The Intrapreneurial Culture What do you think you need an intrapreneurial organisation to look like? Try the reverse engineering technique, then reverse it Why bother developing this type of culture? What will you do differently back at work?