1. One Day Training Programme for Business Trainers and Mentors 1

2. Introduction to the Day 09.15 Registration/coffee 09.30 Introduction 09.45 Module 1: Your Inner Innovator 11.00 Coffee (15 Mins) 11.15 Module 2: Types of Innovation 12.15 Module 3:The Innovation Process 13.00 LUNCH 14.00 Module 3: The Innovation Process 14.30 Module 4: 15.15 Coffee (15 Mins) 15.30 Module 4: Your Action Plan 16.45 Open questions and answers 17.00 Close 2

3. Module 1 – Your Inner Innovator 3

4. Module One: Your Inner Innovator  Part One: “What made you YOU”  Objective 1 – reflect on the key influences in bringing you to where you are now – ‘what made you YOU’  Objective 2 – reflect on your experience of change in your life?  Objective 3 – Understand better what drives you as an innovator, an entrepreneur 4

5. The What made you ‘YOU’ exercise  Self-reflection exercise – What made you what you are today? – ‘you’ as a ROSE (a mix of Petals and thorns. Influences for good or for bad. What influenced you (e.g. the talents of the people around you) Why?  Pair off : talk to each other about your reflections.  Time-limited : mediated by an ‘elevator bell’ (sets a time limit, as per time in an elevator with someone you want to talk to before the doors open, encouraging concise presentation). 5

6. The ‘life rose’ Represent your story as a series of ‘petals’ and ‘thorns’..... ‘Petals’ are the positive, encouraging events/influences ‘Thorns’ are the painful, challenging events/influences 6

7. Time-limited ‘elevator time’ 7

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10. Module One: Your Inner Innovator Part Two: “Getting to go”  Objective 1 – identify the ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors which lead people to start businesses  Objective 2 – what ‘push’ and ‘pull’ factors influenced you? 10

11. THE ‘PUSH - PULL’ MODEL.... ‘Push’ = necessity ‘Pull’ = opportunity 11

12. A WELL KNOWN ENTREPRENEUR'S STORY.... 12

13. Sir Richard Branson: 4th richest citizen in the UK (Forbes 2012) 13

14. Push: Dyslexia. Poor educational attainment Push: High parental expectations Pull: Teenager in 1960’s ‘swinging’ London Pull: Huge demand for affordable recorded music Branson getting to go: 14 Push: Fined for illegal trading. Family faced crisis to support him. Driven to prove himself and repay their support Pull: Met Mike Oldfield. Sponsored his hugely successful ‘Tubular Bells” album

15. Push Factors Pull Factors 15

16. The “Getting To Go” exercise  Go back to your mindset when you started your business  Summarise the story of starting your business – what were your motivations? What were the steps you took from idea to start-up? Label those steps either as push or pull factors  Use the push/pull matrix provided  Then pair off. Each of you present your story to your partner  You should listen to your partner and identify what was surprising and specifically what was risky?  What have you learnt from this person? 16

17. The ‘Push’ ‘Pull’ matrix 17

18. Feedback Which of your partner’s actions were:.... Surprising?.... Risky? What have you learnt from your partner 18