Enterprise and Innovation/ Lecture 5 notes..

//10 steps to a future you:

1// Proactivity:

stimulus - response

stimulus - choice - response

- circle of concern/ circle of influence/ proactivity

// Internal environment

- your skills
- your resources
- your lifestyle

// Micro environment

- your network of friends and associates
- your competitors and other practitioners
- your suppliers
- your local community
- stakeholders


// Macro environments

- world market conditions/ currency/ populations/ cultures
- economics/ exchange rates/ wealth/ debt
- technology/ supporting/ emerging/ alternative
- social trends/ trends/ behaviours/ demographics/ needs
- politics/ legislation/ tax/ war/ population
- the environment/ pollution/ conservation/ sustainability

2// Project

- develop a vision for your future
- create a principle centred personal mission statement
- extend the mission into long term goals

Business vision - business plan - life plan = priority management

' Life is what happens while you are busy making other plans' John Lennon

BEGIN WITH THE END IN MIND

3// Provide

- clear explanations to people
- speak in their language; not yours
- talk about benefits; not processes

- Think - who are you talking to
- Create - clear messages
- Inspire - people with your creativity

4// Prioritise

- put first things first
- keep a proper balance
- stick to your personal mission

time - study - social life - rest - money = focus = results

5// Presents

- Think - win/ win
- Seek - outcomes and relationships that are mutual beneficial
- Do a favour to gain a favour

// Kohlberg's theory:

- Pre-conventional: Dependent

- I want
- Why should I?
- Nobody listens
- Short term

- Conventional: Independant

- I would be happy to
- Your needs
- I understand
- Medium term

- Post-conventional: Inter-dependant

- We can
- Together
- Mutual benefit
- Long term

6// Pause

- pause to listen - give all your attention. Give yourself to the moment
- empathise, walk in someone elses shoes
- dont re-iterate or interpret - just listen
- do you really know how they feel or are you just saying how you feel?

- see first; then be understood
- learn from your differences

7// Proven

- Consistency
- Integrity
- Reliability

8// Partner

- synergy multiplies your talents
- work with other experts outside your field to achieve greatness

- Partner
- Avatar, Hollywood model
- 600-800 credits for Avatar
- All free-lance or small business


9// Pit stop

- sharpen up - bolt on, get new stuff
- rest - renew, re-vitalise
- explore - challenge, excite

10// Propel

- extinguish your fears
- exude confidence
- instil faith