The thinkUP team discussion explored in detail the answer to this question as a means to begin to scope the business focus of our offer. We captured below a summary of the thoughts we explored and refined during the session.
What do you think?...
WE think innovation is...
• Imagining the possibilities..
• Enabling young people to take new directions...
• Innovation at the heart of TMC to feed Innovation from TMC ...
• Spaces and places for telling stories that nurture new ideas
• Panning for gold, looking for the TMC sparkle
TMC and young people in Wonderland - A place for creating the conditions for innovation at the heart of The Mighty Creatives. A space for using stories that exist to capture the journey and ideas towards new business.
WE think enterprise is...
- the art of business
- making money
- taking action
- realising ideas that are new
Origins - Derives from the old French word meaning meaning business
Quote: "Dérivé de entreprendre, daté de environ 1430-40 dans le sens de prendre entre ses mains. Aux environs de 1480 il prit le concept actuel de prendre un risque, relever un défi, oser un objectif".
Translated - meaning ‘to undertake’ from around 1430 – 40 in the sense of ‘to take between the hands.’ Around 1480, the concept took on its current meaning, which is ‘to take a risk, raise the stakes, dare to have an idea.’
Skills
- investing in labour and the craft
- growing the skills and tools for business
Is enterprise the journey, the pathway, the (ad)venture to creating business that leads to action and change?
The three pillars of enterprise:
• People (Social)
• Planet (Environmental)
• Profit (Economical)
Is it the art of business?
Young entrepreneurs having an idea to meet a need and take challenging action in the real world...
This looks like being a very interesting and much needed discussion. For me creativity and innovation are likely to be the major political issues of the the coming years, as we shift from an education system that has been designed to work in a factory age, to an education system that has to work in an age of many local problems that are tied together in networks of shared knowledge creation. Who gets to call themselves 'creative' or 'innovative' operators is the democratic battleground of the future. Come and look at our work at www.demonfm.co.uk to find out more.
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