Entrepreneurial skills in a Christian context

1. Entrepreneurial skillsin a Christian context

2. It’s leadership but not as we know it…….

3. Ephesians 4; 11-12. apostles = entrepreneur prophet = questioner evangelist = communicator pastor = humaniser teacher = systematizer Frost and Hirsch, The Shaping of Things to come.p175

4. Questions for discussion? • How would you define • an entrepreneur? • What might be • their characteristics?

5. Missionary Entrepreneur

6. ‘ This 10 to 15 % of the population should be the leaven that affects the whole.The leaven is not able to do its job because our institutions and bureaucratic systems prevent it. The problem lies deep. Our education system are all too often learning regimes rather than talent spotters or developers. Our institutions stifle entrepreneurial initiative.’ p4

7. ‘Releasing the entrepreneurial talent among Gods people is the greatest task facing the church today. It is the Entrepreneur Imperative’ p4

8. they are people • habitual • creative and innovative • builders • build something of value • build using opportunities ‘A person who habitually creates and innovates to build something of recognised value around perceived opportunities. p12

9. Six FACETS of an entrepreneur • Focus • Advantage • Creativity • Ego • Team • Social

10. Questions for discussion? • Would you describe Jesus • as an entrepreneur? • How is what you do • entrepreneurial?

11. The Innovators DNA

12. The Five Habits of Highly Innovative Leaders

13. Questioning /

14. Observing /

15. Networking /

16. Experimenting /

17. Associational Thinking /

18. Need leaders with discovery skills rather than delivery skills /

19. Entrepreneurs as system builders, marshal, mobilise and connect. Marc Ventresca /

20. by James Fisher & James Koch Studied 230 CEOs 100 of whom founding CEOs Greenwood Press, 2008

21. ‘ It does mean that academic knowledge concerning entrepreneurship seldom is the factor that determines whether or not one becomes an entrepreneur.’ p16

22. ‘ Managers work within facts entrepreneurs work ahead of facts.’ They think and act differently

23. confident • decisive • energetic • disrupt status quo • visionary • risk taker • not give up ‘ The essence of entrepreneurial behaviour is risk taking.’ p38

24. Questions for discussion? • In what ways do you find • the concept of missionary • entrepreneur helpful ? • What might be its limitations • theologically and practically ?

25. Effectuation

26. Effectuation organisational mindset objectives, strategic plans, timelines love market research pioneering mindset start with what you have got collaborative experimental objectives arise from experience prefer to network than do market research both are valid – in the right context Saras Sarasvathy, Effectuation, 2008

27. Two approaches Traditional More recent Tight Individualistic Character-based Plays down context Product Make money Loose Collaborative Process-based Plays up context Dreams Make history

28. How we make decisions in a fast changing environment

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30. A Vision from failure • The process of trial and • error is essential • Try new things • Make failure survivable • Know when you have failed

31. Pioneering teams ‘ one of the great myths of entrepreneurship has been thenotion if the leader as a lone hero… The reality is that successful entrepreneurs either built teams about them or were part of a team throughout.’ Thomas Cooney, What is an Entrepreneurial Team

32. How do we see the role of the leader ? • General on a hill • Make sense of what is happening ‘ Leadership is not in a leader or done by a leader. Leadership is an emergent event, an outcome of interactions between individuals.

33. Three temptations • Focus on goals rather than internal processes • Deal with generalities rather than specifics • Leader can control their team.

34. Three requirements • Diversity • Responsiveness • Associative Capacity.

36. Vision is too small • Vision is too generic • Implementation is too restrictive • Methods are too safe. Seth McBee