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Bringing an Entrepreneurial Mindset to Curriculum

Bringing an Entrepreneurial Mindset to Curriculum

A look at why it is important to understand that the entrepreneurial mindset does not just belong in business curriculum; a review of the three main components of entrepreneurial thinking; and the Big Think Activity developed by Andrew Foti.

Jeremy McQuigge

April 27, 2016
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  1. THE REALITY – Changing Labour By 2020, up to 50%

    of the workforce will be contingent
  2. THE REALITY – Innovative Canada remains near the bottom of

    its peer group on innovation, ranking 13th among the 16 peer countries.
  3. THE REALITY – Student Anticipation 46% of Canadian PSE students

    said they see themselves starting a business after graduation.
  4. THE REALITY – Job Creation 60 – 80% of all

    new jobs COME FROM SMALL BUSINESS (100,000 annually)
  5. THE REALITY – Signature Experience Practical, real-world learning outcomes and

    skill development is essential in today’s rapidly changing economy.
  6. The Approach for this Session 1. Identify three main components

    of entrepreneurial thinking 2. Engaging in the Big Think activity 3. Our ask of you is to help Build Capacity for this style of thinking across the educational community
  7. Traditional entrepreneur en·tre·pre·neur (äntrəprəˈno͝or,-ˈnər/) noun A person who sets up

    a business or businesses, taking on financial risks in the hope of profit: many entrepreneurs see potential in this market
  8. Managerial Thinking – Casual Reasoning 1. Where are we now?

    2. Where do we want to 3. How are we going to get there?
  9. Entrepreneurial Thinking – Effective Reasoning “The best way to predict

    the future is to invent it.” -Alan Curtis Kay
  10. Closing the Gaps – Enabling Innovation • Gap of awareness

    • Gap of courage • Gap of execution
  11. It’s Easier than Ever to Solve Big Problems… • Connectivity

    • Inexpensive telecommunications infrastructure • Ubiquitous networking platforms • Free Open Source Resources • Increased problem complexity • Reduced capital intensity • Moore’s Law • Affordable high-powered tool sets • Cloud-based computing and applications
  12. Group Exercise What are the biggest problems to be solved

    or opportunities in cooperative education? • Form groups (embrace diversity, i.e. people you don’t know well) (2 minutes) • Brainstorming (30 minutes) • Choose best idea, prepare and nominate presenter (2 minutes) • Group presentations (60 seconds each, max.)