{"id":610,"date":"2018-06-16T08:55:02","date_gmt":"2018-06-16T08:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aspotlightonleadershipandchange.wordpress.com\/?p=610"},"modified":"2018-10-16T14:23:09","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T13:23:09","slug":"becoming-enterprising-a-collaborative-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/leadership-and-change\/becoming-enterprising-a-collaborative-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"“Becoming enterprising”: a collaborative workshop"},"content":{"rendered":"
By Dr Pam Seanor.<\/h5>\n

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On Monday 11 June, BLCC\u00a0hosted\u00a0the “Becoming enterprising” collaborative workshop.<\/p>\n

The workshop\u00a0was attended by differing\u00a0practitioners:\u00a0those taking a critical\u00a0approach in our teaching and research, those new to roles at UWE Bristol\u00a0embedding enterprise in to the\u00a0curriculum, practitioners who facilitate sessions on our\u00a0modules or are part of the advisory board, artists and\u00a0students.\u00a0We also had\u00a0our youngest attendee being under 1 years old.<\/p>\n

It was a day of talking, listening, walking\u00a0and creative\u00a0approaches and\u00a0proved\u00a0a fun and\u00a0engaging. It was\u00a0structured to the following 3 scenarios:<\/p>\n

Scenario 1<\/strong>: What do we mean by critical approaches to situated learning?<\/p>\n

Facilitator: Karen Verduijn<\/p>\n

Karen shared her views of what critical entrepreneurship\u00a0means\u00a0to her, challenging some assumptions, along with her experiences of\u00a0teaching\u00a0students and developing a community across\u00a0facilities at\u00a0VU University Amsterdam.<\/p>\n

Scenario 2:\u00a0<\/strong>Making connections between practitioner and academic views<\/p>\n

Facilitator: Jayne Purcell<\/p>\n

Jayne is a design thinker and\u00a0worked with\u00a0imagines and\u00a0artefact\u00a0participants brought\u00a0of ‘what “becoming\u00a0enterprising”\u00a0means to you’\u00a0\u00a0\u2013 \u00a0what you do, or your dreams and ambitions.\u00a0We shared differing views, as well of experiences, of resistance and challenges in practices, of\u00a0being inclusive,\u00a0sustainability, and\/or bringing in\u00a0creative practices.<\/p>\n

Scenario 3:\u00a0<\/strong>Creative practices<\/p>\n

Facilitator: Arthur Turner<\/p>\n

After lunch, Arthur Turner facilitated a\u00a0walk and we talked about the ideas and questions\u00a0that\u00a0came up on the day.<\/p>\n

Refreshments\u00a0<\/strong>&\u00a0Drawing it all together<\/strong><\/p>\n

We ended with the\u00a0Visual Sketchnotes of key points of shared understanding of what others do, questions and imaginings arising from the discussion points and considering next steps.<\/p>\n

We hope this\u00a0to be the beginnings of a conversation where we see entrepreneurship-leadership-sustainability, particularly becoming inclusive, as more connected.<\/p>\n

The workshop scenarios had a common theme of movement:<\/p>\n

Moving the conversation from the “heroic” (white) male towards creative processes.<\/p>\n

Of note, a comment was made in the workshop that there is a place for the “heroic” in practices.\u00a0We are thoughtful in advocating the alternative approach that\u00a0we do not seek to replace the dominant view, instead\u00a0we seek to question the taken-for-granted assumptions.\u00a0Thus, we take a pluralistic stance and\u00a0do not seek one definition or one approach.<\/p>\n

We hold\u00a0a common understanding that entrepreneurship is about social change.<\/p>\n

Doris and I intend to continue taking an affirmative critical\u00a0approach in our teaching and research and helping our\u00a0students to recognise the dominant views and then to question these assumptions so that they can find their voice and identify the\u00a0alternative practices that\u00a0they seek to change.<\/p>\n

I end by\u00a0offering the questions we worked through in\u00a0the scenarios in the workshop:<\/p>\n