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Learning Objectives
What we will learn today:
1. To demonstrate your understanding of a range of
Enterprise Skills needed to be successful in business
2. To understand making connections, using ‘Mindmaps’ to
create and organise ideas and plans
What will be expected from me:
Create mind maps, individual exercises
Why are we doing this:
...because successful businesses are forward thinking
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Starter
Dyson's new vacuum cleaner "The Ball" was
developed in order to compete against the increasing
number of bagless vacuum cleaners available. The
innovation of placing a ball at the bottom of the
cleaner is an example of which enterprise quality?
The ability to ask why?
The ability to ask why not?
Deliberate creativity
Taking risks?
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Answer
The ability to ask why not?
This is the most appropriate answer BECAUSE you
thinking about Why not try a different way of using a
vacuum cleaner by using a ball system?
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Unit 1.2: Skills of an entrepreneur
Think creatively
Make decisions
Think ahead/
Make connections
‘Deliberate creativity’
Asking ‘Why?’
& ‘Why not?’
Protecting your
Big Idea
Take risks
Show Initiative
Risk Vs Reward
Calculated risk
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What Does It Take To Be Enterprising?
Creative thinking, Taking risks, plus:
Think Ahead
Jeff Bezos quickly saw
the potential of the
internet to sell products
He set up
Amazon in
1995
Make Connections
Understand how
one event may
affect another
E.g. oil prices
higher costs
for businesses
Show Initiative
Being prepared
to risk being
wrong
Take a lead
Make people
believe in you
Make Decisions
Decisions are constantly
required in business
The Carphone
Warehouse made the
decision to buy TalkTalk
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Activity 1- Enterprising skills
Commitment
Risk taking
Like rewards
Gamble own money
Problem solving
Bold
Adventurous
Planning
Evaluate
Communicate
Listen to others
Team player
Leadership
Task: Now choose any three and explain why they are
important in relation to your own business? (9 marks)
A01 = 0 – 3 marks
A02 = 4 – 9 marks
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Activity 2: Cool Dinners
Now turn to page 77 and 78 and read ‘Cool
Dinners’
Complete the exercises 1 and 2
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Mind Maps
A planning tool that combine 2 skills:
Thinking ahead (making connections)
Deliberate creativity
Resulting in:
Ideas + a Plan
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Using Mind Maps
An example would be:
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Benefits of a Mind Map
Developing a mind map helps:
BRAINSTORM
Come up with ideas
CATEGORISE
Organise your ideas in a logical way
LINK
Recognise that there will be some overlap
between your categories and ideas
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How To Create A Mind Map
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Activity: Create a mind map
10 minutes to create a mind map to show all
the Enterprise Skills that are needed to be
successful in business (all you have learnt in
this Unit 1.2)
Use examples from a variety of entrepreneurs and
companies or brands you are familiar with to
illustrate those skills
You will be asked to explain why you chose that
person to illustrate that skill
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Examples of entrepreneur
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Unit 1.2: Skills of an entrepreneur
Think creatively
Make decisions
Think ahead/
Make connections
‘Deliberate creativity’
Asking ‘Why?’
& ‘Why not?’
Protecting your
Big Idea
Take risks
Show Initiative
Risk Vs Reward
Calculated risk
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