Ondernemende Vaardigheden

Traditionally to make a product or provide service you need three primary factors. First, we need resources: like land, water or wind. Let’s call these resources.  Secondly we need time and money, starting or scaling capital.  For the sake of simplicity  let’s referred to this as the monetary component. Third, we need labor resources, or human resources: people.  to create it. Now, these three primary needs: resources, money and people together we  call them input factors. By connecting them we can create. The input factor will indeed make creation possible is the fourth one: entrepreneurial ability.  And this factor is becoming the differentiating factor in our current economy. In this article we will explain what entrepreneurial ability (in short Entrepreneurability) is and how we can plant its seeds, cultivate and grow from it.

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Recently, I was listening to an item on the Dutch radio on research about employment and management. It stated that companies fear a lot of people will leave their company and look for a new challenge. With the economy back on track this is nothing new. However, politicians and unions are screaming for raises! Research states that this is not the primary reason why people leave a company. According to the research done by Berenschot and ADP; It is management. Here are some contemplations based on my personal experience.

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Children naturally wonder. They ask questions out of open-mindedness and curiosity. Without thinking about what anyone else will think of this question. Just do it. This partly determines their learning experience. You would say that as we get older, we become more adept at this. Unfortunately we tend to ask less questions!

Imagine you receive a memo from your boss saying: "There is a difference between giving up and knowing when you have had enough. I have had enough and realise I cannot work with you, the people I employ, a moment longer" That's intense.

Your boss has the right to take a decision like this. Bearing the risk of the decisions you made is one of the entrepreneurial abilities. However, the problem is we no longer seem to take responsibility for our actions and the decions we take.

In this episode we will explore the levels of responsibilities defined by Christopher Avery and see if we can explain why we no longer lake it.

This episode made me realise is that I can spend hours on creating and making things. Watching videos, reading articles and applying and practicing it on the projects on our property. I never seem to have that drive with Scrum and Agility.

I believe the last couple of months we have seen what will make the difference for the next decades. The renaissance of craftsmanship! People that mastered a skill now have the ability to reach a larger audience and make a decent living! The career to pursue is no longer that of management, but of mastery! I always thought it was strange that people say they grew in their career towards management. If you master a skill and become a manager you are back at the beginning. Management is a skill as well, unfortunately mastered by a few people. 

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If you have an idea but no funding or you have a little time to spare you can easily apply this model.  The format of the Company of Owners host gigs for people who contribute, without the risks of employment on a fulltime basis. You can pull knowledge and skills from a large pool of professionals in the subject area.

In this Coffeecast I want to talk about a concept that Susanne, co founder of entrepreneurability, and myself wrote about in 2017. A new concept of employment and why this could be relevant in this time.

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With organisations starting up again and rethinking how we organise our work. People tell me they are able to be more productive when working from home. They get more work done and get less distracted. On the other side, online meetings are consuming a lot of energy and reduce the ability to empathise with others.
In this episode I will share my experience from two consultancy companies I worked for that were able to set up their officespace to enable collaboration while the work is done elsewhere.

Please let me know what your ideas are on this topic via LinkedIn or Instragram or send us an email!

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Listen to a blogpost from Entrepreneurability. This episode is about: If you are a leader, you should not be micromanaging the current corona crisis. Shift your focus towards the long term and how to restart your business.

Listen to a blogpost from Entrepreneurability. This episode is about: Shocked, humiliated and heartbroken. That's how I felt. In complete shock because I was under the impression I worked in an psychologically safe environment. We were enabled - and even expected - to speak up when we had different ideas. That's what made it a great company. But somewhere along the way, things had changed and I hadn't noticed there was no longer a safe environment.

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This episode is about: We have been training management in developing soft skills. We are so focussed on the people, on developing our soft skills that we have gone soft!

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