Developing an Entrepreneurship Education toolkit based on sustainability mindset principles.
Presenters:
Dr Barbara Tomasella, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Derby
Enterprise Educators UK Research Project – Team Members:
Dr Barbara Tomasella, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, University of Derby. EEUK Project Leader.
Dr Richard Howarth, Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Nottingham Trent University.
Dr Michelle Littlemore, Associate Professor, Project Management, Northumbria University.
Dr Catherine Brentall, Manchester Metropolitan University. NEW EEUK SIG leader - EEE for a Sustainable Society!
Dr Chris Moon, Senior Lecturer, Eco-entrepreneurship, Middlesex University.
Dr Chinthaka Jay Aluthgama-Baduge, Senior Lecturer, Enterprise and Entrepreneurship, University of Derby.
Walid K Al-Saad, Researcher, Centre for Supply Chain Improvement, University of Derby.
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Sustainability Mindset Toolkit
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EEUK Research Project background…
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Project overview
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Sustainability Mindset
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Sustainability Mindset – A way of �thinking, being and behaving for the greater good
Rimanoczy (2021)
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Positioning the SMPs within Enterprise Education
https://www.qaa.ac.uk/docs/qaas/enhancement-and-development/enterprise-and-entrpreneurship-education-2018.pdf
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Literature Review and findings
Literature Review
The SLR via Scopus covered a 15-year period, from 2007 to 2023, and included 199 publications, comprising journal articles, conference papers, and reviews. The literature search was conducted in two stages: first, by identifying keywords related to entrepreneurial education (Group 1), and then combining them with keywords related to sustainability and sustainability mindset (Group 2).
By embedding sustainability principles into entrepreneurship education, institutions can empower students to become change-makers driving positive social, environmental, and economic impact through their entrepreneurial ventures.
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Workshop of Experts
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Example of tool: Leading Responsibly (Simulation)
Sustainability Mindset Tool Kit – SIMULATION (Action Based Learning) | ||
Sustainability Mindset Principal Themes addressed: (Delete as appropriate) | Enterprise Educator Framework addressed: (Delete as appropriate) | |
SYSTEMS PERSPECTIVE – Long Term Thinking – Both-And Thinking Inter-connections |
Developing Skills and Competencies associated with being Enterprising.
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Title: Leading Responsibly | ||
Objective:
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Overview: This workshop allows students the chance to “live” the challenges of leading change responsibly and sustainably, engaging stakeholders and considering the external effects of internal decision-making. This is done with the support of a computerised simulation based on a comprehensive model of how and why human beings react to change, and includes a range of commercial, personal, emotional, and ‘political’ factors for the students to consider. Students experience, first hand, the sort of ethical decisions and dilemmas of balancing the Environmental, Social and Economic, factors that will determine the final success of the initiative. Success is measured by the level of support obtained from the stakeholder group as a whole and the Environmental, Social and Economic value that is derived from the decisions that they make.
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Exemplar of tool: OPERA (opening minds to change)
Sustainability Mindset Tool Kit – OPERA | ||
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ECOLOGICAL WORLDVIEW Eco literacy My contribution
EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Creative Innovation Reflection Self-awareness
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Developing Skills and Competencies associated with being Enterprising.
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Title: Opening minds to change | ||
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Overview: (short paragraph/ 2 -3 sentence) Target audience: All students at undergraduate and postgraduate. The activity can be used with small or large groups, but this influences how many ideas students can propose for inclusion on the OPERA board, which is subject to a maximum of 24 ideas. Pre-requisite(s): Students have an awareness of the ecological imperatives behind the need for social and economic transformational change. Duration: Suitable for a session of about 2 hours | ||
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Outcome from the workshop for enterprise educators
Question posed:
Given what you have heard and drawing on your personal knowledge and experience as an enterprise educator/ researcher/ entrepreneur/ consultant…
….what/how do you think EE should change for achieving a sustainable society?
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Example of tool: Higher level values for a sustainable future
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Project next steps
This academic year – feedback on how the sustainability enterprise education toolkit has been applied in enterprise education practice.
Phase 2 of the project – evaluating how students’ sustainability competencies are enhanced through the sustainability enterprise education toolkit.
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How to get involved�
If you would like to be part of the next phase of the project, apply through the form to contribute your resources:
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References and useful resources
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References and useful resources
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What are the higher-level human values needed for a Sustainable Future? An introduction to Spiritual Intelligence
Orla Kelleher,Senior Lecturer in Responsible Management
College of Business, Law & Social Sciences, University of Derby
PRME Working Group on Sustainability Mindset
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The 12 Sustainability Mindset Principles
Ecoliteracy
My Contribution
Long term thinking
Interconnectedness
Both-and
Flow in cycles
Reflection
Creative innovation
Self-awareness
Purpose
Mindfulness
Oneness with nature
Ecological Worldview
Systems Perspective
Emotional
Intelligence
Spiritual Intelligence
Creative Commons. Isabel Rimanoczy – 2019 The Sustainability Mindset Principles
Action
MSc Sustainable & Ethical Business Management (Business leaders and full-time students)
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The Case for Sustainable & Ethical Business
Sustainable & Ethical Business Strategy
Review of Purpose,
Mission, Values
Leading Sustainable & Ethical Change
PG Certificate
(8 months)
Sustainable & Ethical Business Operations & Marketing
Sustainable Workforce And Wellbeing
Sustainable & Ethical Finance & Accounting
PG Diploma (16 months)
Personal Development Planning – Sustainability Mindset
SMI diagnostic on the cohort at the start of the programme
MSc integrates SDGs in each module along with the UNESCO Sustainability Competencies, Climate Fresk & Carbon Literacy certification and Sustainability Mindset framework
Master’s Independent Studies stage (incorporates the SDGs, Sustainability Competencies and SMI values)
So the MSc addresses both internal and external development
Barrett’s 7 Levels of Consciousness
Purpose - What’s your Why?
Principle 12 – Spiritual Intelligence
Defining our purpose provides an unconscious compass, and when it is grounded on values of our higher self, we actively shape a better world (Rimanoczy, 2021)
Schwartz defines values as desirable, trans-situational goals that serve as guiding principles in people’s lives (Schwartz, 1992).
Values are the answer to the question: “In a world where you could choose to have your life be about something, what would you choose?” (Wilson & Murrell, 2004, p.135).
“Given free choice, healthy people tend to values truth, goodness and beauty… with a focus on growth values” (Fuer cited in Morgan 2012, p143)
“The distinction between authentic values and inauthentic values is one between values which are expressive of the primal drives of the organism and those which are anxiety-induced” (Fuer cited in Morgan, 2012, p.146)
Every human has an essential inner nature or ‘inner core’ of natural inclinations, propensities, sentiments and potentialities that are innate and also influenced by early childhood and life experience. These potentialities can be actualized or not. This inner nature has some characteristics that are species-wide and also unique to the individual (Morgan, 2012, p.156 in his treatise on Maslow’s work).
“..every day human acts are impressed by the distinctly human spiritual core that, though not perfect, is perfectible by acquired and infused virtue……” (Acevedo, 2018, p.758)
What are values?
What are higher level values?
“Core values are the words that describe who you are and what you stand for” Barrett, 2020
Why reflect on our values and beliefs?
How to approach accessing values?
A meditative / contemplative approach
Ask yourself what would your higher self say?
As an entry point, you can define your higher self as the more illumined, wiser part of you…
What qualities, values or attitudes would help to positively transform our relationship with the Earth?
What qualities, values or attitudes do you choose to have in relation to this planet?
What qualities, values or attitudes would we need to have to realise sustainable development ?
What qualities, value(s) or attitude motivates you to live more sustainably?
What qualities, values or attitudes would help us become more conscious
and considerate of future generations?
What qualities, values or attitudes do you stand for when it comes to future generations?
Stewardship
Balance
Student assignment - image drawn by the student in response to the ‘Expanding Consciousness’ Exercise
Thank you…!
References
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