Entrepreneurship: 6 Core Skills
Connecting intrinsic motivation and inner purpose to social impact
Empowering the next generation to co-create the future
We believe “entrepreneurship” is an essential lifeskill for all people to help us realize the future we want and create a world of human flourishing.
Entrepreneurship involves the ability to think creatively, critically and engage in systems thinking. It is rooted in personal values and intrinsic motivation and the desire to push boundaries and overcome challenges to contribute to society as a whole. Entrepreneurial skills empower us to flourish in an uncertain and changing world.
We have broken down “entrepreneurship” into 6 core components – our program is designed to help develop these skills.
Program Highlights
In a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world, a managerial approach (causal) focused on achieving a pre-determined goal through a specific set of given means has its limits.
Our program is designed to help you update your inner system – your mental operating system – helping you shift to a more adaptive, entrepreneurial approach which uses a set of evolving means to achieve new and different goals.
Source: Sarasvathy, S.D.(2009), Effectuation: Elements of Entrepreneurial Expertise (New Horizons in Entrepreneurship)
Case Study: Undergraduate Course for Tokyo Tech
In 2023 we launched the “Developing Creative Thinking through Art” program for the Center for Entrepreneurship Education at the Tokyo Institute of Technology to help students develop the six core entrepreneurial skills.
Participants included undergraduates and graduates as well as international students. The course was delivered in Japanese and English, and participants were a diverse mix of undergraduates, graduates and international students.
All programs are designed in consultation with faculty staff and are customized to the specific learning objectives and needs of the participants.
Past Programs
- Kyoto University, SACI (Office of Society Academia Collaboration for Innovation): Sustainable Gastronomy Program (2023)
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Center for Entrepreneurship Education: Developing Creative Thinking through Art (2023- ongoing) - Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo Tech Academy of Leadership: Art-Based Creative Development Program (2018- ongoing)
- Digital Hollywood University Graduate School: Creative Production Skills Development, Foundations Part 1 (2019-2021)
- Waseda University Business School
Masao Hirano Global Seminar (2020-ongoing)
Kazunari Uchida Seminar (2017) - University of Tokyo
Global Health Policy Department: Global Health Entrepreneurship Program (2016)
Department of Medicine: Global Health Leadership Program (2011, 2012)
Department of Engineering: UTokyo Innovation Summer Program (2013, 2014) - Ministry of Education, Japan: Tobitate! Study Abroad Initiative Alumni Association (2020)
- Health and Global Policy Institute: Summer Health Summer Program (2013)
- Cabinet Office of the Japanese Government: Leadership Program for The Ship for World Youth Program (2012)
- Japan Foundation: Young Arab Leaders’ Program (2012, 2013), Young Russian Leaders’ Program (2014)
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