{"id":1248,"date":"2010-09-30T06:56:51","date_gmt":"2010-09-30T06:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/?p=1248"},"modified":"2010-09-30T06:56:51","modified_gmt":"2010-09-30T06:56:51","slug":"how-to-destroy-an-enterprise-culture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2010\/09\/30\/how-to-destroy-an-enterprise-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Destroy an Enterprise Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is the title of a workshop I am submitting to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enterprisepromotion.org\/\">International Conference on Enterprise Promotion<\/a>, taking place in Harrogate next month. \u00a0Don&#8217;t know yet if it will be accepted as it bends the &#8216;submission guidelines&#8217; a little.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshop Aims<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"_mcePaste\">\n<ul>\n<li>To illustrate how and why most contemporary interventions designed to promote enterprise usually have precisely the opposite effect;<\/li>\n<li>To demonstrate how narrow conceptions of enterprise serve to undermine the value of enterprise development for both funders and citizens and sells our profession short;<\/li>\n<li>To outline &#8216;in which direction progress lies&#8217; if we really want to develop more enterprising behaviours in the community;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong>Conclusions<\/strong><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>We (policy makers, professionals and community leaders) need to re-conceive what we mean by &#8216;enterprise&#8217; and &#8216;enterprise development&#8217; and understand more fully its relationship to &#8216;entrepreneurship&#8217;, &#8216;business development&#8217; and &#8216;community&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>We need to adopt much more ambivalent approaches to &#8216;entrepreneurship&#8217;, of all kinds, if we really wish to engage &#8216;community&#8217;.<\/li>\n<li>We need to take seriously the principles of person centred development in our work to teach people how to live a &#8216;becoming existence&#8217; and pay serious attention to a credo that says above all &#8216;Do No Harm&#8217;.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Sounds interesting? \u00a0See you in Harrogate. \u00a0Or get in touch.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Olympic Gold &#8211; It all starts with a dream&#8230;.\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/08\/10\/olympic-gold-it-all-starts-with-a-dream\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Olympic Gold &#8211; It all starts with a dream&#8230;.<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"An imaginary open letter: To those who would &#8216;engage&#8217; us&#8230;\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/08\/09\/an-imaginary-open-letter-to-those-who-would-engage-us\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">An imaginary open letter: To those who would &#8216;engage&#8217; us&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some thoughts on Best City outcomes\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/07\/05\/some-thoughts-on-best-city-outcomes\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some thoughts on Best City outcomes<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Some Barriers to Engagement\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/13\/some-barriers-to-engagement\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Some Barriers to Engagement<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/06\/12\/getting-to-grips-with-social-finance-free-training\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Getting to Grips with Social Finance &#8211; FREE TRAINING<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is the title of a workshop I am submitting to the International Conference on Enterprise Promotion, taking place in Harrogate next month. \u00a0Don&#8217;t know yet if it will be accepted as it bends the &#8216;submission guidelines&#8217; a little. 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