{"id":1292,"date":"2008-09-03T11:31:49","date_gmt":"2008-09-03T11:31:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localenterprise.wordpress.com\/?p=200"},"modified":"2008-09-03T11:31:49","modified_gmt":"2008-09-03T11:31:49","slug":"enterprise-as-a-process-of-becoming-the-emergence-of-identity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2008\/09\/03\/enterprise-as-a-process-of-becoming-the-emergence-of-identity\/","title":{"rendered":"Enterprise as a Process of Becoming &#8211; the Emergence of Identity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprise is not about business and entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n<p>It is not about premises, finances, business plans and swots.<\/p>\n<p>It is a process for human development.<\/p>\n<p>It is a way of exploring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>who I am,<\/li>\n<li>what my potentials are\/might be, and<\/li>\n<li>the kind of future that I could create.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is way of living \u2013 of becoming.<\/p>\n<p>Enterprise can be a catalyst, a framework, for the emergence of identity.<\/p>\n<p>We need to develop enterprise programmes that pay serious attention to these issues of identity development and the process of \u2018becoming\u2019.\u00a0 Enterprise as the emergence of identity.\u00a0 There are links here to other ways in which some people find their identity \u2013 gangs, drink, knifes, drugs, crime etc and enterprise as a &#8216;diversionary&#8217; activity.\u00a0 A &#8216;substitution&#8217; product if you like.<\/p>\n<p>The education system doesn\u2019t take identity seriously &#8211;\u00a0 so there is a really interesting vacuum that the enterprise industry could step into if it could learn to re-position itself and become experts in developing human potential rather than the mechanics of the business plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Posts\"><ul class=\"entry-meta\"><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<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/05\/01\/inward-investment-a-dummies-guide\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Inward Investment &#8211; What&#8217;s the problem?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"The Age of Stupid\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/03\/06\/the-age-of-stupid\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Age of Stupid<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"A Way Forward for Communities?\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/02\/16\/a-way-forward-for-communities\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">A Way Forward for Communities?<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"SPOSTARBUST-Related-Post\"><a title=\"Product, Price, Place and Promotion &#8211; lessons for the entrepreneur from a virtuoso violinist\" href=\"http:\/\/realisedevelopment.net\/index.php\/2012\/02\/14\/product-price-place-and-promotion-lessons-for-the-entrepreneur-from-a-virtuoso-violinist\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Product, Price, Place and Promotion &#8211; lessons for the entrepreneur from a virtuoso violinist<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enterprise is not about business and entrepreneurship. It is not about premises, finances, business plans and swots. It is a process for human development. It is a way of exploring: who I am, what my potentials are\/might be, and the kind of future that I could create. It is way of living \u2013 of becoming. 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