We here so much about the importance of enterprise, and how we in the UK support it is going to be one of the issues central to the election debate. But who are the real catalysts of enterprise?

• Is it the government - they do play a role in facilitating enterprise? In reality it can’t be the government, but it could be certain members of the government if they believe and support enterprise passionately and skilfully. Who could it be and why?
• Is it the education system - how much impact can education have? Again it is probably focused upon specific teachers, managers and students - all of who have a massive role to play - but only certain ones are liable to be the real catalysts of enterprise. Who could it be and why?
• Is it the people who decide to become self-employed and create their own businesses - are they the real drivers of enterprise? Who are the people whose enterprising mind and behaviour set drives the UK’s economy?
• What about the public sector - Business Links, RDA’s, Local Authorities, Enterprise Agencies etc - who is it that makes a difference?

The Enterprise Catalyst itself plays a part, but lets find out who the real catalysts of enterprise are and accolade their contribution and success!!!

David has been invited to deliver a workshop on ‘psychological games’ at this years Business Exchange conference to be held in Newcastle 3/4 March 2010. Psychological games are the essence of life, but when they become serious and disruptive they can wreck an otherwise profitable business. Contact David for more information.

There have been a few articles rccently talking about the benefits and potential dangers of embracing positive psychology. Most recently this was raised in the Independent.

It begs another question for me - can entrepreneurs be really happy - there is a massive claim that we can, but with such a difficult job is it possible?

We have started to use the Enterprise Catalyst as a measure of well-being and the results are interesting if we accept that people’s sense of well-being relates to their contribution to society - both causal and as a result.

Interesting thoughts?

Psychologists have always had an interest in attractiveness and its imapct upon a whole range of issues - usually career advancement. However I recently read a piece on the type of car males and female drive and their prerceived attractiveness - It got me thinking about the influence of attractiveness upon success in business. Is there anything to comment upon that would be a useful addition to debate?

I am amazed at what is increasingly available on the net. If you are developing teaching inputs - a lot of the hard work is already done. Take a look at slide share if you are looking for slides to guide your work using the Enterprise Catalyst.

Great news this week - we passed the 10000th user for the new Enterprise Catalyst. Take a look - its free and will really help your enterprise education agenda. As we keep hearing - enterprise education is all about psychology and emotional development - the Enterprise Catalyst answers many questions.

How is it possible to tackle the challenges of PLTS and PSHE when there are so many other demands being made upon teachers and students? I have been delivering a number of workshops recently introducing teachers to the . The response is amazing - a simple online profiling tool that gives personal development Enterprise Catalystfeedback to kids and teachers (and business owners) - is proving highly effective. What really pleases me is the way in which teachers identify so mkany different ways of building the Enterprise Catalyst into their work with students. Whilst the Enterprise catalyst was originally designed to develop enterprise skills - it is now clearly a tool which has many uses and help teachers to tackle many of the issues they face when dealing with PLTS and PSHE.

Take a look at the Enterprise Catalyst and get in touch if you have any questions.

Use of the Enterprise Catalyst is free!

So what’s going on in the world of education. After a series of valiant and motivated efforts teachers have seriously began to take up the enetrprise education agenda and are cascading initiatives, events and programmes throughout schools. Unfortunately this usually requires a few sessions of CPD, but this is becoming increasingly difficult as teachers are struggling to get released to attend. Are there any answers to this challenge?

David

Hello again - its seems an age - we have been really busy - new products, new programmes and lots of engagement with the enterprise market place. Take a look at this as one of our latest solutions to the downturn - getting people going again is as much about psychology as it is about C.V.’s.

Read the Newcastle Journal article. 

What is it that we don’t want to know about? What is it that is affecting the success of our businesses, but we dont want to acknowledge it, becasue it looks a little too scary. Whatever it is, in my experience it is better to face up to some of the challenges and difficult things before they become too great and costly.

David