Developing an Enterprise

Aims of the workshop

• work as a team to develop ideas for a new enterprise

• explore possible options and deepen your understanding

• explore issues of interest & see them from different perspectives

• develop an action plan • learn skills - creative

engagement & collaborative planning

Introducing the kit – Write /draw on leaves

1 idea per leaf, write so others can read

Coloured leaves for different questions (write on the coloured side)

Time on own to develop ideas

Sharing ideas – go round the circle

You can move ideas around

Branches provide themes, some blanks

You can add more ideas as you go along, simply write them on leaves

You can move around the workspaces

Outcomes from this workshop

Overview of key workshop stages

• Existing assets - what works well?

• Future possibilities

• Challenges

• Goals

Leaves for ideas

• Existing assets – what works well?

Point leaves at branches

Branches

• Product / service & customer• Marketing & sales • Production and delivery• Infrastructure & operations• Cash flow & financing • Research & development • Team & partnerships• Blank

Meaning of these branches:

• Product / service & customer – what value will this enterprise provide to the customer? Is there a social mission?

• Marketing & sales – how will customers know about it? • Production and delivery – how will this get made or developed,

and delivered to the customer? • Infrastructure & operations – who, where, when, what how will

you organise yourselves? • Cash flow & financing – where will money come from? What are

the sources of revenue?• Research & development – how will you develop further ideas?

How will you test your product?• Team & partnerships – who will do these activities? What skills

do you need and where can you find them? • Blank – for ideas that don’t fit in the above categories

Leaves for ideas

• Existing assets – what works well?

• Future possibilities

Cluster similar ideas

Leaves for ideas

• Existing assets – what works well?

• Future possibilities

• Table swap – what is important

• & why? Any comments or questions?

Leaves for ideas

• Existing assets – what works well?

• Future possibilities

• Challenges

Leaves for ideas

• Existing assets – what works well?

• Future possibilities

• Challenges Solutions

Leaves for ideas

• Existing assets – what do you already have to answer the questions?

• Future possibilities - What else do you need to do to answer the questions?

• Challenges Solutions

• Goals

Ketso grid for action plan

Process – action planning

• Why: goals and milestones – what are you trying to achieve?

• What: actions to achieve the goals• When: what is the timescale, when do

actions need to happen? Where do the actions go on the timeline?

• How (much) – what is the budget? What do all the components cost?

• Who – is going to do this? Who is responsible?

Six takeaways - engagement

• Everyone has a voice - Give everyone a way to make an input at the same time

• Individual and group time - Give people time on their own to develop their ideas before sharing them

• Activity-led - Give an activity for each stage of the process

• Start with the positive - Ask what is going well? What works?

• End with solutions not problems - Give some time to develop solutions to problems

• Action - Remember the takeaway messages & action points