On Tue, 4 Jun 1996 hweesing@singnet.com.sg wrote:
> I tend to consider entrepreneurship something about innovation rather
> than invention. It is not necessary technical. It brings about change
> in perception, meaning of life, knowledge etc.
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> Could someone enlighten me with a better definition of entrepreneurship;
> the process of entrepreneurship....
Hello.
I've noticed that if one takes advantage of opportunity-that person
is called an entrepreneur. In my company there is a lot of talk about
what is is to be "world class" and "systems thinking", but most are
content to talk about it, and I'm called a "creative thinker" because I
just do what the system says it wants us to do. I consider this to be
particularly weird because I feel I'm not doing anything except what what
my upper management has asked of us. But the DOING seems to be something
special.
Why? I don't know. But I wonder if there is a barrier to the DOING
that I just don't see, or worry about. Is it "innovative" to take a new
freedom and run with it? or is it reckless?
I've figured out that my career development is in MY hands, not my
managements hands. So if I'm given an opportunity to explore that my
potential is, then I need to do it.
I guess my point here is, maybe entrepreneurship isn't so mysterious.
I suspect it's simply making an assessment of what you have, figuring out
what you can do with it, and then doing that is what entrepreneurship is
really all about. Sure, some innovation may crop up, maybe even a little
bit of invention, but I find that usually, allthe pieces exist to take
advantage of "what I have", I just simply have to Go and Do.
So I wonder if the real question is, What stifles entrepreneurship?
or Why do people NOT do with what they have? I have a rule of thumb that
I apply to myself. It says: Go and find out. or Find out WHAT's
POSSIBLE.
Possibilities are what innovation is all about.
Thanks:
Michael Erickson
sysengr@atc.boeing.com
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