Newcastle University

Event:  Building Corporate Entrepreneurship: Harnessing Entrepreneurial Capabilities in Established Organisations

Date:  Wednesday 16th November 2011

Time:  15.00 – 19.30

Place:  conference room, 8th floor, Newcastle University Business School, 5 Barrack Road, NE1 4SE

REGISTRATION HAS NOW BEEN CLOSED FOR THIS EVENT - THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.  

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To coincide with Global Entrepreneurship Week 14th- 20th November 2011, which involves 104 countries around the world, encompasses 40,000 events and attracts 10 million participants, the Business School is hosting its inaugural, New Perspectives event, to begin the quarterly series.

This workshop is intended to highlight what it means for an established organisation to be entrepreneurial, and how this can be achieved.  The session will be facilitated by experienced practitioners, academics, and a ‘pracademic’ who will all share evidence-based insights on what organisations can do to develop or sustain an entrepreneurial orientation.

The event has three value-adding components:

1) Interacting with experienced consultants and organisational leaders
2) Learning from two diagnostic tools
3) Dialogue around the diagnostic feedback with the developers

Presenters

Professor James Hayton

David Goldman Professor of Innovation and Enterprise

Newcastle University Business School Formerly an external research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Economics, Professor Hayton was also a visiting professor at Zhejiang University (China). Prior to joining Newcastle University Business School in 2010, he held academic posts in the US (San Jose State University; Utah State University) and Italy (Bocconi University/SDA Bocconi). He also serves as an adjunct professor at SDA Bocconi, providing executive education in the field of strategic human resource management.

Peter Sayburn

Founder & Director

Market Gravity

Peter is a founder and director of Market Gravity, a specialist growth and innovation consultancy.  Market Gravity helps large companies to create new businesses, grow existing businesses, and develop sustainable growth capabilities. Based in London, the team works across Europe with blue-chip clients including Centrica, Lloyds Banking Group, VISA, npower, and Barclaycard. 

Kevin Murray

Lloyds, Solutions Design & Innovation

Lloyds Banking Group Kevin has 20 years experience working in the financial services industry.  He is a practitioner of innovation and skilled at driving and delivering new propositions in blue-chip organisations.  His experience includes positions at RBS Insurance, Aviva, RAC Financial Services and NatWest.  More recently, Kevin has been driving innovation across a portfolio of propositions at Lloyds Banking Group within their Transaction Banking division.

Professor Jeff Hornsby

Kansas State University Jeffrey S. Hornsby, Ph.D., SPHR is the Jack Vanier Distinguished Chair in Innovation and Entrepreneurship , Director of the K-State Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Management at Kansas State University. His research has concentrated in the areas of corporate entrepreneurship, entrepreneurial motivation, compensation, teambuilding, and human resource management practices for emerging and entrepreneurial businesses. He has authored or co-authored over 110 refereed journal and proceedings articles and his research has earned three conference best paper awards.

Professor David Johnson

Venture to Think Ltd

Newcastle University Business School Professor David Johnson PhD is a chartered psychologist and coach, and a recognised expert in ‘mindset development’. He has worked successfully with many businesses, helping them to develop the attitudinal and behavioural profiles that support the emergence of entrepreneurship and innovation. David is particularly interested in working with individuals and teams in larger organisations seeking to overcome some of the recognised psychological and behavioural barriers to corporate entrepreneurship.

Who should attend?

This event is intended for executives and senior and middle managers (including owner-managers) with an interest in how to build an entrepreneurial capability in their organisations.  Corporate entrepreneurship can apply to organisations of any size although managers in medium and large enterprises will find the discussion most relevant.  The workshop will be of particular value to those organisations with aspiration to grow through innovation.

How to book your place…

Please note that once you register via this link, you will then receive a weblink that will take you to the diagnostic tests. 

**These tests MUST BE COMPLETED prior to attending the event.

For further information about the Corporate Entrepreneurship event, please contact our conference and events coordinator, Ruth Warwick 0191 208 1637, ruth.warwick@ncl.ac.uk

For media and press related queries, please contact our communications assistant, Rachael Morrison 0191 208 1629, r.morrison@ncl.ac.uk