Schools Partnership WELCOME TO THE PERSE CONFERENCE ON ENTERPRISE 2008 VISION INTO ACTION Sponsored by ARM, EEDA, Bailey Fisher, Allied Irish Bank, Alimentum Cambridge Worldwide Associates, Bacchanalia

Schools Partnership Conference Organiser John Southworth Director of Co-Curriculum

Schools Partnership Administration Fire Toilets Student packs and brochure Sponsors Breakout Rooms Location for refreshments Timings – please try to keep to them Zappers Please enjoy your day

Schools Partnership Any Questions? Sponsored by: ARM, EEDA, Bailey Fisher, Allied Irish Bank, Alimentum Cambridge Worldwide Associates, Bacchanalia

Schools Partnership VISION INTO ACTION Professor Alan Barrell Chairman for the Day

Schools Partnership Concerning Vision - Dare to Dream…. Dare to Dream and dont let anyone tell you your dream cannot come true ! Professor David Skorton, President, Cornell University

Schools Partnership Vision, Action and the the Changing Horizon Environment Issues The death of deference New employment patterns Organisations Globalisation Technology

Schools Partnership Sources of Competitiveness – for Visionaries to consider Creativity Risk Speed Reputation Cost Values Learning Information

Schools Partnership The World in Transformation – lets Visualise…. Speed of Communication Sources of Security Flattening of Structures Entrepreneurial Opportunities Transforming Relationships New Skills Learning Impact of Technology Stress levels Rising Collapsing of Boundaries Permanent Temps Shifting and Contradictory Values Rise of Asian Superpowers – China and India

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Technology – How much did we Visualise?.... – take an average DAY in 2003 All international phone calls 1971 All airline passengers 1975 All mobile phones 1984 All s 1992 All SMS 1998 Source: Analysys, World Bank and ITU

Schools Partnership Vision, Heroes, and Exploration

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Vision, History and Culture – can we learn anything ?

Schools Partnership A REAL Hero….he changed the WORLD ! From a prison cell

Schools Partnership A Heros Home for 18 Years….Could WE have survived it ?

Schools Partnership Imagination and Vision Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world Albert Einstein

Schools Partnership Discovery comes from within…through seeking……. The Source of Real Discovery consists not in seeking new Landscapes ….. But in having NEW EYES Marcel Proust

Schools Partnership How BIG is the World ? The World is big enough for everyones needs – but it is too small for the GREED of one man ! Mahatma Gandhi

Schools Partnership Heroes can show Humility Greatness and Richness are not synonymous

Schools Partnership To get rich is GLORIOUS Deng Xiaoping 1982 China Wakes ! A Chinese Hero

Schools Partnership A Brainpower Hero

Schools Partnership Repeating Einstein on IMAGINATION…. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world Albert Einstein

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Is there RISK involved?....Oh dear….

Schools Partnership You look at things and ask - why? but I dream of things that never were and ask - George Bernard Shaw why not? Why MINDSET matters – whats an Entrepreneur ?

Schools Partnership Joseph Schumpeter (1911) – " Entrepreneurs blow gales of creative destruction. Role of the entrepreneur in transforming economies by developing: New products New methods of production New ways of organizing Untapped raw materials Enhanced competitive performance

Schools Partnership Thinking of Creativity and Innovation - Would you invest in this team ?

Schools Partnership What did you decide? Creativity and Innovation are inside not outside qualities. Presentational styles have changed ! Microsoft Corporation, 1978

Schools Partnership Anyone know him?....His Vision and Ideas changed the World….

Schools Partnership Growing up – a young man whose Vision and Scientific Application changed the world – strong Cambridge connections

Schools Partnership Often Lampooned – heroes often are….

Schools Partnership Leadership, Vision and Achievement – Realising Dreams with Plans and Action Vision without Action is a Daydream…. Action without vision is a Nightmare…. Japanese Proverb - Anon

Schools Partnership Leadership, Vision, People, Action and Enterprise – Organising for Success Vision alone is not enough! Leadership Vision People Support & mentoring Columbus spirit & PMA Will-power & determination Culture Purpose Innovation

Schools Partnership In of Excellence ! In Pursuit of Excellence ! Excellence can be achieved, if we: Care more than others think is wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream more than others think is practical, Expect more than others think is possible. Deborah Johnson-Ross

Schools Partnership Make it a Day when your thoughts, ideas and interaction focus on YOUR VISION and how to turn it into ACTION – GO FOR IT !

Schools Partnership VISION INTO ACTION Sponsored by: ARM, EEDA, Bailey Fisher, Allied Irish Bank Restaurant Alimentum, Cambridge Worldwide Associates, Bacchanalia