Jaleesa Simpson, 6 December, 2022
In the latest series of The Future Enterprise, a global webinar series jointly presented by MIT Sloan School of Management and QUT Business School, our global experts explored three new topics.
They unpacked the system of innovation, discussed the mindset required to embrace entrepreneurship and explored creating sustainable innovation.
Delve deeper into the topics of our third series in their wrap-up articles and watch the webinar recordings below.
The Innovative Enterprise
“If you stop innovating and thinking about the big picture, there’s a long-lasting effect on business performance.” - Professor Rowena Barrett
To open the third series, Professor Fiona Murray, CBE from MIT Sloan and Professor Robert Perrons from QUT drew on their deep expertise to unpack the system of innovation.
Their discussion included innovation in deep tech, geopolitical tension and the innately human nature of innovation processes. Their steps for creating an innovative enterprise include:
- Encourage collaboration
- Create serendipity
- Establish geopolitical innovation from the start
The Entrepreneurial Enterprise
“As leaders you need to create opportunities for entrepreneurs to flourish.” - Professor Rowena Barrett, QUT
“Entrepreneurship is needed now more than ever.” - Bill Aulet, MIT
Continuing series three, Professor Rowena Barrett from QUT and Bil Aulet form MIT discussed the mindset required to embrace entrepreneurship.
This webinar included discussions on the below topics:
- What is an entrepreneurial mindset?
- Aren't you born with an entrepreneurial mindset?
- What's the difference between entrepreneurs and managers?
- How to foster an entrepreneurial mindset
The Sustainable Enterprise
“As companies and leaders, you will be faced with the cost of misbehaviour…it’s profitable to do good.” – Professor Roberto Rigobon, MIT
“How are we contributing to ensure that we can actually create economic opportunities and sovereignty along our supply chain?” – Professor Sagadevan G. Mundree, QUT
For the final webinar of series three, Professor Roberto Rigobon from MIT and Professor Sagadevan G. Mundree from QUT discussed how organisations can create sustainable change.
Our experts' advice for creating sustainable innovation included:
- Understand the cost of your behaviour
- Become an industry leader
- Listen to your customers
- Communicate to change behaviour
Want to discover more about The Future Enterprise? Explore the whole series here.
Author
Jaleesa is the Marketing Content Coordinator for the Business and Law Faculty. She also is an alumni of QUT, completing a Master of Business (Integrated Marketing Communication), and a sessional academic in the Business School.