Post on 26-Jun-2015
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Internationalizing Business in the 21st Century
Background
Amina NabiBSc hons in Technology and Business StudiesMSc Technology Entrepreneurship10 years+ experience working with SME’s, Charities and various social enterprisesEvent managementSaltire Fellowship
The Saltire FoundationWhat is the Saltire FellowshipOur Fellowship roadmap…12 month journey 1st stop…Fast track MBA style 4 months at Babson College…
Babson
Real time experiential teaching by entrepreneurs
Focus on disciplines of leadership, disruptive innovation, sales, marketing, presence, connecting ideas, using real life case studies
2nd stop… my placement at Liberty Mutual…
Liberty Mutual
My project I proposed 4 strategies
One of which was actually based on a strategy practised in the UKNext step… Externship B…
Thinking local…
…acting Global
FreeFlow Global
My project Initial project… proposed
project…
Neil’s vision
The proposal… what happened…
Thinking Global…
…acting Local
The Saltire
New start-up
Concept - bringing brands and people together through the use of powerful word of mouth marketing through social mediums
Where it came from…
Current position…
Intercultural Competence
Communication with people of other cultures
Interaction with people from foreign cultures , understanding thought processes, respecting values, tailoring solutions…
Most importantly a desired want and motivation to continue learning…
Great example HSBC
Benefit of being MultilingualIntercultural competence and the ability to converse in a local language is very valuableEveryone speaks English, right?
only 5.6 % of the world's total population speaks English as a primary language. By conservative estimates, that means that well over four-fifths of the world's population does not speak English 1. Increase global understanding2. Improve employment potential3. Sharpen cognitive and life skills4. Make travel more feasible and enjoyable5. Make lifelong friends
How do you do it…
Get yourself a mentor…Sign up to classes or self teach…Attend networking events that are happening around you…Meet new people…Make your presence valued both on and offline…Leverage social media…More importantly ask lots of questions!Global businesses want global minds!
Learning Outcomes
Remember what you do becomes your life's resume…
Have a purpose, a plan and act with intentionality…
Leadership is about: being a maverick, be strong enough to be able to action upon making that
difference, be able to initiate change, be value driven and have a
focused goal…
What you need to be doing…
How can you innovate – Realize the pain, be reactive and capture
the opportunitySeek the networks you have and
leadership values within and make that difference
Watch trends – have peripheral vision, adopt a global mindset, spot, anticipate
and adopt opportunities, aim to become a generalist and stop being such a
specialist, look across industries – there's lots to learn
The greatest opportunities you will face and may even lead, haven't yet been invented!
Jar Story…
“Leadership and learning are indispensible to each other” –
J F Kennedy
Last thoughts…
…read, read, read – train your brain……if you understand death you will
understand how to survive……don’t let wisdom be replaced with
stubbornness……don’t just study the winners, its just as
important to study the ‘losers’……think of a better mousetrap…
…the greatest ideas come from the simplest of things…
…wander to wonder……remember who is on your roadblock
list…
…go do…