Interview with Dr. Katrin Schlecht.
"For me, entrepreneurship education means always critically questioning one’s own approach and creatively adapting it, thereby making it possible to implement one’s ideas successfully."
What constitutes entrepreneurial thinking for you?
Openness and creativity. Someone who thinks and acts entrepreneurially is someone who is always trying to stay one step ahead of others. In order to succeed, you have to walk through the world with your eyes open. You can’t follow a single path too rigidly. Instead, you have to be able to adapt creatively to changing circumstances.
Why does this make someone a better leader?
Good leaders must carry others along and motivate them. This only works when you have conviction in your way of doing things. If you stay flexible and always question your own approach, you make more reflective decisions that make sense to others. This is an essential foundation that enables a team to implement ideas successfully.
How does the foundation promote these competencies?
Through practice. We believe that entrepreneurship education isn’t only about disseminating theory. We therefore support educational projects through which children and young adults can apply their ideas and thereby discover what it means to act entrepreneurially. Only through lived experience can a sustainable spirit of entrepreneurship be awakened.