Mind maps:

• http://www.mindmapping.com/
• Online mind mapping tool > https://www.mindmup.com/ 

SMART-goals:

• https://www.yourcoach.be/en/coaching-tools/smart-goal-setting.php
• Achieve more by setting SMART-Goals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA53yhiOe04

• SMART-Goals > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-SvuFIQjK8

• 6 Secrets of Creative Goal Setting > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeGAUADKWnI

• If you want to achieve your goals, don’t focus on them > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V2PP3p4_4R8

Highbrow:

• Highbrow is an email subscription service that brings bite-sized courses straight to your inbox every morning. All courses are 10 days long and are broken down into 5-minute lessons to make sure you can read them with your morning coffee. Subscription is free! > https://gohighbrow.com/

 Creativity in Business – a preparation for Unit 3, which is fully focussing on your business creativity

• What creativity is trying to tell you > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMOqIJ9V_K4

• A crash course in creativity > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gyM6rx69iqg

• The science of improving your brain’s creativity > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y44GBM99JOA

Interesting videos

• Networking tips from one of the UK’s most successful female entrepreneurs Lara Morgan: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avVl5TwE5Ag
• Body Language – 5 ways to improve your nonverbal communication skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQh7t4WRHOk
• Non-verbal communication: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKhsavlvuao
• 3 ways to develop creative problem solving culture in enterprises: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1p4BZ8trl8 (Dr. Camarda provides insight to creative problem solving in enterprises).
• How to work with Wicked Problems? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrWbicvDLPw (The video describes what a wicked problem is and how to approach it using e.g. the method of Design Thinking).

Links to TEDTalks related to this topic

• Non-verbal communication, Leyla Tacconi, TEDxBritishSchoolofBrussels: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6NTM793zvo
• Cultural differences in business, Valerie Hoeks, TEDxHaarlem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMwjscSCcf0
• See Problems As Opportunities by Mona Patel (How “I can’t” can become an idea): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzAyOddR5u4
• How frustration can make us more creative by Tim Harford (Frustrations can become new solutions, ideas and concepts): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7wF2AdVy2Q

Links to articles, blogs, and websites

• Design Thinking Tools by IDEO: https://www.ideo.com/tools
• Development Impact & You PRACTICAL TOOLS TO TRIGGER & SUPPORT SOCIAL INNOVATION http://diytoolkit.org/media/DIY-Toolkit-Full-Download-A4-Size.pdf
• Toolkit: http://diytoolkit.org/
• Service Design tools: https://www.mindtools.com/pages/main/newMN_TMC.htm

Business Makeover:

• https://www.businessmakeover.eu/

Business Persona:

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDcNl647PNM

Motivation:

• ‘8 Simple Tips to Stay Motivated’! > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU9NiuguC2I

• Intrinsic v Extrinsic Motivation > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kUNE4RtZnbk

• The Science of Motivation > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZT-FZqfxZA

• The Power of Motivation: Crash Course Psychology #17 > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hdSLiHaJz8

• Dan Pink – The Puzzle of Motivation > https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_pink_on_motivation#t-249420

• Dan Ariely – What Makes Us Feel Good About Our Work? > https://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_what_makes_us_feel_good_about_our_work

Resilience

• The Secret of Becoming Mentally Strong | Amy Morin > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFbv757kup4

• The Power of Resilience | Sam Goldstein > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isfw8JJ-eWM

• Cultivating resilience | Greg Eells > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLzVJVM1BUc

• Resilience as a key to success | Elke Geraerts > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhI7l6YK3Kw

• Resilience: Crack your shell | Heather Warman > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTj1bv6T9ds

• Why some of us don’t have one true calling > http://www.ted.com/talks/emilie_wapnick_why_some_of_us_don_t_have_one_true_calling

• Artistic mediation for intercultural adaptation: ariadne4art.eu
• Coaching about mobility experience: http://cccc.eu/momap/
• Entrepreneurship for women: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYxdg9ywwMU&t=65s
• Professional network of migrant entrepreneurs women: femigrants.org
• Barriers of migrant entrepreneurs women: http://dro.deakin.edu.au/eserv/DU:30069645/azmat-entrepreneurial-2014.pdf
• Model of national Culture: https://geerthofstede.com/culture-geert-hofstede-gert-jan-hofstede/6d-model-of-national-culture/

Creative thinking – how to get out of the box and generate ideas: Giovanni Corazza at TEDxRoma

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEusrD8g-dM

The Nature of Creativity and The Courage to Create

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLaBgT3zE-A

The power of creative constraints – Brandon Rodriguez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5FL9VTBZzQ

How to Solve a Problem in Four Steps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOjTJAFyNrU

The 5 WHYS Problem Solving Technique

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrSDTWW1KhU

A method developed by Sakichi Toyoda, founder of Toyota Industries.

The Psychology of Problem-Solving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vg936IW9i7Q

Working backward to solve problems – Maurice Ashley

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v34NqCbAA1c

How to Build Resilience: Quarters of Encouragement

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwKtN1cZDto

Confidence and Resilience Overview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHwyvw8gZDU

Building Resilience: 5 Ways to a Better Life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPMqMJMiBiA

Dr. Stephen Marmer offers 5 tips for coping with life’s unwelcome surprises.

How To Be Confident

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Tk82hEHNnY

The importance of cultivating a global mindset | Nia Lyte | TEDxKyoto

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4geb9D-0lhs

Global Mindset : Mindsetmax

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6BcRStssRQ

Leadership : Execution and Teamwork

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FGEVL19AaGA

Leadership + Teamwork: 5 Signs of Dysfunction

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K5STBzj9XA

Leadership and teamwork relations.

THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK TO BUSINESS CHANGE – Leadership – Organization

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL-fb3dSMCI

What is COMMERCIALIZATION? What does COMMERCIALIZATION mean? COMMERCIALIZATION meaning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vh3mhD8e8zg

What does it take to be customer-oriented?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6x1hkw–wc

Tolerance for Ambiguity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkRSTZ4uWa4

Dealing With Ambiguity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l15DRMkt9pk
“The secret to happiness is a high tolerance for ambiguity.” Described by Sam Buser, Ph.D.

Commitment – Motivational Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGySkJhnkcI

Best Entrepreneur Advice For Beginners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cwWSxkWJmU

What is Entrepreneurship Commitment?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alBfiv_24X0

Establishing a business in the UK

• https://www.gov.uk/set-up-business

Government website stating the different aspects of setting up a business in the UK.

• https://www.expatica.com/uk/employment/self-employment/starting-a-business-in-the-uk-1105218/

Explanation of business development in the UK, with information regarding working visas and residence permits.

• http://www.greatbusiness.gov.uk/start/

Government help and support on starting a business in Great Britain.

Tax and VAT information in the UK

• https://www.gov.uk/topic/business-tax/vat

A fully comprehensive list of all the links and guidance needed in relation to VAT and Business Tax.

Key infrastructures for business growth in the UK

• https://www.great.gov.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIkYfyre6f4gIVKrvtCh2hPQ8GEAAYASAAEgLTofD_BwE

A guide for international trade within a business.

• https://www.growthbusiness.co.uk/

A Business Growth platform with information on funding, managing and expansion of a business.

• https://www.gov.uk/growing-your-business

Government information regarding business growth.

Funding opportunities in the UK

• https://www.gov.uk/business-finance-support

Comprehensive list of all financial support for businesses via the Government website

• https://www.fundingcircle.com/uk/businesses/

How to get a business loan via the Funding Circle

Tax and customs in the UK

• https://www.gov.uk/topic/business-tax/import-export

A list of useful information from the government website regarding:

• exchange rates
• goods and customs
• storing goods
• relevant forms and manuals

Legal considerations in the UK

• https://www.local.gov.uk/our-support/general-data-protection-regulation-gdpr

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) changed in May 2018 and helps to protect the public’s data. Knowledge about these regulations is essential to comply with the laws and avoid prosecution.

• https://www.gov.uk/business-uk-leaving-eu

Business preparations for leaving the European Union

• https://www.gov.uk/national-minimum-wage-rates

Laws and regulations regarding the national minimum wage.

Design methods help to find user-oriented, creative and alternative solutions to challenges, and to involve users. Here are links to some tools.

Nesta: https://www.nesta.org.uk/resources

Practical tools and resources to help to generate ideas and support innovation: see e.g. https://www.nesta.org.uk/publications/diy-toolkit  (a toolkit for social innovation)

Toolkit: http://diytoolkit.org/

Human-centered design kit by IDEO: http://www.designkit.org/methods

Stanford d. School Resources & Tools: https://dschool.stanford.edu/resources-collections/

Alexandar Cowan Venture Design: https://www.alexandercowan.com/venture-design/

Design Thinking for Business Innovation’ book by MJV: http://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/1701231/Documents/Design_Thinking_-_The_Book/Design_Thinking_The_Book.pdf

Service design toolkit: https://www.servicedesigntoolkit.org/

Service design tools: http://www.servicedesigntools.org/

1. The Power of an Entrepreneurial Mindset | Bill Roche | TEDxLangleyED

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ihs4VFZWwn4

2. From refugee to entrepreneur | Anna Nooshin | TEDxAmsterdamWomen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaNwKbR5av0

3. Entrepreneurship for Migrants | Betty Encinales | TEDxSOAS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nqFE_amaDG0

4. Empowering Women Benefits Everyone | Jane Sojka | TEDxUCincinnati

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC0Zx7VxxNg

5. What it takes to be a migrant entrepreneur | Rafael dos Santos | TEDxRoyalTunbridgeWells

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwUnUiyh-8Q

6. 5 Women Entrepreneurs Share Their Secrets To Success | Refinery29

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHLIXbqlOU

7. Interview with world’s most successful female entrepreneur, Kay Koplovitz

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkEzLn_FhN8

8. Power of Women Entrepreneurship | K Ratna Prabha IAS | TEDxDSCE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsVIWE7e6s

9. The real reason female entrepreneurs get less funding | Dana Kanze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hokUdXYRe2Q