Organised by our good selves and Dublin City Council, 4 groups took to the stage to give talks and present the participants with a Burning Question for them to answer. The event was very kindly and excellently chaired by Mr. Noel Casserly from Comhar Sustainable Development Council with Michael Stubbs of Dublin City Council providing a very informative keynote to kickstart the event.

Presenting each question was Mark Bennett from Dublin City Council, a team of Masters students from the College of Europe in Brussels working on a report on how to promote green business in Dublin and two Innovation Studios members. I spoke about the core concept of Innovation Studios from a workspace point of view followed by David and Erik who presented our new concept in learning called “Integral Learning”.

The event took the form of a World Café, where after each talk we presented a Burning Question for particpants to chew over amongst roundtables of 6 people and write down their ideas collaboratively. At the end of each talk/question the participants moved to a different table so as to mix with other people and share ideas. We’ve posted slideshows below to show the contributions made by each table.

All in all, the day was a fantastic success with many people enjoying the World Café format which afforded them the opportunity to mix with peers they wouldn’t normally have the chance to. From our point of view, much of our reasons for the importance of Innovation Studios was reinforced with many people innately understanding the need for a grass roots driven enterprise space with open membership to support our country’s micro enterprises. We also had the opportunity to pitch our relavance to those who didn’t understand / appreciate the need for micro enterprise supports and their input gave us a much stronger ability to demonstrate the importance of an Innovation Studios Space.

Here are the transcripts of the sheets… DCC Hub CoE Workshop Transcripts
Here are the slideshows of participant’s contributions from the day, broken down by each Burning Question.

1. What must we do to ensure Dublin realises the potential of the Green Economy by 2010?

Mark Bennett (Dublin City Council)

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2. Could a Green Hub add Value in Dublin? Would a Green hub Work in Dublin?

College of Europe

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3. How do we Utilise the Nation’s/Region’s Strengths? We want your help – How can we help you?

Patrick O’Connor (Innovation Studios)

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4. How Can We Kickstart Green Business Through Innovation Studios?

David Johnson & Erik van Lennep (Innovation Studios)

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Photos taken during the afternoon.

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SMEs – Sustainability Minded Enterprise

New places of work and new ways of working -

A response to emerging enterprise opportunities

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Wood Quay Venue, Civic Offices, 8^th March 2010

Registration from 14.30, event starts 15.00 sharp, networking from 17.30

The Dublin Hub Innovation Studios and Dublin City Council with partners invite you to a workshop event followed by refreshments.  We would value your input and collaboration on our ideas for stimulating and supporting green business in the city, such as the creation of a green innovation and hotdesking enterprise space with a uniquely tailored training programme.

The event is being hosted by Dublin City Council in cooperation with Dublin Hub Innovation Studios and the College of Europe and invitees include city-based entrepreneurs, public authorities, NGOs and private sector.

Places are limited so please fill out a short form to request an invite. We’d love to have a diverse mix of people attending to demonstrate the wide range of interesting and dynamic entrepreneurs making up the micro-enterprise community in Dublin.

Click here for the invite request form.

The Dublin Hub invites you to join us for the next step in the evolution of our – your – workspace.
We are gathering on site to put flesh onto bones, and ideas onto space. We will apply our collective design flair and great ideas to map out a space that will be appealing to work in, will spark our creative powers, will feel comfortable and welcoming, and will communicate a relaxed but professional air of confidence. We want a cool space to work in; attractive and inspiring, well suited to sharing experiences, knowledge and
conversations.

The Hub experience comes from a blending of people, place and purpose. At its heart, the Dublin Hub is about doing business differently, and better. We are not just thinking outside the box, we are redesigning the box, and that’s the point of the evening. We’re going to explore how an open space can be partitioned into potential meeting areas, a kitchen or canteen area, the main hot desk area, and whatever other thoughts we have (library, quiet area, chatting and chillout area, silent disco…).

We hope to grow as a convivial, collaborative community that’s conducive to creative thinking and cooperative working; one that will offer compelling opportunities to foster new business alliances, engage in virtual teams and develop meaningful and productive connections. We’re aiming for a flexible and responsive workspace designed by its members to meet their requirements and realities and leave room for their dreams.

Where is this space? Fumbally Annex, Fumbally Court, Fumbally Lane, Dublin 8, just off New Road / Clanbrassil Street. It’s on Thursday 17th September, starting at 6.30 pm and finishing round 9. Parking is free from 6.30 pm, just round the corner.

Please RSVP, feel free to bring along some others, and in the spirit of community, bring something to eat and some more to share.

As we like to say in the Hub community, you’re invited…

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