Decoding the Entrepreneurial Mindset with Rachel Stockey

Today on the Evolving Leader podcast, co-hosts Scott Allender and Jean Gomes talk to Rachel Stockey. Rachel is the head of The Department of Entrepreneurial Skills at King’s College London. Rachel’s mission is to unlock the limitless potential of people and their ideas and as part of that she works to demystify the world of entrepreneurship in order to spark the next generation of thought leaders, disrupters and innovators who are ready to take on the big challenges we face globally. Outside of King’s, Rachel coaches entrepreneurs ‘to help them stay sane’, make better decisions, build better companies and look after themselves in the process.

References from this episode:
Seven skills of an entrepreneurial mindset

How entrepreneurial is your current thinking?


Other reading from Jean Gomes and Scott Allender:
Leading in a Non-Linear World: Building Wellbeing, Strategic and Innovation Mindsets for the Future (Jean Gomes, 2022)

The Enneagram of Emotional Intelligence: A Journey to Personal and Professional Success (Scott Allender, 2023)


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The Evolving Leader is researched, written and presented by Jean Gomes and Scott Allender with production by Phil Kerby. It is an Outside production.

Chapters

• 0:00 Introduction
• 3:28 How did you become so passionate about entrepreneurialism?
• 5:37 You’ve mentioned codifying entrepreneurial skills. What else is King’s entrepreneurship institute aiming to achieve?
• 9:24 Can we run through what those seven skills are?
• 13:47 What is the mindset you have to adopt to lean into building all these skills, and how much cross over is there between these skills as they go through this journey?
• 19:36 Do you see any of these particular skills being consistently more challenging for people?
• 24:16 Beyond shear mental compartmentalisation or willpower, is there something that you encourage people to do be able to delineate and create that separation and know that ‘this isn’t actually me, this is a product or idea’?
• 26:38 Are you seeing any generational differences in the approach to this work?
• 29:04 Turning to the Women Entrepreneurs Network, why did you set it up and what is it doing?
• 33:18 Give us a sense of some of the barriers that you’ve identified.
• 37:14 How can someone listening right now get involved with your network?
• 41:19 Can you talk a little bit about the work you’ve done with corporate sponsors and the opportunity for others to get involved?
• 44:23 You work to help support people with their wellbeing and sanity through all of this. Tell us about that.
• 48:03 Are you seeing any differences in the wellbeing needs and challenges of men and women?
• 50:26 Tell us about what some of your students have achieved in their work and their startups.
• 53:47 What’s next for you?
• 56:41 Being surrounded by all these entrepreneurs, have you ever thought about creating your own startup?