A new educational model that illustrates how imagination leads to entrepreneurship is set to be demonstrated by Microsoft at a workshop for 200 students in Malta. The model, called the Invention Cycle, was pioneered by Stanford University professor Tina Seelig. It captures attitudes and actions necessary to foster innovation and how this helps bring breakthrough ideas to the world.

The intractive workshop will be led by Natasha Chornesky from Microsoft Learning Experience at Malta’s Microsoft Innovation Centre (MIC) in Skyparks, Gudja. It will tackle topics such as how to develop an entrepreneurial mindset that allows participants to see the world as opportunity rich; how to use specific tools for problem-solving; how to take advantage of factors within to unlock one’s pathway to invention; and how to draw a clear road map for moving from inspiration to implementation.

MIC business development manager Edward Portelli said: “There is an insatiable demand for innovation and entrepreneurship to help people and companies thrive in today’s competitive and dynamic marketplace. However there hasn’t been a well-charted course from rough ideas to polished ventures.

“The 200 students participating in this workshop will be led through a series of projects that provide stepping-stones that will help them identify their ideas and put them into motion.”

Prior to joining the Microsoft academic team Chornesky spent 13 years in schools as a classroom teacher and principal.

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