Sprinting for Creative Economy Growth – a Case Study of a Business Planning and Rapid Prototyping Toolkit for the Brasilian Creative Economy Sector

EasyChair Preprint no. 3265

Abstract

This article reflects on the development of a creative economy training product and toolkit developed by Coventry University with SEBRAE (the Brasilian Micro and Small Business Support Service) and funded by British Council. It was devised following two weeks creative economy scoping visits in autumn 2017 in Brasil. The scoping visits identified the need for a fun and “disruptive” business planning experience leading to rapid prototyping which would allow new creative economy ideas to be brought to market at low development cost – “Sprint”. A one day micro Sprint was tested in four locations in Brazil to excellent feedback in late 2017. The client subsequently requested a three day version of the methodology to invest more time in the cultural change of the creative entrepreneur and the development of an associated toolkit. However, we have subsequently rolled out Sprint in a super condensed 3 hour version and piloted a 2 hour version in 2019 in Ukraine. The toolkit offers skills and techniques to train creative entrepreneurs and their mentors enabling the growth of the creative economy in their communities. This case study outlines the implementation of the client commissioned three day Sprint.

Keyphrases: Brasil, British Council, creative economy, cultural change, Rapid Prototyping, Sprint, Ukraine, “disruptive” business planning experience

@Booklet{EasyChair:3265,
  author = {Richard Tomlins and Helen Cuthill and Alan Richards and Arun Sukumar and Oksana Malynka},
  title = {Sprinting for Creative Economy Growth – a Case Study of a Business Planning and Rapid Prototyping Toolkit for the Brasilian Creative Economy Sector},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint no. 3265},

  year = {EasyChair, 2020}}