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SUMMARY:Darwin Festival Lecture - 'Risky behaviour - entrepreneurial adapt
 ations to the business jungle' - Prof Barbara Sahakian FMedSci\, Professor
  of Clinical Neuropsychology Department of Psychiatry\, University of Camb
 ridge School of Clinical Medicine
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DESCRIPTION:The *Cambridge Darwin Festival*\, in collaboration with the Ce
 ntre for Entrepreneurial Learning (CfEL) and La Caixa\, cordially invites 
 you to attend a special celebration lecture at Judge Business School on 3r
 d July 2009 \n\n“It is not the strongest of the species that survives\, 
 nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most ada
 ptable to change” Charles Darwin (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) \n
 \nThis quote encapsulates a key Darwinian principle that can be applied su
 ccessfully not only to the biological but also to the business world. In p
 articular\, it can help to explain the special role of entrepreneurs and t
 heir approach to risk taking behaviour which\, for good or ill\, sets them
  apart from others. The lecture will refer to research published late last
  year in Nature in which it is asserted that 'hot' decision-making - invol
 ving the evaluation of reward and punishment - is essential to the entrepr
 eneurial process and may be possible to teach.\n\n*Plus: Special video lin
 k up with audience in Barcelona\, Spain\, supported by La Caixa!*\n\n*Agen
 da:*\n\n6:30pm Welcome\n\n6:35pm Introduction to the overall picture of en
 trepreneurship by *Dr Shailendra Vyakarnam*\, Director of the Centre for E
 ntrepreneurial Learning\n\nFollowed by *Prof Barbara Sahakian FMedSci*\, P
 rofessor of Clinical Neuropsychology Department of Psychiatry\, University
  of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine\, presenting an explanation of r
 esearch recently undertaken to better understand risk taking and decision 
 making among entrepreneurs\n\n7:00pm Question and Answer session - Members
  of the audience in Cambridge and Barcelona will be able to ask questions 
 and interact with the guest speaker(s)\n\n7:30pm Networking and refreshmen
 ts in JBS Common Room\n\n8:00pm Close\n\n*PLEASE RSVP by 26th June*:      
      \n\nContact in UK – *Shelley Gregory-Jones*\, Darwin 2009 Festival 
 Development Board (http://www.darwin2009.cam.ac.uk/ )\; *Email: shelley.gr
 egory-jones@phgfoundation.org*    \n\nFurther information on the research:
 \n\nIn tough periods of economic decline or stagnation and even during per
 iods of stability one of the most sought after qualities in humans has bee
 n the ability to innovate\, creating new solutions and opportunities. In o
 ther words societal progress can at least in part be attributed to entrepr
 eneurial individuals who have made things happen. \n\nBut what are the qua
 lities of entrepreneurs that have made this possible? There are probably f
 ive preconditions for entrepreneurial action: intention to act\, which in 
 turn arises from high levels of self confidence and self belief\; a signif
 icant enough opportunity to create the purpose for action\; personal circu
 mstances that create the perception and desire\; ability to make business 
 decisions\, which are a mix of know-how and know-what and last but not lea
 st the ability to tolerate risk.\n\n*N.B:* This event is one of a series p
 lanned as part of the celebrations for the bicentenary of Darwin’s birth
 \, the 150th anniversary of the publication of his seminal work\, ‘On th
 e Origin of Species’\, and the 800th anniversary of the University of Ca
 mbridge. We warmly invite you to take part in the celebrations to mark the
 se significant events. Further information is available on the Darwin Fest
 ival 2009 web site at http://www.darwin2009.cam.ac.uk/ \n\n\n\n\n\n
LOCATION:Judge Business School\, Trumpington Street\, Cambridge\, CB2 1AG
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