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From ideas to meaningful impact

Innovation is not simply about generating new ideas. Its value lies in transforming those ideas into meaningful, sustainable outcomes.

In an increasingly complex and rapidly changing environment, entrepreneurial leadership can help individuals and organisations recognise opportunities, encourage creativity, navigate uncertainty and translate innovative thinking into practical action.

This journal webinar brings together Prof. Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu and Danial Shaikh for a conversation about the leadership capabilities, learning approaches and organisational conditions that help innovation move beyond intention and create measurable impact.

Drawing on their experience across governance, finance, entrepreneurship education, management training and international facilitation, the discussion will examine how people and organisations can develop the confidence and capabilities needed to innovate, take responsible risks and create value in a changing world.

Moving from creativity to execution

Innovative ideas frequently encounter difficulties when they move from concept to implementation. Effective execution requires more than creativity: it depends on clear communication, an understanding of stakeholder needs, strategic thinking, collaboration and an environment in which experimentation and responsible risk-taking are supported.

The conversation will explore the importance of experiential and project-based learning in developing entrepreneurial capabilities. It will also consider how design thinking, creative problem-solving and practical engagement can help leaders connect ideas with action.

Entrepreneurial leadership is relevant not only to those launching new ventures. It can also strengthen established organisations, educational institutions and professional teams by encouraging adaptability, initiative and sustainable value creation.

The conversation will explore

  • How entrepreneurial leadership supports innovation and sustainable impact.
  • Moving innovative ideas from concept to practical execution.
  • Recognising opportunities and navigating uncertainty.
  • Encouraging creativity and responsible risk-taking.
  • The role of collaboration and effective communication.
  • Understanding and responding to stakeholder needs.
  • Creative problem-solving, design thinking and strategic thinking.
  • The value of experiential and project-based learning.
  • Building environments that support experimentation and innovation.
  • Applying entrepreneurial thinking within established organisations.
  • Connecting innovation with measurable organisational performance.
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Key questions

  • What distinguishes a promising idea from an innovation capable of creating meaningful impact?
  • Which leadership capabilities help turn creativity into practical action?
  • How can individuals and organisations become more confident when navigating uncertainty?
  • What role do communication, collaboration and stakeholder understanding play in successful innovation?
  • How can experiential learning and design thinking develop entrepreneurial capabilities?
  • What conditions enable innovative ideas to progress from experimentation to execution?
  • How can entrepreneurial leadership strengthen organisations beyond the creation of new ventures?

Who should attend?

This webinar will be relevant to:

  • Business leaders and managers
  • Entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs
  • Governance and strategy professionals
  • Innovation and transformation teams
  • Educators, trainers and academic leaders
  • Students and emerging professionals
  • Enterprise-development practitioners
  • Professionals responsible for organisational learning and development
  • Anyone interested in translating ideas into meaningful and sustainable outcomes

In Conversation with

Prof. Sezer Bozkus Kahyaoglu

Host and contributing speaker

Professor Kahyaoglu is an Associate Professor of Finance in the Department of Accounting and Finance at Izmir Bakircay University and a Visiting Associate Professor at the University of South Africa (UNISA). She also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Advances in Corporate Governance (ACG) Journal.

Her professional and academic interests encompass financial markets and instruments, applied econometrics, energy markets, corporate governance, risk management, forensic and fraud accounting, sustainable finance, ethics and auditing.

Danial Shaikh

Entrepreneurship and Management Educator | International Trainer and Facilitator

Danial Shaikh is an entrepreneurship and management educator, international trainer and facilitator. He is an OMLAS Fellow and Sessional Faculty member at Aga Khan University, with experience delivering university courses, corporate training, workshops and experiential learning programmes internationally.

He holds an MSc in Marketing with Advanced Practice from Ulster University in Belfast. His work focuses on entrepreneurship, leadership, innovation, communication and creative commercialisation, using project-based learning and design thinking to help aspiring entrepreneurs and professionals turn ideas into meaningful outcomes.

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Join the Good Governance Academy and GCC BDI for a timely discussion on the governance responsibilities arising from an increasingly complex and fragmented digital world.

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EVENT TIMES

DATE:
20 October 2026

03:00 Los Angeles

06:00 New York

07:00 Rio de Janeiro

11:00 London

12:00 Cape Town

13:00 Riyadh

15:30 New Delhi

18:00 Beijing

19:00 Tokyo

21:00 Melbourne

23:00 Auckland

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