Yin-Chi Lee

“As a third year PhD dance studies student, the idea of the Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership Programme seemed relevant and exciting as I entered the last phase of my studies and began to think about my next step in my career. To be able to meet other PhD candidates from all other disciplines also urged me to try this programme. There are not a lot of platforms I know that provide opportunities for different degrees and disciplines to collaborate and to learn together. 

“There are so many personal highlights from the Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership Programme. Having industry leaders coming in to shed light on their career journeys; dissecting and unpacking our personalities and shortcomings in relation to entrepreneurship; learning and making tangible crafts in Unleash Space; collaborating and coming up with innovative ideas with different people; finding out exciting new ideas that I could not have thought of by myself; and lastly, being encouraged to enter the Velocity Innovation Challenge, and then winning a social prize with my new found partner Jane Liu was most definitely a highlight! Overall, I just really enjoy how diverse, inclusive, safe and playful the environment of CIE’s Doctoral Entrepreneurial Leadership programme is.

“I came in without any idea of what the programme was about. Now I feel like I am walking away feeling more confident knowing what I can improve as a creative thinker and do-er. Through others’ experiences, I gained an understanding of what it takes to pursue an idea, and how I can most possibly turn it into reality. I realised many aspects of myself through meeting and co-creating with other participants. I realised my shortcomings and limitations, and what I can do to reset and grow my internal ‘entrepreneurial mindset’. The programme does not necessarily guarantee that I will become an entrepreneur, yet the skills learned through this programme transfer to many areas of my study, work, career and collaborative experiences.”