Taking initiative; Becoming a Critical Friend

Taking control is central to the Critical Friend method.
The changing dynamics of our world and our economy creates a need to give being entrepreneurial a renewed form and content. Important aspect is to organise one’s own network and reflelections with sustainability, sharing, collaboration and flexibility as the most important characteristics. Through Critical Friends students achieve an active role in their development
The Critical Friend method is implemented in addition to existing project driven education. The Critical Friend circles are being formed to sharpen insights and to speed up the learning process and open new perspectives. A student’s challenge is the starting point of the Critical Friend process;
Training courses enable Critical Friends method to be applied in practice. This applies for anyone responsible for bringing parties together such as: students, businesses, Governments and NGO and entrepreneurs,
The stakeholders for the Critical Friend method are various. The idea is that Critical Friends function in a circle and that the circle meets at regular times. The circle is made up of coaches, facilitator, challenged and the Critical Friends. Educational institutes organize the circles, while the challenged individual more or less invites the Critical Friends. The educational institution also trains and certifies the coaches and the Critical Friends. The Critical Friends can be anyone and are usually selected from a manifold of partners.