Business as Developmental Practice — Luminous Entrepreneurship examination

Eleven questions. Nine of eleven passes, and you can take it again as often as you like.

What happens to a caterpillar inside the chrysalis?

It dissolves, and a new organism assembles It gradually sprouts wings over several weeks It improves step by step into a butterfly It lays an egg that becomes the butterfly
What are imaginal discs?

Dormant cells that organise the new form Immune cells defending the caterpillar's body Structures that repair damage to the caterpillar Cells created fresh at the moment of crisis
What does the caterpillar's immune system attacking the imaginal discs correspond to in a venture?

The founder welcoming the new form Customers demanding a new offering, though not always The existing structure resisting change Competitors attacking the venture
How does ecology view disturbance, according to the module?

As the chief enemy of health As rare and largely irrelevant As destructive with no benefit As a driver of evolution
How does the module reframe a business crisis?

As a pathology to be cured as quickly as possible As a signal that the current form has reached its limits As clear proof that the founder has failed, especially under pressure As a random event that carries no information
What was Miriam's first response as her publishing house declined?

Cutting costs to preserve the old form Relaunching straight away as a story studio Selling the house to a larger publisher Moving every title to e-books overnight
Which imaginal discs had been present at Miriam's publishing house?

Government grants set aside for independent literary publishers, though this can vary A lucrative multi-book contract with a very famous author A new private investor and a much larger warehouse for stock Authors' requests for audio and events, and a lively reader community
What is the order of the five phases of organisational metamorphosis?

Resistance, limit signal, emergence, dissolution, reorganisation Limit signal, resistance, dissolution, reorganisation, emergence Dissolution, limit signal, emergence, resistance, reorganisation, though this can vary Planning, funding, building, launching and then scaling
What is the founder's job during the reorganisation phase?

To restore the old form as quickly as possible To hand the venture over to new management To create conditions for the new form to self-organise To design the new form in full detail from the outset, particularly at first
What does "protect the chrysalis" advise?

Give the change time, reserves and a lower profile Launch the new form publicly as soon as possible Announce the change to every customer at once, under most conditions Spend all reserves to fund rapid growth instead
How should founders relate their identity to a transforming venture?

Keep the old title to reassure stakeholders, regardless of context Tie identity closely to the current offering Suppress grief so the change moves faster Root it in the seed pattern, and allow the grief