Enhancing entrepreneurial competencies through intentionally-designed podcasts

The changing demands of business and society in the 21st century have necessitated a shift in educational priorities toward building competencies that will prepare a student for work and life. This trend has only been intensified by the outbreak of the global Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020 that has turned our focus to leveraging technology in the classroom more than ever before. From the perspective of entrepreneurship education, a focus on entrepreneurial competencies allows educators to be more intentional about the role that both curricular and co-curricular activities play in the entrepreneurial process. It has also forced us to consider technology-based solutions that can augment, or in some cases even replace, traditional classroom activities. In this paper, we highlight a novel podcast that was intentionally designed to improve the development of entrepreneurial competencies called Enfactor. We provide detail about the objectives and optimal implementation of Enfactor while discussing its role in the classroom.