Felicity

Founder of Emergent Thinkers: Dr. Felicity Healey-Benson, BSc, PGCE, MBA, MA (HRM), DBA, PG Dip CIPD, Dip. NLP, SAC. Dip, FHEA

Welcome to my blog site:, a nexus where education and business converge. Join me on a continuous journey of discovery and innovation that began in 2017 and reached a milestone with my doctorate confirmation on 5.5.23. I invite you to follow my postdoctoral explorations as we delve into novel pedagogic and business practices aimed at future-proofing our talent and environment. Together, let’s navigate and shape the future of learning and enterprise.

My background

A then new graduate of the London School of Economics, I began my career at Unipart as a Kaizen Technician and later a Continuous Improvement Engineer, supporting culture change and embedding continuous improvement principles across all operations. I then migrated into business improvement consultancy and Learning & Development, working across a number of sectors including not-for-profit, local authority, commercial, and e-commerce environments.

I have engaged in a number of lead L&D roles for hi-growth organisations including the Gwalia Group (non-charitable & charitable housing) and Amazon, supporting the establishment and embedding of processes within Amazon’s then largest UK facility in Swansea.

My expertise has been built upon academic and work- based programme teaching experience, with specific expertise in leadership and management development, including a sustainability agenda. Undergraduate and postgraduate modules developed and delivered include leadership & management, business and enterprise, HRM, and marketing, as well as professional qualifications accredited by the CIPS, CIM, CMI, CIPD, and ACCA. I have delivered face-to-face, blended, and online programmes. I am an experienced and pragmatic facilitator, trainer, and manager with well-developed communication, interpersonal, and leadership skill.

My doctoral research skills are informed with academic, business, strategy development, and project management career experience.

Professional Associations

Academic Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Associate Member of Chartered Institute of Marketing
Higher Education Academy Fellowship
Vitae Membership
ICDE (International Council for Open and Distance Education) Membership
EDEN (European Distance & Learning Network) Membership
EntreComp Champion (EntreComp 360/ Bantani Education)
Co-founder: hanfod.NL (with Dr Mike Johnson) (phenomenology learned society)
The British Society for Phenomenology Membership
Treasurer: hanfod.NL
Co-Chair of hanfod Networked Learning Event 2021 (#hNL21)
Co-founder (with Professor David A. Kirby): The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society
The Society for Coaching at Wales Academy of Professional Practice and Applied Research Member
Member of the EntreCompEdu Steering Group
Member of The Sustainability Network
Member of The British Academy of Management
Founding member of Llanelli Township (a community benefit society)
Member of Community Science International Wales (CSI Wales) (a community benefit society)
Member of the Scientific Association for Entrepreneurship Education
Member of UWTSD’s cross faculty Humanities Development Board
Doctoral Supervisor