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It's a challenging time at present working hard to meet doctoral and project deadlines so it's a mood booster when outputs become concrete. So it's with joy and excitement that April has finally brought the publication of “The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching”. With my Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society co-founder, Professor David …
“All philosophy begins with wonder” Socrates said. This I believe is true for all new enterprises and ventures. Wonder, my favourite word and a theme I've commented upon many a time here at Emergent Thinkers. Unlike curiosity, wonder can never be satisfied fully, wonder lingers. I am proud to share the legal incorporation of the …
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January has passed us by, but really looking forward to the fruits of labour on my Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society endeavours. My co-founder, Professor David A Kirby and I are thrilled to have gathered the sponsorship and support of a number of sustainability-focused organisations over the last few months to bring the dream of our inaugural …
A third festive season for 'Emergent Thinkers.com' and a window of reflection, celebration and relaxation before a new year with renewed hopes! 2021 was another unusual year, yet an improvement on 2020 with respect to freedom of movement whilst keeping safe. My tagline became 'Pirates, Pioneers, Passion and Phenomenology underpinned by Entrepreneurship & Harmonious Principles.' …
As co-founder of the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society, alongside Professor David A. Kirby, I am really proud to share that we have just this morning launched the first iteration of our foundation level online course ‘Principles of Harmonious Entrepreneurship' at the 15th Enterprise Educators UK International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference at Aston University. Part-funded by Enterprise Educators UK's …
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International Flower of Hope: The Cornflower (credit: Birger Strahl) I’ll dispense with the new year goal-sharing this year. In times of heightened uncertainty, I share two recent mindset influencers: Martha Nussbaum, a philosopher focused on human emotions, and poet and naturalist, Diane Ackerman. Photos: Martha Nussbaum (Harvard University Press); Girl, Christopher Sardegna (Unsplash); Diane Ackerman(World …
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The Professor & the Pirate (image designed by Vanessa Randel for HES (c) 2020) Recently, I joined up with Professor David A. Kirby to create an intergenerational change agency – the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society. In our view, the harmony, sustainability and stability of society is seeded in such working groups. An intergenerational collaboration, we have …
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Adapted background image: Phokin, Prof David. A. Kirby & Felicity (Pirate (c) V. Randel) This week, as Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 unfolds, a new ship ‘The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society’ was launched. Its destination clear – a planet that is in harmony, and its course is via entrepreneurship and the principles of holistic systems thinking. For …
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