David and I are thrilled to report our participation in the Charterhouse School Sustainability Conference, that took place on March 14th in Surrey. The conference brought together educators, students, and thought leaders to share and discuss ways in which we can…
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HES contributes to new Emerald Entrepreneurship publication
David, Iman, and I are delighted to see the publication of the Emerald Publication "Bleeding Edge Entrepreneurship" edited by João J. Ferreira and Patrick J. Murphy. Our chapter (3) is entitled "The Leopard's spots are changing: an evolutionary approach to ecological…
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Dafen School showcases fun and focused entrepreneurship education for GEW2022
Our EntreCompEdu Pioneer pupils of Dafen Primary School, Wales supported by UWTSD continue to shine bright as they spotlight their growing entrepreneurial competence whilst remaining focused on their sustainability commitment. Taking the opportunity to celebrate their third Global Entrepreneurship Week…
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Harmonious Entrepreneurship & its systems thinking roots
Fifteen years ago, I proposed the need for a new entrepreneurship education paradigm (Kirby, 2007). At the International Enterprise Educators Conference (IEEC2022) hosted by Swansea University last week, similar calls were made once more. First, in his keynote address, Professor…
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Summer 2022 HES update
The academic conference “is a way of converting work into play, combining professionalism with tourism” (David Lodge, 1935-). After a whirlwind first 6 months of 2022 in which we Beta tested the Online Harmonious Entrepreneurship global student competitionPublished 4 book…
Lessons from the ACEEU Triple E-Awards
First as a member of the University of WaIes Trinity Saint David team, I would like to thank all of our friends and colleagues on LinkedIn for their kind words and support with respect to the two awards received at…
Countdown to HES enterprise competition Awards – meet the panel
David and I are so appreciative of the time, energy and expertise committed by all our international expert judging panel of the first Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society (ltd) Graduate Enterprise Competition. We look forward to our celebrations tomorrow. Good luck to…
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Exciting June updates
The Online Harmonious Entrepreneurship Competition stage 2 pitches ran this week and we thank our judging panel and all the teams of staff and students who participated, and look forward to announcing the winners at the end of the month.…
LabCycle – revolutionising the recycling of Laboratory Plastic Waste
wastes pic: Bath.ac.uk While research is intended to identify solutions to problems, laboratory-based research can also contribute to them, in particular to the current sustainability challenge. Annually some 5.5 million tonnes of single-use plastic is produced by life sciences research…
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Round 2 of the HES Harmonious Enterprise Online Competition
We are pleased to announce that The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society has now completed the first round of its Online Competition beta testing. Six teams from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) and the International University of Malaya-Wales (IUMW)…
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Launch Event opens first HES Online Enterprise Competition
We are thrilled to share the successful launch of the first Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society Online Enterprise Competition, in partnership with the University of Wales Trinity St. David and International University of Malaya-Wales. A mix of share and signpost, to help…
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Bee-Downtown
“The bee is more honoured than other animals not because she labours but because she labours for others” - Saint John Chrysostom, 347-407 Apart from being a source of food, medicine and wax, bees are a source of life on…
Two ICSB Mini Globe Awards Received
The HES is pleased to announce that at an Award Ceremony on 21st December 2021 Professor David Kirby and our advisor; Dr Iman El Kaffass, were each awarded an ICSB Mini Globe Award. These awards are made in recognition of…
Entrepreneurial projects bring joy and value
Like Nelson Mandela, we at the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society believe that "Education is the most powerful weapon you have to change the world". While our primary target is tertiary education, we believe it is never too soon to start, particularly…
Burns Pet Nutrition Ltd. and Parc y Bocs
"I want to see people feeling that they're proud of working for [Burns Pet Nutrition Ltd] and [for them to] put that bit extra in, in terms of the activities we're engaged in" - John Burns In the heart of rural…
AdvanceHE article: David’s ‘Lessons from COP26’
Thank you to AdvanceHE for publishing David's message today on 'What next for our universities? The Lessons form COP26' We are keen to share, and encourage a read. Click here https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/news-and-views/what-next-our-universities-lessons-cop26 -
HES in the press!
In the press. Big thank you to Dr Kathryn Penaluna, UWTSD, and the Western Mail for our front page space in 'Education Wales' last week (11/11/2021) during GEW2021. We were thrilled to be part of the GEW2021 celebrations and we…
GEW2021 interview: the mind behind the investing in others for sustainable futures
Kay Luan Tay, the recent Vice Chancellor of the International University Malaya-Wales and author of three book on Social and Business Sustainability has wide but unique experience in managing and delivering value across both commercial and non-commercial enterprise. A strong…
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Welsh Manumit Coffee Roasters – freedom through coffee
image credit: girl: I.am_nah Another Wales-based case study to celebrate Global Entrepreneurship 2021 #GEW2021 “In giving freedom to the slave, we assure freedom to the free”. ( Abraham Lincoln 1809-1865) While slavery was abolished in most countries 150 or more…
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Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) 2021 with HES
a week of activity to celebrate GEW2021 A lot has happened in the 12 months since we launched the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society in GEW 2020. Not only have we published the conceptual article on which the Society is based but…
Professor David A. Kirby appointed as UWTSD Professor of Practice
The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society is proud to announce Professor David A Kirby, holder of The Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion, has been appointed as a 'Professor of Practice' at the University of Wales Trinity St David, Wales. The University has…
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50 HES case studies searchable by SDG
This week the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society would like to draw attention to the growing bank of free cases studies built up during our first year. They are available in our blog archives, case study link on our front page, and…
Harmonious Entrepreneurship Principles published
Thrilled to signpost that Professor David A. Kirby and Dr Iman El-Kaffass's Harmonious entrepreneurship – a new approach to the challenge of global sustainability | Emerald Insight is now available online and in print. A perfect Sunday morning read. The…
HES recognised for contribution to shifting to a more holistic perspective of entrepreneurship
"Integrating different entrepreneurial sectors allows us to stand together, stronger and more capable than ever before" shares Dr Ayman El-Tarabishy (Executive Director of the International Council for Small Business) in the recently published article "Humane, Sustainable, and Harmonious Entrepreneurship: Shifting…
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant” -Robert Louis Stevenson (1859-1893)
credit: seed (Photo by Joshua Lanzarini) This last week, Felicity and I have been busy promoting Harmonious Entrepreneurship “in the flesh” so to speak. First, we spoke twice at the 15th annual Enterprise Educators UK (EEUK) conference hosted by Aston University (ieec.co.uk).…
HES MOOC – Principles of Harmonious Entrepreneurship launched
"Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn"- Benjamin Fanklin 1706-1790 We are excited to share with you all, our dedicated HES supporters, that the first iteration of our foundation level online course…
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“Never believe that a few caring people can’t change the world” (Margaret Mead)
Antur Cymru (Welsh Adventure) is a social enterprise providing support for businesses in Wales. Owned by shareholders in the community who do not profit individually from their investment, they have agreed surpluses should be reinvested in the company. It was…
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One fortnight in the life of the HES team
The HES has been extra busy these couple of weeks getting key messages out to new and established networks, so I thought I'd share a snapshot. Today, Professor David Kirby, myself, and Paul Ranson, our very skilled HES advisor teamed…
“Waste not want not” (1772, idiom) or “wilful waste makes woeful want” (1576, idom)
For two student entrepreneurs, Josh Shefner and Claire Friona, long-established idioms are a living reality. Both are students of Engineering at Milwaukee School of Engineering, and both are passionate about poverty elimination and the eradication of waste. They are also…
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The “Grameen” Bank of Wales
Outside of Wales few people know of Karen Davies but in South Wales, she does what Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank do in Bangladesh. Through her not-for-profit microfinance social enterprise, “Purple Shoots”, which she established in…
Entrepreneurship Education in Schools: The Celtic Fringe leads the way
Whilst interest in entrepreneurship education has increased over the decades, fuelled by committed advocates such as the European Commission, its implementation remains sporadic, even across countries that have developed relatively comprehensive entrepreneurship programmes. Although it is widely recognised that entrepreneurship…
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“Oh Food! Magical food! Wonderful Food! Marvellous Food! Beautiful Food!”
Despite Lionel Bart’s “Oliver” eulogy of food, it is a problem. We need it to live, yet both an excess and a shortage can kill us. Some 850 million people, globally, are believed to be undernourished and each day an…
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EntreCompEdu & International Council for Small Business Webinar Videos
A key part of our work at the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society is getting 'our' message out throughout our international networks. So, hot off the press, to catch up with our work: Felicity's 'Creating Value through the SDGs' video for the…
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Creating value through the SDGs
At the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society, we recognise the powerful value creation opportunities of the UNs Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), committed to facilitating their achievement. This week I had the good fortune to lead an educator-centric multi-country webinar tying together the…
Sanergy and the Power of Systems Thinking
Currently, some 2.5 billion people globally do not have access to basic sanitation, and some 1 billion defecate outdoors, exposing themselves, their families and their neighbours to faecal bacteria. As a result, half of the hospital beds in developing countries…
Harmonious Entrepreneurship and the Terra Carta: a charter for Nature, People and Planet
Professor David A Kirby and Mrs Felicity Healey-BensonCo-founders The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society Launched on 11th January, 2021 by HRH The Prince of Wales at the “One Planet” Summit in Paris, the seventeen page Terra Carta is a seminal document that…
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Solving one global problem but creating others: the need for Harmonious Entrepreneurship
The world population is growing at around 83 million people a year or 1.1 per cent. Apart from needing space to accommodate such a population increase, there is another major problem facing the planet. The topsoil responsible for supplying 95%…
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Father Christmas/Santa Claus, the Harmonious Entrepreneur
HES Christmas Message (c) HES2020 by Vanessa Randel His factory in Lapland does not pollute the atmosphere. He has a happy workforce that always delivers on time. His enterprise is customer-focused and aims to meet and exceed expectations. He is…
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Systems thinking and the sustainability agenda
It isn't easy to pin down a succinct definition of system thinking. Coined by Barry Richmond in 1987, and rooted in Ludwig Von Bertalanffy’s General Systems Theory and cybernetics, it has evolved over the decades and through many schools of…
Harmonious Entrepreneurship and the Tourism Industry
Globally tourism accounts for 10.3 per cent of GDP and some 330 million jobs. Thus, it contributes significantly to income generation and job creation and is set to grow further. Traditionally, however, it has not been eco-friendly. Apart from the…
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Dr Laila Iskander and the Zabbaleen
Dr Laila Iskander Dr Laila is a former Egyptian Minister of the Environment and founder of CID (Community and International Development) Group, a consulting firm that “strives to create holistic growth solutions by bridging corporate and development objectives”. In 1994 she…
Saltaire, a 19th century manifestation of Harmonious Entrepreneurship?
Saltaire The concept of harmonious entrepreneurship is perhaps not entirely new. Possibly one of the earliest proponents of it is the industrial entrepreneur Sir Titus Salt (1803-1876) who, in 1851, built Saltaire, now a UNESCO World Heritage site in the…
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Might Harmonious Entrepreneurship be of interest to China?
In 1995, at a time when China was opening up to Free Enterprise, my colleague, Dr Fan Ying, and I wrote a paper entitled "Chinese Cultural Values and Entrepreneurship" (Kirby and Fan, 1995). We even won a "Best Paper" award…
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The Professor and the Pirate
Today, as Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020 unfolds, a new ship ‘The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society’ is launched. Its destination is clear – a planet that is in harmony, and its course is via entrepreneurship and the principles of holistic systems thinking.…
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