David and I are delighted to share that our chapter features in the newly published Circular Entrepreneurship Ecosystems: Challenges, Opportunities, and Future Trends, edited by Professor João J. Ferreira, Professor Magnus Klofsten, and Professor David Urbano. This book offers a…
Read More Celebrating new HES chapter on Circular Economy Entrepreneurship (CEship)
In September 1970, Milton Friedman famously declared in The New York Times that “The Social Responsibility of Business Is to Increase Its Profits”. This headline doctrine has dominated management thinking and education for over half a century. Sadly, what has…
Read More Christmas Greetings from Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society
Following the inspiring momentum of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2024 (GEW2024) last week, we reflect on the incredible ways entrepreneurship transcended traditional boundaries this year, fostering pathways for meaningful and sustainable change. Fresh from success at ISBE 2024 with research on…
This week marks our 4th anniversary of the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society which we founded during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2020. Back then, we embraced the idea that “Entrepreneurship is for Everyone.” Yet our vision has always extended beyond the conventional narrative.…
Read More Celebrating Four Years of Harmonious Entrepreneurship
The magnificent Cutlers' Hall in Sheffield provided a deeply symbolic backdrop for sharing our Harmonious Entrepreneurship research. This grand Victorian building, home to the Company of Cutlers since 1832, tells its own story of business evolution and social and environmental…
Read More Cutting Through Convention: Welsh Harmonious Enterprises Challenge Business Inequality
From Enterprise Education to Action! Incredibly excited to begin to peel back the curtains on an organically unfolding rich tapestry of effort, networking, engagement and visionary ambition. The Harmonious Heroes Initiative represents months of dedicated work, building on layers of…
Read More Empowering Llanelli’s Future: The Harmonious Heroes Initiative Takes Flight
At the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society, we strongly believe in learning by doing, an essential aspect of Entrepreneurship Education that we promote as a standard for education. It is not about what you know, but what you can do with that…
HES showcasing new research at LSW ECR Network Colloquium, June 18 2024 Yesterday I had the privilege of contributing to the Learned Society of Wales's second ECR Network Colloquium, hosted by Bangor University under the theme "A Connected Wales." This…
Read More HES Peace Publication launched @ LSW ECR Colloquium, Bangor University
Delighted to welcome back a new delegation as part of the UWTSD Executive Leadership Programme aimed at supporting the Global Futures Initiative, based at the UWTSD’s Lampeter campus. This initiative is crucial in developing future leaders who are equipped to…
Read More Supporting the UWTSD Maharashtra Future Leaders Programme: From Policy to Practice
We are pleased to announce the publication of our latest research paper, "Harmonious Entrepreneurship: A Sustainable Model for Addressing Global Inequality," in the Journal of Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies by Emerald Publishing. This study demonstrates how the disruptive HES entrepreneurial business…
A special update to announce our chapter in "Extracurricular Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Activity: A Global and Holistic Perspective, Vol: 19," expertly edited by Dr Sarah Preedy and Dr Emily Beaumont. The contribution of myself and David is on the Beta…
In the contemporary sustainability crisis and our concern about the planet and global warming, we must never forget that sustainability is about people and their ability to live peacefully and in harmony with each other. With the problems in Eastern…
In November, I had the opportunity to contribute to the new Executive Leadership Programme at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Lampeter campus as part of their Global Futures initiative. The pilot programme has been developed to support the…
Congratulations to Dafen Primary School, an EntreCompEdu Pioneer School, for a Spectacular GEW2023 Event title image approved by Dafen Primary School Last Thursday was a remarkable day for Dafen Primary School as they celebrated a 'triple whammy' event during Global…
As we delve into the second day of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2023 at Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society, the essence of our mission comes to the fore: instilling entrepreneurial thinking in young minds as a cornerstone for a sustainable and harmonious future.…
It's been a whirlwind of a week for all of us at the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society (HES). From thought-provoking academic panels to community showcases, we've been busy showcasing our mission and impact. Our Voice in Academia: The Panel DiscussionThe journey…
Read More Navigating Academia and Community: A Week in the Life of HES
To celebrate UWTSD's Sustainability Week 2023, David and I have gathered together the selection of 10 Welsh Harmonious Treasures we showcased during our ‘Food Pirates’ Adventures at Lampeter Food Fest 2023, a joyful collaboration with Associate Professor Luci Attala and Professor…
Read More Our bilingual celebratory ‘Welsh Harmonious Treasures’ booklet
David and I are thrilled to report on our recent contributions to the 17th International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference (IEEC) hosted this year by the University of Surrey, where, once again, colleagues and peers in enterprise and entrepreneurship education from the…
Read More Shining Together: Celebrating the team at IEEC2023 and the Harmonious Path Ahead
“The medieval university looked backwards; it professed to be a storehouse of old knowledge. The modern university looks forward and is a factory for new knowledge”. [“Darwin’s Bulldog” the English biologist, Thomas Huxley 1825-1895] Professor David A. Kirby, BA., Ph.d is…
In the words of the 1963 Cliff Richard “Summer Holiday” song “We’re all goin’ on a Summer holiday, No more work in’ for a week or two”. That being the case, we want to reflect on our achievements at the…
What a remarkable few months it has been for Felicity, which the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society is delighted to celebrate. First she successfully defended her Doctoral thesis on 14th February, 2023, then she received her Doctoral Certificate, dated 5th May, her…
Read More HES celebrates doctoral and entrepreneurial journey
We are thrilled to collaborate with UNESCO-BRIDGES UK Hub on an exciting event at Lampeter’s Food Fest (Gŵyl Fwyd Llanbed) on Saturday 29th July 2023. Between 1-4pm, join us on an epic adventure in the historic Old Hall at the University…
Read More Food Fest Ahoy! Charting the Course of Sustainable Food Innovation
“It will no longer be possible to give so much of my time and energies to the charities and issues for which I cared so deeply, but I know this important work will go on in the trusted hands of others”.…
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…
Read More HES contributes to new Emerald Entrepreneurship publication
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…
Read More Harmonious Entrepreneurship & its systems thinking roots
Publication Date: 1st April 2022 The Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society of The University of Wales Trinity Saint David is pleased to announce the publication, today, of “The Wiley Handbook of Sustainability in Higher Education Learning and Teaching” edited by Kelum Gamage…
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…
Read More Launch Event opens first HES Online Enterprise Competition
Laura Ann Yildiz and Adrienne Boran - UWTSD International Travel and Tourism Management Students At the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society, we very much believe in learning by doing, something which is integral to Entrepreneurship Education but which we believe should be…
"Another step in the life of the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society. I am delighted to say that Felicity and I have registered as a Limited Company. We have always planned on doing this, and can now begin to fulfil more of our plans.…
Thrilled to share a recent short publication by David in The International Council for Small Business's Gazette which has generated some interesting discussion on social media recently. Used as a title for a recent essay in this ICSB series (Dana…
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…
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…
Read More Professor David A. Kirby appointed as UWTSD Professor of Practice
It is with great pleasure we announce sustainability expert Kay Luan Tay joins the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society advisory team. Kay Luan recently completed his 3-year tenure as Vice Chancellor of the International University Malaya-Wales. A graduate of the London School…
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…
Bev joins David and Felicity and the full HES project advisory team Professor David A. Kirby and I are thrilled to welcome Bev Pold QAEP as Project Advisor to the Harmonious Entrepreneurship Society. A passionate supporter from the outset, Bev…
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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