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Entrepreneurship and Innovation depend on HRD

And what, you may ask, is HRD?   It’s almost the opposite of HRM!   HRD is Human Resource Development

In place of managing your human resources – try developing them.

In place of managing your customer relations – try developing them.…

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Opportunities for innovation abound in these ‘tough times’

It’s well and truly time to over-ride accusing opinions and predictions in our daily media with conversations that promote, encourage and praise endeavour, effort and resilience on the part of individuals, families, business people, community groups, education providers (to name

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Jean’s Checklist: Making Ethics Work – does this begin and end with Management and Leadership?

The difference – and relationship – between Management and Leadership – and their link with innovation and entrepreneurship.

Managers are expected to achieve agreed objectives with and through people, requiring confidence and skill in:

  1. time and task management,
  2. trialing

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Jean’s definition of a Case Study or Scenario

A case study or scenario can be used in informal on-the-job training, coaching and mentoring.  It can facilitate a structured one-to-one or small group discussion – or it can facilitate a structured discussion during a team or small staff meeting.…

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Jean’s definition Difference between Management and Leadership

What’s the difference and relationship between ‘management’ and ‘leadership’?

There is a close relationship – but they can indeed be separated.

‘Management’ = achieving agreed objectives with and through people, involving:

  • adequate time
  • trialing and refining of ideas
  • delegating the

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Understanding the relationship between Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Creativity

These three qualities are equally valuable and important in relation to any level of research.  This is an extract from my 2008 book, One Man Show – the smallest of small business.  This book, now available free, features my …

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Highlights from my attendance at the 2008 Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) World Conference

Highlights of my attendance at the three-day 31st Institute for Small Business and Entrepreneurship (ISBE) World Conference in Belfast, Northern Ireland, November 2008.

The Conference theme: International Entrepreneurship – promoting excellence in education, research and practice.

Conference Tracks:
Papers …

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Opportunities for innovation abound in these ‘tough times’

It’s well and truly time to over-ride accusing opinions and predictions in our daily media with conversations that promote, encourage and praise endeavour, effort and resilience on the part of individuals, families, business people, community groups, education providers (to name

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Momentum

It seems as though the nonprofit sector is in a constant state of change!

Extract from Chapter 6 of my e-book,
Riding the Waves of Community Development from the 1970s

The speed with which change is introduced can be a …

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Jean’s definition Joint Ventures between Non-profit and For-profit Organisations – often spoken of in terms of ‘partnership agreements’

A Joint Venture becomes the means of bringing a profit-driven enterprise into collaboration with a mission-driven organisation in order to ensure a measurable and beneficial outcome. This means that the focus of the two collaborating parties in this partnership agreement …

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