DIRECTOR'S BLOG 2021
Our director's blog and monthly posts for 2021 are shown below. The posts are uploaded here and posted on LinkedIn. We record the countries of people who like or comment on the posts - 77 countries in 2020. This is one of the ways we can demonstrate the international significance of the entrepreneurial mindset.
You can access our [2020 posts], [2019 posts], [2018 posts] and [2017 posts]. This archive includes posts about the benefits of the entrepreneurial mindset, higher education, leadership and management, innovation in healthcare, local government and lessons from failure.
July
EIT HEI Initiative
This post on LinkedIn attracted 3835 views from people in 33 countries: Armenia🇦🇲, Austria🇦🇹, Bangladesh🇧🇩, Belgium🇧🇪, Chile🇨🇱, Denmark🇩🇰, Egypt🇪🇬, England🏴, Finland🇫🇮, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, India🇮🇳, Iran🇮🇷, Ireland🇮🇪, Italy🇮🇹, Kazakstan🇰🇿, Latvia🇱🇻, Malaysia🇲🇾, Morocco🇲🇦, Netherlands🇳🇱, Pakistan🇵🇰, Palestine🇵🇸, Poland🇵🇱, Portugal🇵🇹, Romania🇷🇴, Scotland🏴, Serbia🇷🇸, Spain🇪🇸, Tajikistan🇹🇯, Tunisia🇹🇳, Turkey🇹🇷, Ukraine🇺🇦 and United States 🇺🇸.
🎉 Many congratulations to the 23 successful project teams from 135 higher education institutions in 32 countries who between them have just been awarded €27.5 million.
It was an honour for me to be invited to be one of the experts asked to undertake the roles of Evaluator & Rapporteur. I found it fascinating to read the proposals submitted to the HEI Initiative Pilot Call. Congratulations to all the EIT RawMaterials team including Dr Emma A Harris and Wesley Crock (he/him) on their organisation of this important initiative to support the development of innovation capacity in European Higher Education. https://www.eit-hei.eu/
Online learning doesn't have to be boring
This post on LinkedIn attracted 1482 views from people in Armenia🇦🇲, Australia🇦🇺, Belgium🇧🇪, Bulgaria🇧🇬, Canada🇨🇦, England🏴, Finland🇫🇮, France🇫🇷, India🇮🇳, Ireland🇮🇪, Italy🇮🇹, Mozambique🇲🇿, Netherlands🇳🇱, Romania🇷🇴, South Africa🇿🇦, Ukraine🇺🇦 and United States 🇺🇸.
Here is the latest feedback for my online Master Class: Mindset for Leaders.
It's wonderful to get feedback from leaders that this online Master Class is interactive, engaging and insightful.
It's great to get feedback from leaders that the Master Class helped them to quickly see the practical relevance of the entrepreneurial mindset to their work.
I am looking forward to the day when the Master Class can be delivered in person again but for the moment I am happy to have proved that online learning can be both fascinating and of immediate practical value.
I love it when people tell me that the Master Class really made them think!
Please contact me to discuss how you, your team and your organisation could benefit from the Master Class: Entrepreneurial Mindset for Leaders.
JUNE
LinkedIn versus Twitter
This post/poll on LinkedIn attracted 6833 views, likes and comments from people in 50 countries: Armenia🇦🇲, Australia🇦🇺, Austria🇦🇹, Bangladesh🇧🇩, Belgium🇧🇪, Botswana🇧🇼, Brazil🇧🇷, Canada🇨🇦, Colombia🇨🇴, Denmark🇩🇰, Egypt🇪🇬, England🏴, Estonia🇪🇪, Finland🇫🇮, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, Hong Kong🇭🇰, India🇮🇳, Iran🇮🇷, Iraq🇮🇶, Ireland🇮🇪, Italy🇮🇹, Kenya🇰🇪, Lebanon🇱🇧, Malaysia🇲🇾, Netherlands🇳🇱, New Zealand🇳🇿, Nigeria🇳🇬, Northern Ireland🇬🇧, North Macedonia🇲🇰, Oman🇴🇲, Pakistan🇵🇰, Palestine🇵🇸, Portugal🇵🇹, Qatar🇶🇦, Romania🇷🇴, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦, Scotland🏴, Singapore🇸🇬, Slovenia🇸🇮, South Africa🇿🇦, Spain🇪🇸, Switzerland 🇨🇭, Tajikistan🇹🇯, Tunisia🇹🇳, Turkey🇹🇷, United Arab Emirates🇦🇪, United States 🇺🇸, Uzbekistan🇺🇿 and Wales🏴.
Which platform do you consider essential for building your network, gaining insights, sharing content and advancing your career?
I ran this post to discover other people's experiences of using LinkedIn and Twitter. I ran the same poll on both platforms. The results are...
LinkedIn 6833 views, 160 votes, 93% LinkedIn, 7% Twitter
Twitter 88 impressions, 2 votes, 50% LinkedIn, 50% Twitter
For me, as I run an international network, one of the huge advantages of LinkedIn over Twitter is that it is possible to see the 50 countries where LinkedIn members voted in the poll. Thank you to everybody who responded and contributed to this survey.
may
eZINE Vol 4 no 2
This post on LinkedIn attracted 1998 views with likes and comments from people in 26 countries: Austria🇦🇹, Belgium🇧🇪, Bulgaria🇧🇬, England🏴, Estonia🇪🇪, Finland🇫🇮, France🇫🇷, Hong Kong🇭🇰, India🇮🇳, Ireland🇮🇪, Italy🇮🇹, Mauritius🇲🇺, Morocco🇲🇦, Netherlands🇳🇱, Northern Ireland🇬🇧, Pakistan🇵🇰, Qatar🇶🇦, Romania🇷🇴, Serbia🇷🇸, Scotland🏴, South Africa🇿🇦, Tajikistan🇹🇯, Trinidad and Tobago🇹🇹, Turkey🇹🇷, United Arab Emirates🇦🇪 and Wales🏴.
Find inspiration in the latest edition of our online eZINE with articles & videos about the entrepreneurial mindset, innovation, leadership, university:industry collaboration, entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship.
WHAT IS THE ENTREPRENEURIAL MINDSET, WHY IS IT IMPORTANT AND HOW CAN WE DEVELOP IT?
Neil Bowie University of Dundee 🏴
Roberto Brambilla Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore 🇮🇹
Zohra Omar Mentoring Hub 🇵🇰
REFUGEE ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Kristina Vayda FAIRE (Fund for Action and Innovation by Refugee Entrepreneurs) 🇫🇷
MEETING ENTREPRENEURS WHERE THEY ARE
Stacey J Young Fiona Deller and Associates 🇨🇦
WHAT ARE ENTREPRENEURIAL EMPLOYEES, WHY DO WE NEED THEM AND HOW CAN WE DEVELOP THEM?
Susan Foley Corporate Entrepreneurs LLC 🇺🇸
Christian Friedl FH Joanneum Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 🇦🇹
Mart Kikas Academy of Innovation Coaching 🇪🇪
16TH EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON INNOVATION AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 16-17 SEPTEMBER 2021
Academic Conferences and Publishing International 🏴
THE ESSENCE OF ACADUSTRY®
Ts. Dr. Nadiir Bheekhun AeroNAD Group
THE MERITS SUMMIT & AWARDS 15-16 JUNE 2021
MERIT Summit and Leadership Community 🇫🇷
For immediate access to our eZINEs subscribe for FREE at https://lnkd.in/ewNscBq
MINDSET xCHANGE 4 - The future of work
This post on LinkedIn attracted 1499 views from people in 19 countries: Algeria🇩🇿, Armenia🇦🇲, Canada🇨🇦, Egypt🇪🇬, England🏴, Finland🇫🇮, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, Hong Kong🇭🇰, Ireland🇮🇪, Italy🇮🇹, Mauritius🇲🇺, Moldova 🇲🇩, Nepal 🇳🇵, Qatar🇶🇦, Romania🇷🇴, Serbia🇷🇸, Singapore🇸🇬, South Africa🇿🇦
JOIN US TO DISCUSS
1 How is the world of work changing?
2 Why do we need an entrepreneurial mindset?
3 What needs to be done to help people to develop the mindset and be prepared for the changes ahead?
DATE/TIME
Date Wednesday 19th May 2021
Times Canada 0900 = UK 15:00 = Europe CET 16:00 = South Africa 16:00 = Pakistan 20:00 = India 20:30 = Singapore 23:00
INTERACT WITH OUR PANEL
Danie Jacobs
Paul Coyle
Sherisa Rajah Baird
Stacey J Young
REGISTRATION
https://lnkd.in/e9ACW-z
APRIL
EIT HEI Initiative
This post on LinkedIn attracted 3364 views with views and comments from people in 31 countries: Australia🇦🇺, Brazil🇧🇷, Bulgaria🇧🇬, Czechia🇨🇿, Egypt🇪🇬, England🏴, Finland🇫🇮, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, Greece🇬🇷, Hong Kong🇭🇰, India🇮🇳, Ireland🇮🇪, Israel 🇮🇱, Italy🇮🇹, Morocco🇲🇦, North Macedonia🇲🇰, Northern Ireland🇬🇧, Pakistan🇵🇰, Papua New Guinea🇵🇬, Philippines🇵🇭, Qatar🇶🇦, Romania🇷🇴, Scotland🏴, Singapore🇸🇬, Spain🇪🇸, Tajikistan🇹🇯, Turkey🇹🇷, Ukraine🇺🇦, United States🇺🇸 and Wales🏴.
Applications are now open. The deadline for submission is 25th May. Do you need support to develop your bid e.g. help to use the HEInnovate tool to create your Innovation Vision Action Plan? Let’s talk…
I am the Director of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Network, with members in 86 countries, and an expert in the use of the HEInnovate tool, the development of entrepreneurial mindsets, the growth of innovation capacity in Higher Education and the building of an entrepreneurial organisational culture.
EIT HEI Initiative https://www.eit-hei.eu/
Entrepreneuriual Mindset Network https://emindset.network/
march
MINDSET xCHANGE 3 - Student Entrepreneurs
This post on LinkedIn attracted 2284 views with likes and comments from people in 22 countries: Austria🇦🇹, Brazil🇧🇷, Denmark🇩🇰, Egypt🇪🇬, England🏴, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, Hong Kong🇭🇰, India🇮🇳, Iran🇮🇷, Ireland🇮🇪, Italy🇮🇹, North Macedonia🇲🇰, Palestine🇵🇸, Romania🇷🇴, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦, South Africa🇿🇦, Spain🇪🇸, Thailand🇹🇭, Turkey🇹🇷, United States🇺🇸 and Wales🏴.
JOIN US TO DISCUSS
1 Why is entrepreneurship the right career choice during a world pandemic?
2 Which students should become entrepreneurs?
3 How can we best prepare students to become entrepreneurs?
DATE/TIME
Date Wednesday 14th April 2021
Times UK 10:00 = Europe CET 11:00 = South Africa 11:00 = Pakistan 14:00 = India 15:30 = Singapore 17:00 = Australia AEDT 20:00
INTERACT WITH OUR PANEL
Bob Bastian https://lnkd.in/eXSfYEU
Cyron Chan https://lnkd.in/eFZdGqh
Hala Barakat https://lnkd.in/enBtQUm
Paul Coyle https://lnkd.in/epKFgRq
REGISTRATION
https://lnkd.in/e9ACW-z
MINDSET xCHANGE 2 - Entrepreneurial Employees
This post on LinkedIn attracted 1382 views with likes and comments from people in 22 countries: Armenia🇦🇲, Australia🇦🇺, Austria🇦🇹, Denmark🇩🇰, England🏴, Finland🇫🇮, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, India🇮🇳, Ireland🇮🇪, Hong Kong🇭🇰, Macedonia🇲🇰, Pakistan🇵🇰, Romania🇷🇴, Scotland🏴, South Africa🇿🇦, Spain🇪🇸, Tajikistan🇹🇯, Thailand🇹🇭, Turkey🇹🇷, United Arab Emirates🇦🇪, United States🇺🇸
The next in our series of online interactive xCHANGE webinars is on the theme of Entrepreneurial Employees. Here's how to register....
For members of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Network, you can request the registration link by sending me a message on LinkedIn or emailing director@emindset.network
If you are not a member of the Network, you can subscribe to a FREE membership http://eepurl.com/gljpJT and access the registration link in your welcome email
* Times USA EST 08:00 = UK 13:00 = Europe CET 14:00 = South Africa 15:00 = Pakistan 18:00 = India 18:30 = Singapore 21:00 = Australia AEDT 00:00 (+1 day)
Why are endings and exits often badly handled by organisations?
This post on LinkedIn attracted 1398 views with likes and comments from people in 10 countries: Armenia🇦🇲, England🏴, France🇫🇷, India🇮🇳, Ireland🇮🇪, Pakistan🇵🇰, Romania🇷🇴, Scotland🏴, Singapore🇸🇬 and Turkey🇹🇷.
Why are endings and exits often badly handled by organisations? What’s been your experience? What advice can you share?
- It’s hard if you are shown the exit suddenly, with little time to prepare or to say a proper goodbye
- It’s especially hard right now, after months cut off from colleagues, family & friends
- Without good information you may struggle to make sense of what has happened to you
- You may feel powerless, unsure who you can talk to, doubtful that you have been treated fairly and worried about what would happen if you speak up
If you are the person managing someone else towards the exit ...
- From your position of relative safety, you cannot understand the negative impact on the person leaving
- Communicating the decision by email is not communication; a face to face meeting is essential
- You should take steps to minimise the potential negative impacts on the mental health of the person leaving and also support the survivors (the ones lucky enough to be staying on)
- If you treat someone with dignity during their exit, there is a greater opportunity that they will think and speak highly of you in the years to come
Does your organisation have a formal policy for managing exits that avoids the worst mistakes and which is rooted in best practice?
february
MINDSET inspirational quotes
This post on LinkedIn attracted 2468 views with likes and comments from people in 24 countries: Australia🇦🇺, Austria🇦🇹, Bulgaria🇧🇬, Denmark🇩🇰, Egypt🇪🇬, England🏴, Estonia🇪🇪, Finland🇫🇮, Ghana🇬🇭, India🇮🇳, Italy🇮🇹, Kazakstan🇰🇿, Malta🇲🇹, Pakistan🇵🇰, Palestine🇵🇸, Romania🇷🇴, Saudi Arabia🇸🇦, Scotland🏴, South Africa🇿🇦, Spain🇪🇸, Tunisia🇹🇳, United Arab Emirates🇦🇪, United States🇺🇸 and Wales🏴.
Read 16 inspirational quotes about the value of the entrepreneurial mindset and then add your own quote in the comments for this post…
The 16 members of our MINDSET LEAP (Leading Experts and Advisors Panel) have each offered a quote about why the entrepreneurial mindset is so important.
You can read all 16 quotes here https://lnkd.in/eM7PXfw
What do you think about the entrepreneurial mindset? Why does it matter to you? Please leave your own quote in the comments for this post.
Interested in applying to join the MINDSET LEAP then please send me a message.
MINDSET xCHANGE 1 - Entrepreneurial Mindset
This post on LinkedIn attracted 2344 views with likes and comments from people in 23 countries: Armenia🇦🇲, Australia🇦🇺, Austria🇦🇹, Bulgaria🇧🇬, Denmark🇩🇰, England🏴, Egypt🇪🇬, Estonia🇪🇪, France🇫🇷, Hong Kong🇭🇰, India🇮🇳, Ireland🇮🇪, Italy🇮🇹, Oman🇴🇲, Pakistan🇵🇰, Romania🇷🇴, Scotland🏴, Singapore🇸🇬, South Africa🇿🇦, Thailand🇹🇭, Tunisia🇹🇳, Turkey🇹🇷 and Ukraine🇺🇦.
An online interactive webinar on 17th February at 12:00 noon Central European Time*. Registration details are as follows....
For members of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Network, the registration link is in the online eZINE which was emailed to you on 21st January. You can also request the registration link by emailing director@emindset.network
If you are not yet a member of the Network, you can subscribe to a FREE membership https://lnkd.in/eEb4jeV and then access the registration link in your welcome email
* USA EST 06:00 = UK 11:00 = Europe CET 12:00 = South Africa 13:00 = Pakistan 16:00 = India 16:30 = Singapore 19:00 = Australia AEDT 22:0
January
How have education and life long learning changed your life?
This post on LinkedIn attracted 4071 views with likes from people in 25 countries: Armenia🇦🇲, Australia🇦🇺, Austria🇦🇹, Belgium🇧🇪, England🏴, Estonia🇪🇪, France🇫🇷, Finland🇫🇮, Germany🇩🇪, Greece🇬🇷, Hong Kong🇭🇰, Hungary🇭🇺, India🇮🇳, Italy🇮🇹, Kenya🇰🇪, Netherlands🇳🇱, Nigeria🇳🇬, Pakistan🇵🇰, Romania🇷🇴, Scotland🏴, Singapore🇸🇬, Tajikistan🇹🇯, Tunisia🇹🇳, Turkey🇹🇷 and Ukraine🇺🇦.
In January 2011, I received my “Entrepreneurial Univesity Leadership Programme” certificate from the Saïd Business School, University of Oxford. This executive education programme changed my life.
By 2012 I had changed job and was playing a leading role for an organisation that had made a strategic commitment to becoming more entrepreneurial.
Within another year, in 2013, to gain real-life experience of start-ups, I had become self-employed and set up my own international consultancy.
In 2017, building on the success of my consultancy and to gain experience of scale-ups, I founded the Entrepreneurial Mindset Network, an international organisation which now has members in 84 countries.
Our vision is a world where everybody can benefit from having an entrepreneurial mindset, whether they run their own business or are employed in the private, public or not for profit sectors.
In April 2021, I will begin my 9th year of owning my own business, leading an organisation that is providing learning opportunities for people all over the world to become more entrepreneurial.
I can honestly say that education and life long learning continue to change my life. Have you had a similar experience? What is your story?
eZINE Volume 4 no 1
This post on LinkedIn attracted 1682 views with likes from people in 21 countries: Armenia🇦🇲, Australia🇦🇺, Austria🇦🇹, Canada🇨🇦, England🏴, Estonia🇪🇪, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, Hong Kong🇭🇰, Ireland🇮🇪, India🇮🇳, Malta🇲🇹, Moldova 🇲🇩, Pakistan🇵🇰, Romania🇷🇴, Scotland🏴, Singapore🇸🇬, South Africa🇿🇦, Turkey🇹🇷, Ukraine🇺🇦 and United States 🇺🇸.
Find inspiration in the latest edition of our online eZINE:
Instilling a winning mindset in the young Danie Jacobs 🇿🇦
The journey to the entrepreneurial university Eleanor Shaw 🏴
Europe needs more intrapreneurship Mart Kikas 🇪🇪
Anatolian Valley: New entrepreneurship zone Selahattin Ciritci 🇹🇷
Mindset xCHANGE webinar Jay Wasim Paul Coyle Roberto Brambilla Zohra Omar 🌐
For immediate access to our eZINEs subscribe for FREE at https://lnkd.in/dSRXDFt
Also available:
2020 Vol3 No 3
Fostering an entrepreneurial mindset in children Trudie Murray 🇮🇪
Sparking creativity in young entrepreneurs Hande Diker 🇹🇷
Celebrating women founders in Pakistan Sharoon Yasir 🇵🇰
How companies can develop their capability to innovate Mart Kikas 🇪🇪
The entrepreneurial mindset in R&D Ellen Burgdorf-Schröder and Susanne Alexandra Klein 🇩🇪
2020 Vol 3 No2
How should we deal with the causes of work-related stress? Pauline Miller Judd🏴
What makes a webinar successful? Paul Coyle 🇫🇷 🇬🇧
What now for employee engagement? Martine Robins FCIPD 🏴
Is it time for an HR strategy reset? Sherisa Rajah Baird 🇿🇦
How can small businesses stay open? Jay Wasim 🏴
How can we learn not to fear failure? Stefan Gueorguiev 🇧🇬
A growing international network
This post on LinkedIn attracted 4487 views with likes from people in 22 countries: Algeria🇩🇿, Armenia🇦🇲, England🏴, Ethiopia🇪🇹, Finland🇫🇮, France🇫🇷, Germany🇩🇪, Hong Kong🇭🇰, Ireland🇮🇪, Italy🇮🇹, Malaysia🇲🇾, Oman🇴🇲, Pakistan🇵🇰, Palestine🇵🇸, Scotland🏴, Singapore🇸🇬, South Africa🇿🇦, Spain🇪🇸, Tajikistan🇹🇯, Turkey🇹🇷, Ukraine🇺🇦 and United States 🇺🇸.
In 2020, the membership of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Network grew to include members in 82 countries. My posts on LinkedIn attracted over 61k views, and also received likes from people in 77 countries.
As 2021 begins, I am excited about continuing and strengthening these global interactions. I wish all the best for the coming year to my LinkedIn connections and to the members of the Entrepreneurial Mindset Network.