Changing My World Through Action Research

Join us for this complimentary webinar led by entrepreneur and recent doctoral graduate Paul Argyle. Get a better understanding of inquiry through the lens of action research and consider radical new approaches to leadership and management.

Tuesday, November 19, 2024

12:30-2pm GMT (London)

Online Zoom Webinar

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One step at a time

Join Paul for a journey through his doctoral program in organizational change at Hult Ashridge.

Meet the Speaker

Paul Argyle

Paul is a practising entrepreneur whose PhD thesis, completed in summer 2024, was titled Reframing the process of family business succession: An autoethnographic study. (“It’s not about me.”). It explored, through the use of autoethnographic stories, the change in his relationship with Sam, his son, during the period when the leadership and ownership of his two family businesses were transferred to Sam.

Paul has a first degree in Management Sciences and a Master's in Entrepreneurship, which developed into a period of research into the likely processes which produce emergent entrepreneurial practice. He's currently is a Director (but no longer the owner) of two family businesses. One, Alternative Airlines Ltd, which is an online flight booking agency, was recently awarded a Sunday Times 100 Award for being one of nine UK organisations deemed to be "Recovery Heroes" for significant growth post the pandemic. The other, Flight Directors, is an airline General Sales Agency, which has just celebrated its 40th anniversary. Together, they employ over 130 people and have a turnover in excess of £80 Million.

Paul has been a judge at the Venture Further Awards, organized by Masood Entrepreneurship Centre in Manchester and continues as a mentor to a number of young entrepreneurs who have been successful in this competition.

Paul is a keen walker, who, during his time as an doctoral student, completed two caminos in Spain and compares the period of personal transition he experienced whilst conducting his PhD research with that which took place within the context of a long distance pilgrimage.