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Humanistic Leadership Academy

Foundations of Sustainable Business


Description
This foundation course for the “sustainable business minor” reviews the key ethical, economic, and scientific principles needed to manage “triple bottom line” enterprises: entities that are both profitable and responsible (socially and environmentally).
Content
  • Section 1: Overview- Understanding Global Managerial Challenges (SB2)
  • Introduction and Overview
  • Disruption- A basic Intro by Tony Seba
  • Welcome and Introduction by Professor
  • Larry Fink's letter to CEO's
  • A Fundamental Reshaping of Finance
  • SharedValuePorterHarvardBusinessReview _3_.PDF
  • Background on SDG's
  • Introduction to Sustainable Development- Jeffrey Sachs
  • Introduction to Modern management
  • Overview of Humanistic Management
  • Managerial Challenges- as viewed by Global CEO's
  • BRT-Statement-on-the-Purpose-of-a-Corporation-with-Signatures
  • Reflection 1
  • SECTION 2: SB-System Level Challenges I (SB2)
  • Planetary Boundaries- Overview
  • Planetary Boundaries- Johan Rockstroem
  • Story of Stuff
  • Chapter 1 Humanistic Management
  • From Sandwich to Bagel Management
  • Chapter 2 Humanistic Management
  • It’s Time for Economics to Get Animated!
  • Andrew Winston- TED Talk Big Pivot
  • Interview with Andrew Winston
  • Assignment
  • Section 3: SB-System Level Challenges II (SB2)
  • SB 3 Overview
  • Background on SDG's
  • Human Needs- Social Sustainability
  • Dignity- Donna Hicks
  • Business and Human Rights Challenges
  • Business and Human Rights issues
  • Andrew Winston- Big Pivot round Table
  • Fair Trade- Patrick Struebi
  • Patrick Struebi- Interview
  • Session 3 reflection
  • Section 4: Individual Level Challenges (SB2)
  • Reading- check syllabus
  • Overview- Introduction
  • How would you describe a human being to an alien?
  • Happiness and Wealth
  • The 'Economistic' Perspective - Lecture (13:40)
  • Humanistic Perspectives - Lecture (13:23)
  • Challenge of Traditional view of Human Nature
  • Evolutionary Perspective on Human Nature
  • Evolutionary Perspective on Human Nature Part 2
  • Evolutionary Perspective on Human Nature Part 3
  • 4 Drive Theory
  • Humanistic Perspectives
  • Perspectives of Social Sciences on Human Nature
  • Why this matters
  • Reflection Assignment
  • Section 5: Organizational Challenges (SB2)
  • Overview SB 5
  • Meet Michael Scott- Manager at Dunder Mifflin
  • Would you want to work for Michael Scott?
  • Is Michael Scott a great manager?
  • Management Definition
  • Bad Management - The Dilbert Perspective
  • The Office Space - Did you get the memo?
  • The Office Space - Printer Scene
  • The "Epidemic" of Low Employee Engagement
  • Your Engagement?
  • Intro to Leadership
  • Leadership Exercise
  • Leadership exercise - Reflection Question
  • Blind Leadership Video - See How Others Did
  • Leadership Exercise Debrief
  • Definitions of Leadership
  • Dancing Guy Leadership
  • Reflections on Leadership
  • Stakeholder Trust- Roundtable
  • Decline of Stakeholder Trust
  • Designing Better Organizations
  • How does Sustainable Business Play a role
  • Section 6: Sustainable Business Foundations (SB2)
  • Intro and Overview
  • Top 10 Global Problems in Today's World - The Millenial Perspective
  • Opportunities for People Who Want to Become Billionaires
  • Beyond Meat
  • Tesla assessment
  • Business ideas for Sustainable Business
  • We Need Breakthrough Business Models, Not Breakthrough Technology
  • 4 reasons it’s hard to become a sustainable business
  • Why is it hard to become sustainable?
  • Future of Humanity
  • Week 6
  • Section 7- How to Apply in Your Organization
Completion rules
  • All units must be completed
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