Social Innovation and Impact

Catalog description

This interdisciplinary course introduces and strengthens key strategies of changemaking. Students examine social and environmental issues occurring across the globe and connect them to the local community by integrating the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UNSDGs). Through a human-centered design thinking project, students implement an action project at Bradley or in the local community. Topics covered include business strategy as a force for good, B Corps, social intrapreneurship, transformational leadership, storytelling, sustainability, and partnership development. Case studies review innovative activities of social, environmental, and political entrepreneurs, activists, organizations, and social movements.