Course # 33620 This course will train students in how to initiate strategic innovation within large organizations (especially nonprofits and government). It is intended for students who want to build a career in organizational strategy and innovation in any sector, but specifically within an existing organization (not as founder of a new one). This course will teach a skillset, mindset, and team-based model for evolving and deploying innovation approaches within social sector organizations. Having learned this approach, students will address challenges in Chicago in a fast-paced, rotating team structure. Demands for out of class work will be high. Throughout the course, students will engage in strategic conversations on themes surrounding innovation including: the inclusion of data and AI systems, public-private partnerships, technology modernizations, and disruptive service contexts (healthcare, education, security, etc). We’ll discuss how each of these conditions requires adapting the deployment of innovation practices and how to adapt strategies within such contexts. The skills and perspectives of entrepreneurship and human-centered design were formalized to address uncertainty in the world in order to create more effective and sustainable solutions. Typically the teaching of these skills focuses on the creation of new organizations that serve new markets or new communities. However, existing organizations across the public and social sectors face urgent operational uncertainties as well and may benefit from these approaches. Those uncertainties are driven by pressure to adapt their missions to changing constituency preferences, technology trends, social norms, and complex regulations. Quarter Title Instructor Day(s) Time(s) Syllabus Spring 2024 Leading with Innovation Will Gossin Monday 9:00am-11:50am Syllabus Recent News More news America is uniquely ill-suited to handle a falling population Wed., April 24, 2024 Consolidation in Hospital Sector Leading to Higher Health Care Costs, Study Finds Wed., April 24, 2024 US offshore wind needs American-made ships. The first is nearly ready Wed., April 24, 2024 Upcoming Events More events Climate Capital & Sustainable Solutions: Diverse Perspectives on Funding the Climate Crisis Wed., April 24, 2024 | 6:30 PM St. Bartholomew's Church 325 Park Ave. New York, NY 10022 United States Denver Area Harris Alumni Networking Event Thu., April 25, 2024 | 6:00 PM NW Denver (location details provided to registrants) Denver, CO 80212 United States SDG (Sustainable Development Goals) Challenge Program for High School Students: Navigating US College Admissions with Ranjan Daniels Mon., April 29, 2024 | 8:00 AM
April 17, 2024 UChicago Harris International Leadership Credential Roundtable With John Burrows & Shilin Liu