The Open University - Thinking about sustainable business systemically
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Thinking about sustainable business systemically at Coursera Overview
Duration | 12 hours |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
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Credential | Certificate |
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Thinking about sustainable business systemically at Coursera Course details
- Go beyond the limitations of existing methodologies and business design approaches to serve complex ecosystem needs and problems
- Design and implement new sustainable business concepts and business models grounded in People, Planet, Profit and Progress centric thinking and doing
- On this course, you'll examine the process, methodology and impact of global circular economy initiatives
- You'll use systems thinking and mapping to understand the underlying dynamics and interaction of your problem-opportunity space and explore the likely impacts and effects of changing and/or influencing key elements of your systems
- You'll also identify key "leverage points" of potential change across your systems map that you can address through future business interventions
- You'll discover how to effectively hone and progress your sustainability goals to achieve positive outcomes and business success
- Via text-based resources and task books, you'll gain comprehensive understanding and benefit from in-depth reference points as you formulate your ideas and plans
Thinking about sustainable business systemically at Coursera Curriculum
Welcome to the course
Video 2.1 Helen Burdett, Head of Circular Economy at the World Economic Forum – Interview 1 (7 mins)
Video 2.2 Helen Burdett, Head of Circular Economy at the World Economic Forum – Interview 2 (7 mins)
Welcome to the course
Course requirements
Engaging with your tasks
Reintroducing the circular economy
Your task: World Economic Forum's Scale360 initiative to enable circular economy (Part 1)
Thoughts from your course instructor
Your task: World Economic Forum's Scale360 initiative to enable circular economy (Part 2)
Thoughts from your course instructor
Your sustainable challenge domains
Your task: Defining your business challenge space
Week 1 summary
How much do you know already?
Week 1 assignment
Your task: Introduce yourself
Systems thinking and sustainability spaces
Video 2.3 introducing systems mapping
Welcome to Week 2
Introduction to systems thinking
What is a system?
Traditional problem thinking: in search of a single solution
Combining systems thinking and design thinking
Systems mapping
When to create a system map
Systems boundaries and dynamics
Your task: System dynamics
Stakeholder interviews: primary research
How to conduct stakeholder interviews
Summarising your stakeholder interview insights
Other primary data sources to consider
Week 2 summary
Your task: Differences between systems thinking and design thinking
Week 2 self-assessment
Week 2 assignment
Your task: Write your problem statement
Developing your systems map
Refining your systems map
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