Andrea Granelli
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This Impact AcademyI e-learn! Is structured in 3 online modules of 2 hours each:
This online program is an introduction to the Impact Academy on i-Leadership, specifically tailored upon the current moment of emergency. The three modules are intended as a primer of the tools of impact leadership, which will then deeply explored during the Impact Academy i-Leadership (dates to be confirmed on the fall semester of 2020).
Technology is already, and will be more and more, an increasingly powerful tool to develop leadership skills, if conceived as an opportunity instead of a threat. For all managers and entrepreneurs who want to manage organizations working in a hyper-digitalized and continuously changing context; for those who manage complex roles in a digital context; for those aiming at acquiring the necessary skills (not only technical) to drive the Web and not be driven by it.
A journey through philosophical concepts to help understand the cultural framework of social innovation projects, values and meanings, with a specific focus on design for social innovation in times of environmental emergency. This journey will be useful not only to increase knowledge and allow a different interpretation of what exists, but to anchor our own action to the most advanced reflection and philosophical practices, and to comprehend the relevance and responsibility of design for social innovation in a fast-evolving world in which designers have to face new global challenges. From the ontology of things to the phenomenology of results.
We will collectively discuss the most recent works of contemporary philosophers like Bruno Latour
and Maria Puig de la Bellacasa, reflecting upon what their philosophical tools they give us to better grasp and interpret our present and anticipate the potential impact of ecological challenges on our contemporary societies, by giving interesting guidelines for our design thinking.
The aim of this Masterclass is offering tools for appreciating philosophical research and philosophical thinking as sources for designing new reference models and new experimentations for social impact.
For those who work in the field of design for social innovation, product or service design, for early career profiles interested in questioning about the responsibilities and potentialities of design through the new environmental challenges. For whoever wants to reinforce the ability to abstract and imagine.
A quick flight over the evolutions of individual and institutional philanthropy at a global level, impact investing and philanthropy advisory, landing at methods of impact management and evaluation. A moment of conversation on philanthropy and impact investing – two powerful tools for individuals and organizations which aspire at a radical social change.
Objective of this Masterclass is to leave you with the desire to deepen your knowledge on revolutionary philanthropy and impact investiments, or trigger project developments in the field of philanthropy, philanthropy advisory or impact investing.
Foundations, third sector organizations, social investors, banks, philanthropy advisors, public and private managers, consultants. For whoever believes in a vision of impact generative of knowledge and deeply integrated into organizations’ strategies.
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The course mixes theoretical and practical approaches aimed at identifying impact management and impact measurement strategies. The focus will be on the definition of social impact, legal and policy related aspects, Theory of Change (ToC), Social Impact Evaluation (SIE) and social reporting. A project work on Social Impact Evaluation strengthens knowledge sharing between participants.
For everyone who works in the third sector and for is interested in Social Impact Evaluation (SIE), from a theoretical, practical and legal point of view.
The course aims at deepening impact, from the evaluation process to impact management strategies. Teaching methods are manifold: lectures, case studies, project works.
It offers a multi-disciplinary basic knowledge on social impact.
The aim of the module is to enable you to develop an Impact Vision,
a theoretical-practical horizon to structure your own path towards social impact actions.
The module deepens experiences and practices of those who have undertaken a track oriented to the construction and promotion of impact culture in their organization, practice and transformative motivation.
How it works
For those who realize that a new world vision should be explored first in its diversity, richness and complexity: explore, in order to understand and learn new languages, tools and practices. For those who want to acquire basic knowledge to introduce social impact in their own personal and professional realty.
The aim of the module is to offer a widespread and extensive knowledge of the impact ecosystem: from the definitions of social entrepreneurship to the typical social innovator’s mindset. Learning methods are manifold: lectures, group discussions, national and international case studies, and a final collaborative workshop for identifying your Impact Vision.
It is devoted to realizing the Impact Vision in a personal and organizational goal through the acquisition of specific tools: from the Theory of Change (ToC) and design thinking to social impact management and evaluation, in order to define your own Impact Goal.
For those who want to acquire useful tools to create a value chain for social impact and finalize them to achieve a real goal. For those who work in the public or private sector, have resources to invest or look for them, for those who sell products or design services, for public and private managers.
The aim is to provide participants with an effective and functional toolkit for building and designing actions oriented towards social impact, both from an individual and an organizational perspective. Learning methods are manifold: lectures, group discussions, national and international case studies, cooperative workshops and testimonials.
It is the advanced module to design your own impact action, making it successful and shared within the organizations. It combines both theoretical and structural phases to define your own impact action.
For those who want to strengthen their own leadership qualities and generate social impact through concrete individual and organizational actions.
The aim is to facilitate, through a systemic approach, the definition of a structured and effective action plan enabling every participant to generate social impact in her/his own life and organization.
This is the space for individual and organizational transformation, where you will be exposed to disruptive impact experiences which will drive you to make your action tangible in the world and in society. The module is based on a «lead by examples» model: in every session a testimonial will bring her/his experience, and participants will work together to systemize learnings facilitated by our Faculty.
For professionals who are interested in strengthening their own leadership to generate a positive social impact and create a new vision of the world.
For those who already are facing a challenge and want to learn new and disruptive Impact Leadership in Complexity
The aim of this module is to offer participants a series of good practices and direct experiences of experts and entrepreneurs from different sectors, paired up with facilitation by top practitioners oriented to solve an impact challenge at stake. Learning methods are manifold: group discussions, national and international case studies, individual mentoring and customized follow-up, and co-design of solutions.
A cutting edge programme offering new perspectives and a unique combination of tools to shape social innovation in the digital era. Delivered by a faculty of renowned international experts at the intersection of behavioural economics, social sciences and design.
A journey of discovery to ignite your imagination and enrich your strategic toolbox.
Tech, Innovation and Social Impact: the power of narratives and myths of the digital economy *
Giovanni Nisato
Join Giovanni Nisato in an insightful and interactive exploration of the relationship between technological innovation and the Common Good.
How do narratives shape innovation? Are we puppets or puppeteers in the play of the digital economy? Can we direct digital innovation towards the Common Good?
In this course you will uncover and revisit how some myths of the digital era reflect on the choices we make and reflect on the complex relation between technology, innovation and social impact.
Behavioural economics: towards understanding biases and preferences in the digital age.
Tobias Gesche
Tobias Gesche brings the science of behavioural economics to your fingertips by providing an analytical framework that accounts for economics incentives and human biases.
What does behavioural economics teach us about harnessing digital technology for Social Good? How do human perceptions of risk and cooperation drive individual decisions? What role do cognitive biases play in a digital environment and how can data from such environments yield behavioral insights?
Social Design: how to design spaces to facilitate collaboration and build community *
Antonio Scarponi
Antonio Scarponi takes you on a discovery journey: from historical and philosophical perspectives on the shared space, to cutting edge tools and great practical examples of using social design to harness participation and invigorate communities through co-creation.
Understanding ‘Things Economic’ – Illuminating the unseen – Part I
Lotta Björklund Larsen and Inga Treitler
Lotta Björklund Larsen and Inga Treitler lead you in an exploration of the relationships that shape and are shaped by economic practices. Bringing social change means identifying what an economy is and understanding how societies work.
Be initiated with tools of ethnography and embark on a guided field exercise. Use the “sharing economy” as a frame to discover society’s ‘invisible’ surpluses and return to the virtual classroom on Day 6 (11.2.2021) to report and critique findings in small groups
Understanding ‘Things Economic’ – Creating social change – Part II
Inga Treitler and Lotta Björklund Larsen
The journey continues on from Day 4 with Inga Treitler and Lotta Björklund Larsen applying the anthropological lens to the exploration of ‘things economic’ in societies. Participants present findings from their ethnographic field work in small groups (see Day 4) and Inga and Lotta lead a discussion of things economic in other times and other cultures. Ethnographic findings probe how markets are governed and what constraints and opportunities governance creates as we aim to integrate sharing economy features into inclusive economic systems in designing social change.
Thinking as behavioral scientists, acting as designers *
Michele Visciola
Join Michele Visciola to discover how to deploy behavioural modelling strategies alongside key design methods to address stubborn social challenges.
How do we understand heterogeneous individual and cultural biases when framing behavioural change programmes? How do we set preferences and biases in an evolutionary perspective? What are good examples of using behavioural modelling to shape societal change programmes?
Becoming the Design Leader you want to be
Martin Feuz and Daniel Boos
Martin Feuz and Daniel Boos close the circle of the Experientia Academy with a hands-on session to build your roadmap to Leadership for social change. Participants will get inspiration, tools and mutual challenge as they create their very own Leadership game plan and set-up for impact.
Courses marked with an *are led by a bilingual (English – Italian) teacher.
This Academy is for managers and leaders, entrepreneurs and intrapreneurs seeking to acquire new tools and ideas for their change-making toolbox.
Our learning offer is for those who want to use new practices to solve old (and new) problems and who believe in combining empathy and creativity with science and rigor to generate social impact.
We expect participants to have at least 3-5 years of professional experience.
The course offers a unique journey of exploration, presenting lenses, levers and tools to understand and drive social impact. Built as a modular offer, it features contributions from experts drawn from across disciplines, delivered interactively and showcasing examples drawn from the Faculty’s international experience.
Complexity, acceleration, discontinuity and uncertainty are the hallmarks of the era we live in. Never before has all this been evident. The changes are increasingly profound and sudden in every context at various levels, both in the territories and in the communities, as well as in companies, organizations and groups. The program aims to provide new skills and new leadership and management tools able to predict possible scenarios of markets, contexts and behaviors and to make decisions in the present capable of having an impact in the future.
Blended course (on campus and online) divided into:
Mentorship and project work challenges: experimental applications on challenges proposed by ecosystem players
Entrepreneurs, managers, professionals, people in strategic management roles – marketing, sales, innovation, IT, HR – and for people who design products and services with a high impact potential. It is also aimed at researchers and freelancers in the profit, public and non-profit sectors.
The intention is to broaden the set of strategic skills and the design of roadmaps, planning and long- and short-term strategies, nourishing the innovative potential and stimulating the ability to adapt to the different possible scenarios and to the fast and unexpected changes of the era in which we live.
The path combines disciplines from many different fields, from sociology to economics, from architecture to design, from communication to marketing, without neglecting psychology. During the course, participants will train on a project work focused on a social impact challenge proposed by various companies.
