The Open University
Sustainable Business Strategy for Future Leaders Specialization
The Open University

Sustainable Business Strategy for Future Leaders Specialization

Lead sustainable business strategies for success

Haider Ali

Instructor: Haider Ali

Sponsored by Taipei Medical University [C4CB]

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Intermediate level

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2 months
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

2 months
at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand the mega-trends and drivers influencing the change in consumer preference and business landscapes towards sustainable impact outcomes

  • Design and implement new sustainable business concepts and business models grounded in People, Planet, Profit and Progress centric thinking and doing

  • Understand how the creative ideation process functions to generate a broad range of relevant outcomes to your challenge domain and systems map

  • Develop a comprehensive snapshot of your business model value from three levels of analysis: environmental, social and business

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

  • Understand the mega-trends and drivers influencing the change in consumer preference and business landscapes towards sustainable impact outcomes.

  • Frame and scope new business challenges, strategically grounded in contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Skills you'll gain

Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Corporate Strategy
Category: Design Thinking
Category: Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG)
Category: Human Centered Design
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Creative Problem-Solving
Category: Environment and Resource Management
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Creative Thinking
Category: Innovation
Category: Natural Resource Management
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Business Management
Category: Solution Design
Category: Environmental Resource Management
Category: Environmental Issue
Category: Environmental Policy

What you'll learn

  • 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

Skills you'll gain

Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Corporate Strategy
Category: Complex Problem Solving
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Strategic Planning
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Stakeholder Engagement
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Stakeholder Management
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving

What you'll learn

  • Understand how the creative ideation process functions to generate a broad range of relevant outcomes to your challenge domain and systems map.

  • Converge on a selection of the most impactful ideas to take forward for implementation and (in)validation.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Critical Thinking and Problem Solving
Category: Ideation
Category: Creativity
Category: Creative Thinking
Category: Systems Thinking
Category: Analytical Skills
Category: Critical Thinking
Category: Strategic Planning
Category: Problem Solving
Category: Complex Problem Solving
Category: Innovation
Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Corporate Strategy
Category: Organizational Strategy
Category: Strategic Thinking
Category: Brainstorming
Category: Creative Problem-Solving
Category: Business Strategy

What you'll learn

  • Appraise your value proposition to stakeholders and its likely impact in the real world across people, planet, profit and progress.

  • Develop a comprehensive snapshot of your business model value from three levels of analysis: environmental, social and business.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Product Marketing
Category: Value Propositions
Category: Strategic Marketing
Category: Business Modeling
Category: Business Process Modeling
Category: Design and Product
Category: Process Design
Category: Business Strategy
Category: Product Design
Category: Marketing Planning
Category: Business Process Management
Category: Corporate Strategy
Category: Product Management
Category: Prototyping
Category: Product Development
Category: Go To Market Strategy
Category: Corporate Sustainability
Category: Verification And Validation
Category: Quality Assurance
Category: Process Analysis

Instructor

Haider Ali
The Open University
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