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New Executive Thinking Social-Impact Technology Projects

Dr. Anjali Sastry · Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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About

This customized independent study course puts Sloan Fellows MBA students into direct contact with innovators tackling global needs in education, healthcare, and energy/environment. Co-designed projects address low-income markets in the U.S. or globally, focusing on the application of new ideas and technology rooted in MIT innovations or the Boston ecosystem. Every project aims to develop better ways for the right innovations to reach scale, sustainability, and quality, thereby improving lives and uncovering opportunities in underserved markets.

Lectures

Instructor Insights

  1. An Interview with Anjali Sastry on Facilitating a Customized Learning Experience for Sloan Fellows 20 min · Video
  2. Creating a Set of Projects That Link Technology and Social Impact 20 min · Video
  3. Project Examples 20 min · Video
  4. Behind-the-Scenes Logistics of Supporting Students’ Work 20 min · Video
  5. Is This Scalable? 20 min · Video
  6. Measuring Success: Anchoring Passion Projects with Academic Rigor 20 min · Video
  7. Insights into Emerging Ideas: How Teaching This Way Benefits the Instructor as Researcher 20 min · Video
  8. Networking with a Purpose 20 min · Video
  9. Iterating on a New Learning Experience: Creating Frameworks and Opting In 20 min · Video
  10. How Far Are You Willing to Go outside Your Area of Expertise? 20 min · Video
  11. Are You Open to Supporting a Diversity of Projects, or Do You Prefer Clustered Projects? 20 min · Video
  12. Words of Advice for Educators Trying This, Too 20 min · Video
  13. Social Impact at Scale, One Project at a Time with Dr. Anjali Sastry 11 min · Video

Using Technology to Improve Small Farming in Brazil

  1. Using Technology to Improve Small Farming in Brazil 9 min · Video
  2. Using Technology to Improve Small Farming in Brazil 9 min · Video
  3. Using Technology to Improve Small Farming in Brazil (Portuguese) 2 min · Video

Innovations Across the Agriculture Value Chain: An Opportunity for Entrepreneurs

  1. Innovations Across the Agriculture Value Chain 12 min · Video
  2. Innovations Across the Agriculture Value Chain 12 min · Video

Public Tech Innovation with Real-world Implementation

  1. Public Tech Innovation with Real-world Implementation 12 min · Video
  2. Public Tech Innovation with Real-world Implementation 12 min · Video
  3. Public Tech Innovation with Real-world Implementation (Spanish) 2 min · Video

Syllabus and materials

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Credits and licence

Institution
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department
Sloan School of Management
Teacher
Dr. Anjali Sastry
Term
Fall 2017
Level
Graduate
Language
English
Subjects
Business and management
Source
MIT OpenCourseWare
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, as MIT OpenCourseWare states it. Non-commercial use only. MIT OpenCourseWare's terms
Attribution
Dr. Anjali Sastry. New Executive Thinking Social-Impact Technology Projects. Fall 2017. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu/. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.
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