This course explores the dynamic intersection of technology, innovation, and human imagination in shaping the future of global leadership. Students are challenged to critically examine how emerging technologies—such as artificial intelligence, biotechnology, blockchain, and immersive media—are not only transforming industries but also reshaping leadership paradigms, ethics, and global systems. Through a multidisciplinary lens, students will investigate how visionary and conscious leadership can harness technological change to solve complex global problems, foster inclusive innovation, and anticipate unintended consequences. The course also examines the creative process as a leadership capacity, enabling students to cultivate imagination as a strategic tool in innovation and foresight. Recommended Text: The Innovator’s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Christensen, 1997)
MGL7020: Technology - Innovation and Imagination
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