420 search results
Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Science, Maths & Technology

Technological innovation: a resource-based view

...leadership).’ At this point it is worth reiterating my earlier contention that the RBV approach has far wider utility than simply commercial organisations. However, as innovation is typically seen as of most importance to commercial enterprises, it is unsurprising that ‘firms’ and ‘companies’ – commercial entities – are the focus of attention rather than...
View course Technological innovation: a resource-based view
Level 3: Advanced 10 hrs
Climate justice for the next generation
Education & Development

Climate justice for the next generation

...Leadership on Climate Change: What Can We Learn from Child-Led Initiatives in the U.S. and the Pacific Islands? Children, Youth and Environments, 28: 1, pp. 90–103. Donnelly, J. (2003) Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice. 2nd edition. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press Kraftl, P. (2020) ‘Plastic Childhoods’, in V. Cooper and N. Holford (eds)...
View course Climate justice for the next generation
Level 2: Intermediate 7 hrs
National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
History & The Arts

National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840

...leadership of a Roman Catholic barrister, Daniel O’Connell (1775–1847, depicted in Figure 9). In 1823, O’Connell and Richard Lalor Sheil (1791–1851) founded the Catholic Association, an organisation that was remarkably successful in gaining support across the social spectrum in Ireland, from landed Catholics and the middle classes, to the illiterate, Irish...
View course National identity in Britain and Ireland, 1780–1840
Level 2: Intermediate 4 hrs
Planning a better future
Education & Development

Planning a better future

...leadership and communicate effectively. Case study: Tom’s roles in life Look at Tom’s list below. It shows some of the roles he plays and what these roles demand of him. Student representative: attending meetings to give the views of my class to teachers and lecturers, communicating with people on the same course as me. Volunteer at Samaritans’ helpline: listening...
View course Planning a better future
Level 1: Introductory 15 hrs
Supporting climate action through digital education
Education & Development

Supporting climate action through digital education

...leadership skills. There’s a real sense of value in what each person brings, working together with a sense of integrity, truth and courage to make a difference and having a vision for future generations. We really have a responsibility to try in whatever way we can, to make a positive difference and the climate cafés give us a place where we can do that, where we...
View course Supporting climate action through digital education
Level 2: Intermediate 16 hrs
Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Money & Business

Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention

...leaderships emerge. Follow the Leader: Change originates from individuals who, through example and personality, inspire others to change their behaviour. Change is infectious, exponential. The Power of Belief: Change comes through widespread consciousness-raising that profoundly shifts how people understand their rights and the basics of human dignity. Values are at the...
View course Global challenges in practice: designing a development intervention
Level 2: Intermediate 12 hrs
First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Money & Business

First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship

...leadership. Today, for example, I’m at the west London factory of the folding bike specialist Brompton. BROMPTON EMPLOYEE We started a Brompton Bike Hire scheme. The idea was we’re trying to get more people on our bikes. DR. MICHAEL NGOASONG Context can be an opportunity. PROF. ELIZABETH DANIEL The Black Sheep Collective is a social enterprise. BLACK SHEEP COLLECTIVE...
View course First steps in innovation and entrepreneurship
Level 2: Intermediate 8 hrs
Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Money & Business

Sure, I know how to talk to people!

...leadership, decision-making and communication in the context of policing within the community. This particular session focuses on communication skills and specifically looks at how to build rapport and get the most out of conversations in community settings. It introduces a psychological model which is a useful way to think about how to develop rapport, and allows you to...
View course Sure, I know how to talk to people!
Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs