Course curriculum

  • 01

    Welcome

    • A1.1 Meet Laura

    • A1.7 The Blank Slate

    • A1.8 Reaching a Blank Slate

    • A1.9 Where to go for help
  • 02

    Uncovering your North Star

    • A2.0 INTRO-Your North Star

    • A2.1 Your North Star

    • A2.2 Getting to your North Star

    • A2.3 The North Star Exercise

    • A2.5 The Sustainable Development Goals

    • A2.6 How to think about the SDGs

    • A2.7a What impact do you want to have?

    • A2.8 - SUMMARY

    • 🧠 Optional | PODCAST - Blueprint for a Sustainable Future

  • 03

    Falling in Love with the Problem

    • A3.0a INTRO-Establish the problem you want to solve

    • A3.2a Map the system

    • A3.1 Problem vs Symptoms

    • A3.2b The 5 Whys Exercise

    • A3.3 What do you already know?

    • A3.5 Introducing Externalities

    • A3.6 Interconnected Systems Theory

    • The Trim Tab Mindset

    • Future Framing

    • A3.7 - SUMMARY

  • 04

    How Might We? - Formulating Ideas

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Priming for Brainstorm

    • Asking the right questions

    • Your 'How Might We' Statement

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Design Thinking Fundamentals

    • Introducing Biomimicry

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Nature's Design Checklist

    • Introducing the Circular Economy

    • Lines VS. Circles

    • The Circular Economy Strategies

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | The truth about recycling
  • 05

    How to (actually) brainstorm

    • How to (actually) brainstorm

    • The Crazy Eights

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Your Idea Bank

    • A Circular Brainstorm
  • 06

    Solutions Honing

    • Rethinking Scale

    • Down-selecting Ideas

    • Scoring your Ideas

    • Building Empathy through the MOM Test

    • The User Profile

    • Pains and Gains

    • The 'Job To Be Done' - FRAMEWORK

    • Mapping your Profiles

    • Human VS. Environmental Design

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Mapping Actants
  • 07

    Building the System

    • Introducing Business Models

    • Playing with business models

    • Meaning Making and Money Making

    • Business Model Menu

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | The Unconscious Bias

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | The Bottom of the Pyramid
  • 08

    Strategizing for impact

    • Introducing the Theory of Change

    • Mapping your Theory of Change

    • The Theory of Change Exercise

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Your Challenge Network

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Blueprint for a Sustainable Future with Finn Woelm

    • Intro to Full Lifecycle Use Case

    • The Use Case Story

    • The Use Case Exercise

    • Summary: Life Cycle Use Case
  • 09

    Measuring your Impact

    • Introducing Impact Measurement

    • Lean Impact Measurement

    • The Impact Measurement Field Guide + Exercise

    • Impact Measurement Tips

    • The Social Change Ecosystem
  • 10

    The Launch Mindset

    • The Prototyping Mindset

    • The Iteration Mindset

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Feel-Good Feedback

    • 🧠 OPTIONAL | Your Challenge Network
  • 11

    Grow your Impact

    • Circles of Influence Intro

    • Circle of Influence BFI

    • Circle of Influence Wrap-up
  • 12

    Launching an Impact Business

    • Introduction: Fundraising

    • Before you Fundraise

    • Co-founder FAQs

    • Congratulations!