ALA 270: Leading with an Artist’s Mindset in an AI-Enabled World

The class Leading with an Artist’s Mindset in an AI-Enabled World will explore how leaders can navigate complexity, uncertainty, and rapid change through creativity, systems thinking, and a human-centered approach to leadership. Students examine leadership through interdisciplinary perspectives, including psychology, philosophy, the arts, and emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence. Through reflective, experiential, and project-based learning, students cultivate an artist’s mindset and develop the distinctively human capacities to make sense of ambiguity, exercise judgment, imagine new possibilities, and lead creatively and adaptively in a changing world.

What Will Students Learn in the Leading with an Artist’s Mindset in an AI-Enabled World Course?
Throughout the semester, students will:

• Examine leadership theories 
• Gain insights from creativity research, systems thinking, psychology, philosophy, the arts, and contemporary challenges such as artificial intelligence and social transformation
• Develop their capacity to interpret complex situations, imagine alternative futures, and experiment with new approaches to leadership through readings, discussions, case studies, creative exercises, and reflective practices

ALA: Leading with an Artist’s Mindset in an AI-Enabled World is a 3-credit course offered in the winter.
Section 1: T/TH 3:30-5PM

Course Guide

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