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Course
Meaningful Work in a Changing World
~9 Hours
Meaningful Work in a Changing World is about helping those who are unsure of how to find meaningful and rewarding work in a constantly changing world cultivate a concept called “the entrepreneurial way”: a way of thinking and acting that is about paying deep attention to the needs of people and creatively joining in God’s mission of redemption in the world. Join Michaela O’Donnell as she introduces you to this way of walking through the changing world of work!
Michaela O'Donnell
About This Course
Meaningful Work in a Changing World is about helping those who are unsure of how to find meaningful and rewarding work in a constantly changing world cultivate a concept called “the entrepreneurial way”: a way of thinking and acting that is about paying deep attention to the needs of people and creatively joining in God’s mission of redemption in the world. Join Michaela O’Donnell as she introduces you to this way of walking through the changing world of work!
Learning Outcomes
- Explain how entrepreneurship can be used as a model for vocational formation
- Define the ground rules of the entrepreneurial way
- Prototype next doable risks
Created in partnership with the De Pree Center and FULLER Equip.
- Administration
- Business & Marketplace
- Spiritual Formation & Vocation or Calling
- Vocation & Calling
1. Getting Started
The New World of Work
2. New World, Old Tools
The Entrepreneurial Way
3. Entrepreneurship as Vocational Formation
4. Our Road Trip Mantra
5. How We Behave Along the Way
Prototyping Next Doable Risks
6. Converting Empathy Into Imagination
7. Converting Imagination Into Risk
Conclusion
8. Next Steps
Your Instructor
Michaela O'Donnell
PhD, Executive Director of the Max De Pree Center for Leadership
Michaela is the Mary and Dale Andringa Executive Director Chair at the Max De Pree Center for Leadership. She is also an assistant professor of marketplace leadership and the lead professor for Fuller Seminary’s Doctor of Global Leadership, Redemptive Imagination in the Marketplace program. She is the author of two books, Life in Flux: Navigational Skills to Guide and Ground You in an Ever-Changing World written with Lisa Pratt Slayton (Baker Books, 2024), and Make Work Matter: Your Guide to Meaningful Work in a Changing World (Baker Books, 2021). In addition to her academic work, Michaela has over fifteen years of experience as a leader in the marketplace. Principally, as the owner and managing director of Long Winter Media, a vibrant creative agency that helps brands make social impact through multi-media content. Long Winter Media’s roster of clients includes Google, YouTube, NBC Universal, the University of Southern California, Presbyterian Church (USA), and many more. Notably, the Oprah Winfrey Network picked up a short film Long Winter Media produced for an episode of Oprah’s show Super Soul Sundays with Glennon Doyle.
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