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Week 13 Reflection

This week was a great one for me. I absolutely love when I take take cyclical education and add in the spiritual side of things. For me it makes my pursuit of a degree even more enjoyable. I know for myself I have learned ten times more from a class when I have been able to relate the class to the gospel and aspects of my life. One of the biggest things that stood out to me was reading about the comparisons of Disciple leadership and a Social Entrepreneur. Then taking the scriptures and creating a guide of scriptures that were related to being a Social Entrepreneur. Being able to take scriptures and relate them to being a Social Entrepreneur really resonated with me. It truly makes me take a step back and look at what I really want to do with a business that I may open up after obtaining my degree. I think for me I was beginning to rethink if I wanted a degree in Business with emphasis in Entrepreneurship. Then I got to week 13 and really taking a look and comparing the Gospel wit...
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Week 12 Reflection

July 11, 2020            This week was filled with a lot of learning not only from the reading, the Gap Analysis, and the discussion questions. One of the things that was most beneficial for me was learning more about various Entrepreneurs and the change that they made possible through not only their insight, but that of Governmental change in some cases.            I think that one of the things that stood out to me the most was the ABC's of Self-Reliance from the Gap Analysis studying section. It was interesting to me that although it is ABC it all really begins with the "C" in Cognition and that is what truly starts the change or the action that drives the behavior. I feel that this for me is a game changer piece of knowledge that I will use for the rest of my life. Not only to help myself but others around me. If we can all come to the realization that it begins with "ME or I" things can be a lot better.    ...
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Week 11 Reflection

                 This week was somewhat interesting as the City of Seattle has taken back it's Seattle neighborhood of Capital Hill. Now why is that significant. With everything that has been happening in the world and specifically around Washington. We have been seeing a spike in Homelessness. This is of course the issue that I have been working on in this class over the course of 6 weeks. This week we have also been learning more about impact investing. Also, how companies will use their impact investing to help have a greater impact or footprint on their location.                   I really enjoyed doing the activity and looking to see which companies used what other types of companies to invest their money in on causes for the greater good. How each of them worked and partnered with others to increase their footprints in their social issues. I think that one of the things that I struggled wi...
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Week 9 Reflection

            I really enjoyed this weeks application assignment. It was challenging and yet it was insightful to take a look at a company through a different lens. It certainly interesting how some companies claim to be an NGO or Non-profit and yet don't measure up when you put them to a numbers test. You really can learn a lot about companies when you put them to the numbers test.              I was really impressed with the case analysis and the company that we were tasked to analyze. I didn't know much about Timberland at all other than they were a shoe manufacturer. Now I know they are so much more than that. The social innovations that they are doing and creating within their organization is huge. The one thing that really stood out to me was the fact that the core values were instilled in each employee within the corporation.              I think that this is the perfect...
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Week 7 Reflection Journal

          This week was very interesting as we presented our recorded Innovation Presentation projects. It was definitely interesting to be able begin learning more about what it takes to get started out in a business. Learning about business models and then having to create a business canvas on a current company will be a valuable tool for the future.           One thing that stuck out to me came from the article "A Better Way to Think About Your Business Model". Alezander Osterwalder stated, "The business model canvas — as opposed to the traditional, intricate business plan — helps organizations conduct structured, tangible, and strategic conversations around new businesses or existing ones." He then went on to list a few companies that actually utilize this business model. I was inspired to think in terms of what type of company that I want to build at some point and these examples given by Alexander certainly made it a lot easier...
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Week 4: Reflection Journal

         This was a great week for review and additional learning. I was able to take from our textbook "How to change the World", a worldly take on Social innovation and be able to relate it back to the gospel of Jesus Christ. Then learning about Design Thinking and how to apply it to both big and small issues.           One of the things that stood out from our reading in the How to Change the World book was this; Svekeres was very successful in Social Innovation because of a Christ-like Love for her child. Each time that she seemed to hit a roadblock or something got in her path, she was able to revert back to thinking on her son and the answers would just come. She found solutions to everything through patience. Chapter 9 really made a big impression on me and created an inspired feeling within me to do more. This chapter also really opened my eyes to the definition of Social Innovation and just how easy one idea when put to good ...
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Week 3: Reflection

This week for me was very interesting as I had to venture into different types of assignments that I haven't done before. At the same time these assignments of case analysis and root cause analysis will be valuable tools for me to use going forward in my business career. Within those assignments from the root case analysis it gave a way to to get to the root cause by way of the "5 Why's". You basically start with the why is the issue there. You then put together a team of people that will help you with breaking down the why. Then you take the next two Why's are to drill down what the problem is and why it is continuing to be a problem. These points get broken down until they can't be broken down any further and you are left with the root cause of the problem. From the case analysis I learned that sometimes even the best opportunities that come our way aren't always the best thing for us. I was also tasked at finding a Social issue within the state in...
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