Innovation & Everyday Leadership

2 credits · Occupational Therapy-Doctorate

Students analyze the informal ways people innovate and exert leadership on behalf of individuals, communities, populations, and the profession. Students examine their actions through an innovation and leadership lens to identify the ways in which they are everyday leaders. They examine their formal and informal leadership roles and discuss those roles in light of leadership and entrepreneurship theories. Students discover how to influence change in the profession by working with the governance and political processes of various professional organizations.