Navigating Seams:Tech,Ops,Pol

3 Credits · Level: Graduate

Throughout history, major advances in society have seen key shifts in three areas: technology, operations, and policy. Complex developments often require simultaneously maneuvering within all three of these spaces using various tools of their trades. When significant advances are made in one of the three areas, the other two may struggle to maintain a similar pace of adaptation. In times of extreme advance, these dissimilar paces may become more apparent and result in overt friction at their seams, especially when one or more is out of pace with the others. This course examines the seams created between the three key areas of technology, operations, and policy as applied to specific cases. An analysis of real-world topics creates avenues for students to more concretely define, analyze, and evaluate the seams that apply between these areas.Through a series of lectures, case studies, simulations, and group discussions, students will engage in hands-on analysis of real-world topics, creating avenues for them to more concretely define, analyze, and evaluate the seams that apply between these areas. By the end of the course, students will gain a comprehensive understanding of how to navigate and address the complexities and frictions that arise at the intersections and seams of technology, operations, and policy, equipping them with the skills to effectively contribute to future tensions they may encounter