WELL 11 — Your Next Life Chapter: A Design Thinking and Behavioral Science–Based Approach
Quarter: Spring
Instructor(s): Raj Bhargava
Date(s): Apr 16—May 14
Class Recording Available: No
Class Meeting Day: Wednesdays
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Class Meeting Time: 5:30—8:00 pm (PT)
Tuition: $425
Refund Deadline: Apr 2
Unit(s): 1
Enrollment Limit: 35
Status: Registration opens Feb 24, 8:30 am (PT)
Quarter: Spring
Day: Wednesdays
Duration: 5 weeks
Time: 5:30—8:00 pm (PT)
Date(s): Apr 16—May 14
Unit(s): 1
Tuition: $425
Refund Deadline: Apr 2
Instructor(s): Raj Bhargava
Grade Restriction: No letter grade
Enrollment Limit: 35
Recording Available: No
Status: Registration opens Feb 24, 8:30 am (PT)
Today's simultaneous well-being, social justice, and climate change challenges have affected society deeply. Many of us are considering how to improve key aspects of our lives—work, health, love, community, play, or spirituality. This course will help you identify the areas that matter most to you and develop a plan for change in these areas.
To help inform and sustain your change efforts, we will explore what behavioral science research tells us about the meaning of life, mindsets, vulnerability, and habits. We will also apply design thinking, engage in deep reflection, and openly collaborate with other students to help broaden our perspectives and stimulate creativity. We will explore the use of artificial intelligence as your collaborator for brainstorming new ideas. Your plan will include establishing clear and measurable goals for yourself, identifying assets you will draw on, and preparing for barriers you may encounter along the way. You will complete your plan by the end of the fourth session and take action steps during the following week. In the fifth session, you will reflect on your progress, refine your action plan, and come away ready to launch an exciting new life chapter. This course will help you regardless of the phase of life or frame of mind you are in.
To help inform and sustain your change efforts, we will explore what behavioral science research tells us about the meaning of life, mindsets, vulnerability, and habits. We will also apply design thinking, engage in deep reflection, and openly collaborate with other students to help broaden our perspectives and stimulate creativity. We will explore the use of artificial intelligence as your collaborator for brainstorming new ideas. Your plan will include establishing clear and measurable goals for yourself, identifying assets you will draw on, and preparing for barriers you may encounter along the way. You will complete your plan by the end of the fourth session and take action steps during the following week. In the fifth session, you will reflect on your progress, refine your action plan, and come away ready to launch an exciting new life chapter. This course will help you regardless of the phase of life or frame of mind you are in.
Students will be assigned two hours of homework each week. Before the course begins, students will need to complete a three-hour reading and writing assignment.
RAJ BHARGAVA
Educator and Entrepreneur
Raj Bhargava is the founder and CEO of the Your Next Work Chapter app, funded by the National Science Foundation. He has taught behavioral science and design thinking at Stanford's Graduate School of Education. A Stanford Distinguished Careers Institute Fellow in 2015, his interests include design thinking, sustainability, and preventive healthcare. He leverages methods from this course to wider audiences, focusing on empowering mid-career professionals. He teaches the same topics to 6th–12th graders, including in Colombia, Peru, and Singapore. He founded Jaspersoft (acquired by TIBCO) and was senior vice president at Agile Software (acquired by Oracle) and CEO at Trade Inc. He received an MBA from the University of Michigan, an MS from Penn State, and a BS from IIT Varanasi, India. Textbooks for this course:
Viktor E. Frankl , Man's Search for Meaning (ISBN 978-0807014271 )
Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (ISBN 978-0345472328)
Brene Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (ISBN 978-1592408412)
James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones (ISBN 978-1847941848)
Catherine Pittman & Elizabeth Karle, Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry (ISBN 978-1626251137)
Carol Dweck, Mindset: The New Psychology of Success (ISBN 978-0345472328)
Brene Brown, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead (ISBN 978-1592408412)
James Clear, Atomic Habits: An Easy and Proven Way to Build Good Habits and Break Bad Ones (ISBN 978-1847941848)
Catherine Pittman & Elizabeth Karle, Rewire Your Anxious Brain: How to Use the Neuroscience of Fear to End Anxiety, Panic, and Worry (ISBN 978-1626251137)