Acumen Essentials I: Intro to Moral Imagination and Challenges in Poverty Alleviation (Acumen)

Acumen Essentials I: Intro to Moral Imagination and Challenges in Poverty Alleviation (Acumen)
What does it take to become a leader who can change the way the world tackles poverty? Working in small groups, you’ll learn how to develop your personal leadership skills, cultivate more self-awareness, and discover your own leadership style, through the lens of moral imagination.

This is a 6-week introductory course that will take you through a variety of materials Acumen has designed to train leaders who wish to change the way the world tackles poverty, and build a world based on dignity. This course is for beginners, new to the social impact space and interested in learning more about entrepreneurial approaches to poverty alleviation.

Acumen’s definition of leadership starts with moral imagination: the humility to see the world as it is, and the audacity to imagine the world as it could be.

Course participants will begin by further developing their personal leadership skills, cultivate more self-awareness, and discover their own style to leadership, through the lens of moral imagination. This includes exercises that ask you to dig deep and share personal stories, experiences and opinions.