54: The Sustainability Mindset Indicator: How Professors Develop a Mindset for Innovation and Resilience (12669)

Friday, August 9, 2024

08:30 – 10:00 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

Location: Marriott: O'Hare

Session Number: 54
PDW (workshop)
Orientation: Teaching,International,Theme
Shareable link: https://cdmcd.co/PndDYX

Organizer(s)

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Beate Klingenberg

FOM Hochschule fuer Oekonomie & Management, Germany

Presenter(s)

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Amelia Naim

Sekolah Tinggi Manajemen IPMI (IPMI International Business School)
RF

Rachel Fichter

Columbia U.
EI

Ekaterina A. Ivanova

Graduate School of Business, HSE U., Russia

Organizer(s)

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Isabel Rimanoczy

PRME Working Group on the Sustainability Mindset, United States

Presenter(s)

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Albachiara Boffelli

U. of Bergamo, Italy
GR

Giselle Rentería Núñez

Tecnológico de Monterrey, Mexico
LF

Louis W. Fry

Texas A&M U. Central Texas, United States
ER

Emmanuelle Reuter

U. of Neuchatel, Switzerland
ND

Ngoc Quynh Dao

U. of Neuchatel, Switzerland

Handouts
RB

Ruben Burga

U. of Guelph, Canada
IR

Isabel Rodriguez Tejedo

U. de Navarra, Spain

Attending a session on developing a sustainability mindset at the AOM Annual Conference (2014), a professor asked how we would know if such a mindset was successfully developed, and how it could be assessed. This question prompted exploring if an appropriate tool existed, or how to develop it (Kassel, Rimanoczy, & Mitchell, 2018; Rimanoczy & Llamazares 2021, Rimanoczy & Klingenberg, 2021). The resulting Sustainability Mindset Indicator (SMI®) maps where students are in the development of their sustainability mindset, providing educators with resources to further develop it. Students receive a thought-provoking report for their own personal growth. Aggregated results can be used for research, comparing the profile of a group pre and post a course in sustainability, training, or other interventions, measuring impact and effectiveness. The components associated with a sustainability mindset are ecological worldview, systems perspective, emotional and spiritual intelligence, and are critical for developing readiness to think, innovate and implement sustainability actions (Rimanoczy, 2021). Acting in new ways means developing resiliency, one of the most important skills in uncertain times (European Union Skills Agenda, 2020).