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Learning at the Erb Institute
Where purpose, practice, and impact meet
Erb Institute courses challenge students to rethink the role of business in society—and their own role as leaders within it. Taught by world-class faculty who are deeply engaged in real-world sustainability challenges, Erb courses blend rigorous analysis with personal reflection, systems thinking, and practical tools for change.
Across disciplines—from strategy and management to energy policy and entrepreneurship—Erb faculty equip students to lead in a world facing profound environmental and social transitions. Whether you are exploring your personal purpose, redesigning capitalism, launching innovations for sustainability, or shaping the rules that govern markets, Erb courses are designed to expand how you think, who you become, and what you’re able to do.
Learning at the Erb Institute
Where purpose, practice, and impact meet
Erb Institute courses challenge students to rethink the role of business in society—and their own role as leaders within it. Taught by world-class faculty who are deeply engaged in real-world sustainability challenges, Erb courses blend rigorous analysis with personal reflection, systems thinking, and practical tools for change.
Across disciplines—from strategy and management to energy policy and entrepreneurship—Erb faculty equip students to lead in a world facing profound environmental and social transitions. Whether you are exploring your personal purpose, redesigning capitalism, launching innovations for sustainability, or shaping the rules that govern markets, Erb courses are designed to expand how you think, who you become, and what you’re able to do.
Learning at the Erb Institute
Where purpose, practice, and impact meet
Erb Institute courses challenge students to rethink the role of business in society—and their own role as leaders within it. Taught by world-class faculty who are deeply engaged in real-world sustainability challenges, Erb courses blend rigorous analysis with personal reflection, systems thinking, and practical tools for change.
Across disciplines—from strategy and management to energy policy and entrepreneurship—Erb faculty equip students to lead in a world facing profound environmental and social transitions. Whether you are exploring your personal purpose, redesigning capitalism, launching innovations for sustainability, or shaping the rules that govern markets, Erb courses are designed to expand how you think, who you become, and what you’re able to do.
Featured Erb Faculty Courses
Andy Hoffman
Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Management as a Calling (MO 635)
This immersive, retreat-based course invites students to step back from the idea of management as simply a career and instead explore it as a calling. Through guided self-reflection, peer mentoring, and structured discernment, students examine the deeper questions of purpose, leadership, and legacy. The experience culminates in a Personal Mission Statement and a Letter to Your Future Self—artifacts that many students carry with them long after graduation.
“Professor Hoffman is one of the best out there not for the lectures he gives but for the questions he challenges his students to ask of themselves. Management as a Calling was one of the most influential and impactful life experiences I ever embarked on.”
— Nick Rojas, MBA/MS ’24
Featured Erb Faculty Courses
Andy Hoffman
Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Management as a Calling (MO 635)
This immersive, retreat-based course invites students to step back from the idea of management as simply a career and instead explore it as a calling. Through guided self-reflection, peer mentoring, and structured discernment, students examine the deeper questions of purpose, leadership, and legacy. The experience culminates in a Personal Mission Statement and a Letter to Your Future Self—artifacts that many students carry with them long after graduation.
“Professor Hoffman is one of the best out there not for the lectures he gives but for the questions he challenges his students to ask of themselves. Management as a Calling was one of the most influential and impactful life experiences I ever embarked on.”
— Nick Rojas, MBA/MS ’24
Featured Erb Faculty Courses
Andy Hoffman
Holcim (US) Professor of Sustainable Enterprise
Management as a Calling (MO 635)
This immersive, retreat-based course invites students to step back from the idea of management as simply a career and instead explore it as a calling. Through guided self-reflection, peer mentoring, and structured discernment, students examine the deeper questions of purpose, leadership, and legacy. The experience culminates in a Personal Mission Statement and a Letter to Your Future Self—artifacts that many students carry with them long after graduation.
“Professor Hoffman is one of the best out there not for the lectures he gives but for the questions he challenges his students to ask of themselves. Management as a Calling was one of the most influential and impactful life experiences I ever embarked on.”
— Nick Rojas, MBA/MS ’24
Reexamining Capitalism (MO 680)
Capitalism has delivered unprecedented prosperity—and now faces deep social and environmental critiques. This course explores why today’s economic system is under strain and how it might be reinvented for the 21st century. Drawing on voices from inside and outside the market, students examine systemic failures and consider alternative models for aligning business with societal well-being.
Strategies for Sustainable Development (STRATEGY 400)
This course introduces the core frameworks and emerging issues shaping corporate sustainability strategy. Topics range from the triple bottom line and sustainability reporting to circular economy models, human rights, and sustainable consumption. Students leave with both foundational knowledge and a forward-looking perspective on where sustainable business is headed.
Reexamining Capitalism (MO 680)
Capitalism has delivered unprecedented prosperity—and now faces deep social and environmental critiques. This course explores why today’s economic system is under strain and how it might be reinvented for the 21st century. Drawing on voices from inside and outside the market, students examine systemic failures and consider alternative models for aligning business with societal well-being.
Strategies for Sustainable Development (STRATEGY 400)
This course introduces the core frameworks and emerging issues shaping corporate sustainability strategy. Topics range from the triple bottom line and sustainability reporting to circular economy models, human rights, and sustainable consumption. Students leave with both foundational knowledge and a forward-looking perspective on where sustainable business is headed.
Charlene Zietsma
Professor of Organizational Behavior and Sustainable Enterprise
Navigating Change: Skills and Strategies for Consultants and Managers (MO 603)
What makes change efforts succeed—or fail? This course prepares students to become effective change agents by developing practical leadership tools and diagnostic skills. Through cases, theory, and reflection on lived experience, students learn how to lead transformation both from positions of authority and through influence.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Sustainability (EAS 608)
Meeting climate, biodiversity, and social justice goals will require bold innovation across sectors. In this hands-on course, student teams tackle sustainability challenges they care deeply about, using design thinking, systems mapping, and stakeholder discovery. The course culminates in expert-reviewed pitches that integrate business, social, and ecological value creation.
Charlene Zietsma
Professor of Organizational Behavior and Sustainable Enterprise
Navigating Change: Skills and Strategies for Consultants and Managers (MO 603)
What makes change efforts succeed—or fail? This course prepares students to become effective change agents by developing practical leadership tools and diagnostic skills. Through cases, theory, and reflection on lived experience, students learn how to lead transformation both from positions of authority and through influence.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation for Sustainability (EAS 608)
Meeting climate, biodiversity, and social justice goals will require bold innovation across sectors. In this hands-on course, student teams tackle sustainability challenges they care deeply about, using design thinking, systems mapping, and stakeholder discovery. The course culminates in expert-reviewed pitches that integrate business, social, and ecological value creation.
Tom Lyon
Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology, and Commerce
Energy Markets and Energy Politics (BE 527)
This course provides a rigorous foundation in how energy systems work—and how they are governed. Students explore energy technologies, market structures, policy failures, and government interventions, culminating in analysis of current issues such as renewable energy markets and carbon regulation. Ideal for students interested in energy policy, strategy, or climate solutions.
Non-Market Strategy: Shaping the Rules of the Game (BE 555)
Markets don’t operate in a vacuum. This course focuses on how firms engage with governments, regulators, courts, and civil society to shape the rules that govern competition. Students develop frameworks and hands-on experience crafting integrated strategies that operate effectively in both market and non-market environments.
Tom Lyon
Dow Professor of Sustainable Science, Technology, and Commerce
Energy Markets and Energy Politics (BE 527)
This course provides a rigorous foundation in how energy systems work—and how they are governed. Students explore energy technologies, market structures, policy failures, and government interventions, culminating in analysis of current issues such as renewable energy markets and carbon regulation. Ideal for students interested in energy policy, strategy, or climate solutions.
Non-Market Strategy: Shaping the Rules of the Game (BE 555)
Markets don’t operate in a vacuum. This course focuses on how firms engage with governments, regulators, courts, and civil society to shape the rules that govern competition. Students develop frameworks and hands-on experience crafting integrated strategies that operate effectively in both market and non-market environments.
An Educational Experience That Stays With You
Erb Institute courses are known for being intellectually challenging, deeply reflective, and immediately relevant to the world students will lead in. They don’t just prepare you for a job—they prepare you to navigate complexity, drive change, and build a career aligned with your values.
An Educational Experience That Stays With You
Erb Institute courses are known for being intellectually challenging, deeply reflective, and immediately relevant to the world students will lead in. They don’t just prepare you for a job—they prepare you to navigate complexity, drive change, and build a career aligned with your values.
An Educational Experience That Stays With You
Erb Institute courses are known for being intellectually challenging, deeply reflective, and immediately relevant to the world students will lead in. They don’t just prepare you for a job—they prepare you to navigate complexity, drive change, and build a career aligned with your values.
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