Social Responsibility: The Complexity Between Our Thoughts & Actions
Class: Repeats in Spring | Registration opens Friday, January 3, 2025 9:30 AM MST
This course examines the complexity and incongruity of human thoughts and actions, looking at how we believe we are a compassionate person but sometimes can act otherwise and justify our behavior. We will explore the physiology of how the mind works; our five basic needs shaping our behavior; social structures that ingrain conscious and unconscious gaps between self-image and actions; far-reaching implications of our predictable behavior; and how to recognize triggers that make us react rather than act. We will identify practices to move beyond familiar beliefs, thoughts, and behavior to help us more effectively and consistently foster the common good. Instructor Pam Gardiol has consulted on and taught this course material in her 30-year career in organizational management. She will pull from various books by authors such as Jonathan Haidt, Kathryn Schulz, Margaret Wheatley, Sally Kohn, Daniel Pink, Adam Grant, and others.
No class on March 12 (Spring Break)
Pam Gardiol
Pam is President of Gardiol & Associates and past Senior Consultant at Demarche Consulting Group, Seattle. She has consulted in organizational management for over 30 years for public, private, and non-profit organizations. Currently serves on the Ivins City Planning Commission. Pam taught organizational management at three universities, including the University of Utah's MPA program. Pam holds a Master's degree in Organizational Management and a Bachelor's degree in Social Work and Psychology.