Leadership, Policy, and Change

Description from DukeHub

We live in an era of declining institutional trust and rapid social and technological change. How should leaders navigate this landscape? This seminar challenges students to explore this question through historical texts, contemporary case studies, and personal reflection. We consider this country’s tradition of skepticism toward public institutions and the relationship between institutional trust and effective leadership. We examine how political polarization, technological change, and other forces affect public attitudes toward institutions and those who lead them. Students clarify values and priorities and consider how to lead lives of meaningful public engagement in a time of change.

Skills

• policy and lawtitle: "policy"
• leadershiptitle: "leadership"

AI-resilient: 2 of 5 2/5

• No: Physical, lab or field work
• No: Live work with people
• ✓Yes: Judgment someone is accountable for · "leadership"
• No: A craft you practice with your hands or body
• ✓Yes: Small, in-person format · seminar, 18 seats per section

The checks lean on Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025), which found generative AI applies least to physical work and hands-on work with people. A signal, not a promise. How the score works

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