// about
Technology is not the protagonist. People are.
HumanCentered started in 2021 alongside a new set of courses at CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business. The idea is simple: a technology course should begin with the people it serves. The tools change every year. The people don’t.
Every course follows the same order, the Human-Centered Stack: people, then decisions, then problems, then tools. Students learn AI, low-code and CRM by building something for someone real, and the ethics and empathy come built in, not bolted on.
// who runs this
Matt Brady is an ASST Teaching Professor at CU Boulder’s Leeds School of Business and the founder and CEO of Volley Solutions®. He runs HumanCentered as an open experiment in how business students learn technology.
More about Matt on MatthewJohnBrady.com (opens in a new tab)Official Leeds faculty profile (opens in a new tab)
// who we work with
| Partner | Role |
|---|---|
| Leeds School of Business, CU Boulder | Home of the courses |
| Nagoya University | Build in Japan™ partner university and teammates |
| Ludus Labs | Build in Japan™ program partner; AI & Automation microcredential |
| CU Boulder Innovation & Entrepreneurship | Global Entrepreneurship microcredential |
| Colorado School of Mines | Colorado Impact Challenge™ co-host |
| Nintex | Low-code platform and student innovation program |
| Salesforce | CRM platform and Trailhead learning |
| Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative | Sponsor of DECIDE BETTER® for students |
HumanCentered and the Colorado Impact Challenge™ are run by V2 LLC; the Build in Japan™ website is a V2 LLC and Ludus Labs project. HumanCentered is not an official CU Boulder website.